Continuous monitoring of adverse events: Influence on the quality of care and the incidence of errors in general surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-198

  Rebasa, Pere ^a   Mora, Laura ^a   Luna, Alexis ^a   Montmany, Sandra ^a   Vallverdú, Helena ^a   Navarro, Salvador ^a  

^a Servicio de Oncología Médica   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVISCERATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PEER REVIEW; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 58149472691     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9848-6     Document Type: Article

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