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Medical errors : Healthcare professionals’ perspective at a tertiary hospital in Kuwait [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Medical errors are of economic importance and can contribute to serious adverse events for patients. Medical errors refer to preventable events resulting from healthcare interactions, whether these events harm the patient or not.
Ahmed, Zamzam +3 more
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Common Barriers to Reporting Medical Errors
The Scientific World Journal, 2021 Background. Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Reporting of all medical errors is important to better understand the problem and to implement solutions based on root causes.
Salim Aljabari, Zuhal Kadhim
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Medical errors in neurosurgery
Surgical Neurology International, 2014 Medical errors cause nearly 100,000 deaths per year and cost billions of dollars annually. In order to rationally develop and institute programs to mitigate errors, the relative frequency and costs of different errors must be documented. This analysis will permit the judicious allocation of scarce healthcare resources to address the most costly errors ...
Rolston, John +5 more
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Effect of Reducing Interns' Work Hours on Serious Medical Errors in Intensive Care Units [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2004 BACKGROUND Although sleep deprivation has been shown to impair neurobehavioral performance, few studies have measured its effects on medical errors. METHODS We conducted a prospective, randomized study comparing the rates of serious medical errors made
Christopher P. Landrigan +10 more
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Medical errors can cost lives [PDF]
Archives of Medical ScienceConsolato M. Sergi
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Agreement of Ocular Biometry Measured by LenStar LS 900 and CASIA2 Optical Coherence Tomography [PDF]
Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2021 Introduction:The present study aimed to compare the anterior segment measurements between optical low-coherence reflectometry (LenStar LS900) and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (CASIA2 OCT). Methods:A total of 198 right eyes of 198 healthy
Maliheh Karimpour +4 more
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Ocular changes in premature infants [PDF]
Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2017 Introduction: This article aimed to review the literatures on visual impairments and ocular changes in premature infants with low birth weight and gestational age.Methods: Five electronic databases including: PubMed, Web of Science, Science direct, Ovid,
Negareh Yazdani +6 more
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Association of Physician Burnout With Suicidal Ideation and Medical Errors
JAMA Network Open, 2020 This cross-sectional study uses data from surveys completed by US physicians to examine associations between physician burnout, suicidal ideation, and self-reported medical errors after adjusting for depression.
Nikitha K. Menon +7 more
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The Correlation between Glucose and Lipid Biomarkers Variations with biometric characteristics and Intraocular Pressure Changes during Ramadan Fasting [PDF]
Journal of Fasting and Health, 2018 Introduction: The aim of present study was to assess the correlation between glucose and lipid biomarkers variations with biometric characteristics and intraocular pressure changes following Ramadan fasting.
Mohammad Reza Sedaghat +4 more
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