Partial and no recovery from delirium after hospital discharge predict increased adverse events
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Adverse events among medical patients after discharge from hospital.
BACKGROUND Adverse events (AEs) are adverse outcomes caused by medical care. Several studies have indicated that a substantial number of patients experience AEs before or during hospitalization. However, few data describe AEs after hospital discharge. We determined the incidence, severity, preventability and ameliorability of AEs in patients discharged from the general internal medicine service...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw153