OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine the rate of preventable mortality and inappropriate care in cases of traumatic death occurring in a rural state. DESIGN This is a retrospective case review. MATERIALS AND METHODS Deaths attributed to mechanical trauma throughout the state and occurring between October 1, 1990 and September 30, 1991 were examined. All cases meeting inclusion ...

BACKGROUND Trauma in pediatric patients is a major cause of death. This study investigated differences between decedents and survivors. Furthermore, an analysis of preventable and potential preventable trauma deaths was conducted and errors in the acute trauma care were investigated. METHODS All patients aged less than 16 years with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) ≥ 16 upon primary admission t...

BACKGROUND In this study, we aimed to investigate preventable deaths due to trauma among cases in whom autopsy and postmortem examinations were performed in Diyarbakir Council of Forensic Medicine. METHODS In this study, which was planned as retrospectively descriptive, demographic data, type of injury, cause of injury, locations of injuries, cause of death, and scene of death data were withd...

IN MEDICINE The Harvard Medical Practice Study in the State of New York (1990) pointed out that 3.7% of a sample of 30195 hospitalized patients suffered an adverse event (AE) resulting in measurable disability. Physician experts reviewed 1133 AEs defined as unintended injuries caused by medical management. The AEs were classified as preventable, unpreventable and potentially preventable (i.e. c...

BACKGROUND The Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality (VASM) seeks to peer-review all deaths associated with surgical care. This study aimed to examine the mortalities that were determined by the assessor to be potentially preventable, and identify the clinical factors associated with these cases. The assessment of preventability of death and its relationship to management issues at different st...

INTRODUCTION We aimed to determine the rate of preventable death in patients who died early and unexpectedly following hospital admission from the emergency department (ED). METHODS We conducted a retrospective multicenter study in four centers from the Paris metropolitan area. Inclusion criteria were medical patients who died in hospital within 72 hours of ED attendance and were not admitted...