Adverse Events Among Medical Patients

Adverse Events - StatPearls - NCBI …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK558963/

Adverse Events | HHS-OIG

https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/featured-topics/adverse-events/

Key Terms. Patient Harm - Harm to a patient as a result of medical care or in a health care setting, including the failure to provide needed care. Patient harm refers …

Adverse Drug Events in Adults | Medication Safety …

https://www.cdc.gov/medicationsafety/adult_adversedrugevents.html

An adverse drug event (ADE) is when someone is harmed by a medicine. Older adults (65 years or older) visit emergency departments almost 450,000 times each year, more than …

Patient Safety - World Health Organization

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/patient-safety

The occurrence of adverse events due to unsafe care is likely one of the 10 leading causes of death and disability in the world (1). In high-income countries, it …

Adverse events among medical patients after discharge …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14757670/

Background: Adverse events (AEs) are adverse outcomes caused by medical care. Several studies have indicated that a substantial number of patients …

Adverse events among medical patients after discharge …

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/170/3/345

Background: Adverse events (AEs) are adverse outcomes caused by medical care. Several studies have indicated that a substantial number of patients …

Exploring the causes of adverse events in …

https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/19/5/e5

Objectives To examine the causes of adverse events (AEs) and potential prevention strategies to minimise the occurrence of AEs in hospitalised patients. Methods For …

Patient Safety in the ICU: Exploring Trends in Adverse Events in …

https://healthmanagement.org/c/icu/issuearticle/patient-safety-in-the-icu-exploring-trends-in-adverse-events-in-icus

Adverse events in the ICU increase the length of a patient’s ICU stay with estimates ranging from on average an additional 2.4 days to 31 days (Ahmed et al. 2015; Forster et …

Adverse Events, Near Misses, and Errors | PSNet

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/adverse-events-near-misses-and-errors

The related Systems Approach Patient Safety Primer discusses the relationship between errors and adverse events, summarized in the Swiss Cheese …

Analysis of Hospital-Level Readmission Rates and …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35639379/

Importance: It is known that hospitalized patients who experience adverse events are at greater risk of readmission; however, it is unknown whether patients …