Latrogenesis in neonatal intensive care units: Observational and interventional, prospective, multicenter study

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 550-555

  Kugelman, Amir ^a   Inbar Sanado, Esther ^a   Shinwell, Eric S ^b   Makhoul, Imad R ^c   Leshem, Meiron ^d   Zangen, Shmuel ^d   Wattenberg, Orly ^b   Kaplan, Tanya ^c   Riskin, Arieh ^a   Bader, David ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Iatrogenesis; Iatrogenic event; Medical error; NICUs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISRAEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ISRAEL; MEDICAL ERRORS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 51649106227     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2729     Document Type: Article

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