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Patient safety in ICUs: adverse events characterization and potential risk factors

Authors: L Zambon, R Daud-Gallotti, K Padilha, T Vasconcelos, N Inoue, F Rodrigues, L Tanigushi, I Velasco

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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ICUs are complex settings, with critically ill patients submitted to invasive care, involving a multidisciplinary team, requiring urgent high-risk decision-making, taking place in an expensive structure with new technologies of increasing complexity. All these conditions facilitate the development of adverse events (AEs). We aimed to determine the occurrence of AEs in four tertiary academic ICUs in Brazil, disclosing their potential risk factors. …

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Title: Patient safety in ICUs: adverse events characterization and potential risk factors
Authors: L Zambon
R Daud-Gallotti
K Padilha
T Vasconcelos
N Inoue
F Rodrigues
L Tanigushi
I Velasco
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9901

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