Resident documentation discrepancies in a neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 976-980

  Carroll, Aaron E ^a,b,c   Tarczy Hornoch, Peter ^a,b   O'Reilly, Eamon ^d   Christakis, Dimitri A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Documentation; Errors; NICU; Resident

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; VASCULAR ACCESS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; FLUID THERAPY; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038561170     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.5.976     Document Type: Article

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