Incorrect surgical procedures within and outside of the operating room

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1028-1034

  Neily, Julia ^a   Mills, Peter D ^a,b   Eldridge, Noel ^a   Dunn, Edward J ^a   Samples, Carol ^a   Turner, James R ^a   Revere, Audrey ^a   DePalma, Ralph G ^a,c   Bagian, James P ^a,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EYE SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINOR SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACOCENTESIS;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ODDS RATIO; OPERATING ROOMS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72749088675     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.126     Document Type: Article

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