One fourth of unplanned transfers to a higher level of care are associated with a highly preventable adverse event: A patient record review in Six Belgian Hospitals

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1053-1061

  Marquet, Kristel ^a   Claes, Neree ^a,b   De Troy, Elke ^c   Kox, Gaby ^a   Droogmans, Martijn ^a,c   Schrooten, Ward ^a,d   Weekers, Frank ^e   Vlayen, Annemie ^g   Vandersteen, Marjan ^a   Vleugels, Arthur ^a,f  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c Jessa Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e Algemeen Ziekenhuis (AZ) Turnhout   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g NONE

Author keywords

adverse events; intensive care unit; medical emergency team; patient safety; record review; unplanned intensive care admission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84937596989     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000932     Document Type: Article

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