Preventable vs Non-Preventable VTE in Hospitalized Patients

Preventable and non-preventable adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: a prospective chart review in the Netherlands.

BACKGROUND Medication safety research and clinical pharmacy practice today is primarily focused on managing preventable adverse drug events (pADEs). Determinants of both pADEs and non-preventable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) have been identified. However, relatively little is known on the overlap between these determinants and the balance of preventable and non-preventable harm inpatients expe...

Preventable medical injuries in older patients.

Injuries associated with hospitalization are more common in older (>/=65 years) than in younger patients (<65 years), and they may be more severe and more often preventable. The increasing age of the population magnifies the importance of this problem. In this review, we first consider medical injuries in general and then review the literature for 6 categories: adverse drug events, falls, nosoc...

Preventable Cancer

Medical Malpractice: A Preventable or Inevitable Issue

Preventable trauma deaths.

OBJECTIVE To describe methods of estimation and assess preventable deaths and types of errors related to health care. METHODS A systematic review of articles on preventable trauma deaths published between 2000 and 2009 was conducted. Lilacs, SciELO and Medline databases were searched using the keywords "trauma," "avoidable," "preventable," "interventions" and "complications" and the health sc...