The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1694-1700

  Rothschild, Jeffrey M ^a   Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,b,c   Cronin, John W ^a,c   Kaushal, Rainu ^a   Lockley, Steven W ^a,c   Burdick, Elisabeth ^a   Stone, Peter H ^a   Lilly, Craig M ^a   Katz, Joel T ^a   Czeisler, Charles A ^a,c   Bates, David W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Critical care; Human factors; Intensive care unit; Medical errors; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FENTANYL; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CELLULITIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ILEUS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 23844432611     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000171609.91035.BD     Document Type: Article

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