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

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[2] Leape LL(2000)Incidence and types of adverse events and negligent care in Utah and Colorado Medical Care 38 261-271

[3] Laird NM(2001)Estimating hospital deaths due to medical errors: preventability is in the eye of the reviewer JAMA 286 415-20

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[5] Localio AR(2005)Relationship of Incorrect Dosing of Fibrinolytic Therapy and Clinical Outcomes JAMA 293 1746-1750

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[7] Newhouse JP(2003)External validation of the SAPS II, APACHE II and APACHE III prognostic models in South England: a multicentre study Intensive Care Medicine 29 249-56

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[9] Hiatt HH(2005)The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care Critical Care Medicine 33 1694-700

[10] Thomas EJ(1989)Reliability and validity of judgments concerning adverse events suffered by hospitalized patients Medical Care 27 1148-1158

[1] Brennan TA(1991)Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients. Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study I New England Journal of Medicine 324 370-376

[2] Leape LL(2000)Incidence and types of adverse events and negligent care in Utah and Colorado Medical Care 38 261-271

[3] Laird NM(2001)Estimating hospital deaths due to medical errors: preventability is in the eye of the reviewer JAMA 286 415-20

[4] Hebert L(1991)Effect of outcome on physician judgments of appropriateness of care JAMA 265 1957-1960

[5] Localio AR(2005)Relationship of Incorrect Dosing of Fibrinolytic Therapy and Clinical Outcomes JAMA 293 1746-1750

[6] Lawthers AG(1993)A new Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS II) based on a European/North American multicenter study JAMA 270 2957-63

[7] Newhouse JP(2003)External validation of the SAPS II, APACHE II and APACHE III prognostic models in South England: a multicentre study Intensive Care Medicine 29 249-56

[8] Weiler PC(1998)Predicting outcome in the intensive care unit using scoring systems: is new better? A comparison of SAPS and SAPS II in a cohort of 1,393 patients. GiViTi Investigators (Gruppo Italiano per la Valutazione degli interventi in Terapia Intensiva). Simplified Acute Physiology Score Medical Care 36 1371-82

[9] Hiatt HH(2005)The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care Critical Care Medicine 33 1694-700

[10] Thomas EJ(1989)Reliability and validity of judgments concerning adverse events suffered by hospitalized patients Medical Care 27 1148-1158