Prevalence of adverse events in pediatric intensive care units in the United States

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 568-578

  Agarwal, Swati ^a   Classen, David ^b,c   Larsen, Gitte ^d   Tofil, Nancy M ^e   Hayes, Leslie W ^e,f   Sullivan, Janice E ^f   Storgion, Stephanie A ^g,h   Coopes, Barbara J ⁱ   Craig, Vicki ^j,k,l   Jaderlund, Christine ^m,n,o   Bisarya, Hema ^p   Parast, Layla ^q   Sharek, Paul ^r  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c CSC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j Providence Alaska Medical Center   (United States)

^k ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^m ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^o RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p Child Health Corporation of America   (United States)

^q HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

adverse events; critically ill children; harm; patient safety; pediatric intensive care unit; trigger

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGITATION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SKIN DISEASE; STRIDOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 77957571620     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181d8e405     Document Type: Article

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