BACKGROUND Iatrogenic injuries are relatively common and a potentially avoidable source of morbidity. The economic evaluation of this area has been limited by the lack of good quality national data to provide an estimate of incidence, associated disability, and preventability of iatrogenic injuries. Two recent surveys, the Quality in Australian Health Care Study (QAHCS) and the Utah Colorado St...

OBJECTIVES to estimate the extent, preventability and consequences of adverse clinical events in elderly and non-elderly patients. DESIGN a two-stage structured, retrospective, patient case-note review. SETTING a large NHS hospital in England. POPULATION a random sample of 1,006 non-psychiatric patients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES proportion of patients with adverse events, the proportion of...

Aimto study CADRs for clinical patterns, risk factors, causality, severity &preventability. Material &methodsA prospective study was undertaken in a 750 bedded tertiary care teaching hospital of central India. Patients with CADRs presenting primarily or referred from other departments were enrolled after being diagnosed by consultant dermatologist. Causality, preventability and severity were an...

Pharmacovigilance plays an important role in the rational use of medicines by providing information about adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the general population. Knowledge of ADRs caused by drugs is important for effective treatment. KIST Medical College has recently joined the national pharmacovigilance program as a regional center. Clinicians, pharmacists, house officers, nurses and other st...