Characterizing adverse events as errors: Example in a patient using steroids daily

Endocrinologist

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 451-455

  Hasler, Scott ^a   McNutt, Robert ^a,b   Abrams, Richard ^a   Dimou, Cathy ^a   Brill, John ^a   Rosen, Robert ^a   Reiner, Yvette ^a   Korla, Venkatesh ^a   Buzyna, Leonid ^a   Levin, Stuart ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0035208477     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019616-200111000-00004     Document Type: Article

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