Classification and consequences of errors in otolaryngology

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1322-1335

  Shah, Rahul K ^a   Kentala, Erna ^b   Healy, Gerald B ^c,d   Roberson, David W ^c,d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse events; complications; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; OXYCODONE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPOFOL; SULFANILAMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3843080831     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200408000-00003     Document Type: Article

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