A trigger tool to detect harm in pediatric inpatient settings

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1036-1042

  Stockwell, David C ^a,b   Bisarya, Hema ^c   Classen, David C ^d,e   Kirkendall, Eric S ^f,g   Landrigan, Christopher P ^h,i,j   Lemon, Valere ^b   Tham, Eric ^k,l   Hyman, Daniel ^k,l   Lehman, Samuel M ^m   Searles, Elizabeth ⁿ   Hall, Matt ^c   Muething, Stephen E ^g   Schuster, Mark A ^h,j   Sharek, Paul J ^o,p  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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

^e Pascal Metrics   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Colorado   (United States)

^l CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^m Children's Hospital Colorado ^*  (United States)

ⁿ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CATHETER LEAKAGE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT HARM; PEDIATRIC ALL CAUSE HARM MEASUREMENT TOOL; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SKIN BRUISING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84930585667     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-2152     Document Type: Article

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