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Tragedy of Errors- An Analysis of Human Factor in Medical Errors [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
William Shakespeare wrote a play “Comedy of error”, but this is about medical error which may often result in tragic outcome. We often read about medical errors and sometimes realise in our clinical practice that an error has been committed by us or our
Manika Agarwal, Sharat Agarwal
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Diagnostic errors and reflective practice in medicine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background: Adverse effects of medical errors have received increasing attention. Diagnostic errors account for a substantial fraction of all medical errors, and strategies for their prevention have been explored. A crucial requirement for that is better
Mamede, S. (Silvia)   +2 more
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Evaluating the effective factors for reporting medical errors among midwives working at teaching hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

open access: yesIranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2017
Background: Recently, evaluation and accreditation system of hospitals has had a special emphasis on reporting malpractices and sharing errors or lessons learnt from errors, but still due to lack of promotion of systematic approach for solving problems ...
Fahimeh Khorasani, Marjan Beigi
doaj   +1 more source

Medical errors in neurosurgery

open access: yesSurgical 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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A Medical error: To disclose or not to disclose [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Human error can occur in any profession. Medical errors are most commonly occurring errors in a health care system, which are responsible to delay patient’s recovery and produce harm to patient.
Amlani, Gulzar   +2 more
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Cross-checking to reduce adverse events resulting from medical errors in the emergency department: study protocol of the CHARMED cluster randomized study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
International audienceBackgroundMedical errors and preventable adverse events are a major cause of concern, especially in the emergency department (ED) where its prevalence has been reported to be roughly of 5–10 % of visits.
Alexandra Rousseau   +7 more
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Retrospective Evaluation of Common Dentistry Errors in Selected Dental Clinics of the Armed Forces, Iran [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Research in Applied and Basic Medical Sciences, 2023
Background & Aims: The occurrence of errors in dental practice is an inevitable factor resulting in a reduction in the quality of medical services. These errors can prompt adverse complications, weaken the patient's trust in the dentist, and induce ...
Elahe Tahmasebi   +4 more
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The genetic basis of classical galactosaemia in Polish patients

open access: yesOrphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021
Classic galactosemia (OMIM #230400) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous pathogenic variants in the galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase gene (GALT; 606999) on chromosome 9p13. Its diagnosis is established
Aleksandra Jezela-Stanek   +5 more
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Fucosidosis: clinical and molecular findings of Turkish patients

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2022
Background. Fucosidosis is a rare, autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease caused by alpha L- fucosidase enzyme deficiency in all tissues. Here, we identify a patient with a novel homozygous pathogenic variant and atypical clinical findings ...
Merve Emecen Şanlı, Serap Uysal
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Improving disclosure of medical error through educational program as a first step toward patient safety [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Participant’s Response to medical errors. Description of data: Raw data of participant’s response to medical errors (3 clinical cases with different severity of error outcome), satisfaction and change after the education program.
Chan Woong Kim   +3 more
core   +6 more sources

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