BACKGROUND Previous studies of adverse drug events (ADE) as a cause of hospital admission in the elderly have often been limited in their ability to assess fully the impact and potential for prevention because they either did not include all categories of ADE and/or did not assess severity and preventability. AIMS To assess the frequency, severity and preventability of ADE causing emergency m...

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BackgroundThe mortality risk related to anaesthesia in China remains poorly characterized. The objective of this study was evaluate the anaesthesia-related terms its incidence, changes, causes and preventability Hubei, China, between 2017 2021 using a series annual surveys.MethodsWe prospectively collected information on patient, surgical, anaesthesia, hospital characteristics for 9,391,669 pro...

Considering the high coefficients of neonatal mortality from preventable causes registered in Brazilian health services, this study aimed to analyze profile last 5 years children under 1 year old living city Criciúma/SC using a database epidemiological surveillance Santa Catarina. This is descriptive, retrospective based on data Information System Live Births and Mortality. . We highlight need ...

Background: Adverse Events (AEs) due to failure in healthcare procedures are common. These procedures are often evaluated independently. The objectives of this study are to investigate the nature of the failures in healthcare procedures of the surgical patients, assessing the frequency of these failures and preventability, and exploring their consequences, underlying causes, and prevention stra...

OBJECTIVE To assess the incidence, severity pattern, causality, predictability and preventability of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and to identify risk factors for adverse drug reactions in highly active antiretroviral therapy. METHODS Enrolled patients were intensively monitored for ADRs to highly active antiretroviral therapy. Predictability was assessed based on history of previous exposur...

Investigating the incidence, type, and preventability of adverse drug events (ADEs) and medication errors is crucial to improving the quality of health care delivery. ADEs, potential ADEs, and medication errors can be collected by extraction from practice data, solicitation of incidents from health professionals, and patient surveys. Practice data include charts, laboratory, prescription data, ...

BACKGROUND Readmission of trauma patients has been identified as a quality indicator for trauma care. Few if any studies on this topic can be found from a nonacademic trauma center. The objectives of the study were to determine the rate, cause, and preventability for readmission and to identify predictors of readmission in a nonacademic trauma center. METHODS Cases registered from 2007 to 200...

Investigating the incidence, type, and preventability of adverse drug events (ADEs) and medication errors is crucial to improving the quality of health care delivery. ADEs, potential ADEs, and medication errors can be collected by extraction from practice data, solicitation of incidents from health professionals, and patient surveys. Practice data include charts, laboratory, prescription data, ...

BACKGROUND Determining if a transfer of a skilled nursing facility (SNF) patient/resident to an acute hospital is potentially avoidable or preventable is challenging. Most previous research on potentially avoidable or preventable hospitalizations is based on diagnoses without in-depth root cause analysis (RCA), and few studies have examined SNF staff perspective on preventability of transfers. ...