The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay

• Main Authors: Hooper Jon (Author), Kyeremanteng Kwadwo (Author), Forster Alan J (Author), Shojania Kaveh G (Author), van Walraven Carl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Adverse events (AEs) are patient injuries caused by medical care. Previous studies have reported increased mortality rates and prolonged hospital length of stay in patients having an AE. However, these studies have not adequately acc...