Assessment of an unplanned admission to the intensive care unit as a global safety indicator in surgical patients

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-200

  Haller, G ^a,b,c   Myles, P S ^a,b   Langley, M ^a   Stoelwinder, J ^b,d   McNeil, J ^b  

^a Alfred Hospital

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Clinical indicators; Iatrogenic complications; Medical errors; Patient safety; Patient safety indicators; Unplanned admission to the intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41349085595     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0803600209     Document Type: Article

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