Wrong-side thoracentesis: Lessons learned from root cause analysis

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 774-779

  Miller, Kristen E ^a   Mims, Maisha ^a   Paull, Douglas E ^a   Williams, Linda ^a   Neily, Julia ^a   Mills, Peter D ^a   Lee, Caryl Z ^a   Hemphill, Robin R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEAMWORK; THORACOCENTESIS;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 84906663433     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.146     Document Type: Article

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