Medical Errors
"Medical Errors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Errors or mistakes committed by health professionals which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in diagnosis (DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS), errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of surgical procedures, in the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings. Medical errors are differentiated from MALPRACTICE in that the former are regarded as honest mistakes or accidents while the latter is the result of negligence, reprehensible ignorance, or criminal intent.
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D019300
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MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.450
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Concept/Terms |
Medical Errors- Medical Errors
- Medical Mistake
- Mistake, Medical
- Mistakes, Medical
- Errors, Medical
- Error, Medical
- Medical Error
- Medical Mistakes
Surgical Errors- Surgical Errors
- Surgical Error
- Errors, Surgical
- Error, Surgical
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1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2006 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2007 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2008 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2009 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2010 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2011 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2012 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2013 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Errors" by people in Profiles.
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Arnolds DE. Maternal safety: recent advances and implications for the obstetric anesthesiologist. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2020 Dec; 33(6):793-799.
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Glickman SW, Mehrotra A, Shea CM, Mayer C, Strickler J, Pabers S, Larson J, Goldstein B, Mandelkehr L, Cairns CB, Pines JM, Schulman KA. A Patient Reported Approach to Identify Medical Errors and Improve Patient Safety in the Emergency Department. J Patient Saf. 2020 09; 16(3):211-215.
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Gottlieb M, Burns K, Holladay D, Chottiner M, Shah S, Gore SR. Impact of endotracheal tube twisting on the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound for intubation confirmation. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 07; 38(7):1332-1334.
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Arnolds D, Hofer J, Scavone B. Inadvertent neuraxial block placement at or above the L1-L2 interspace in the super-obese parturient: a retrospective study. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2020 05; 42:20-25.
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Feld LD, Rubin DT, Feld AD. Legal Risks and Considerations Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Primer. Am J Gastroenterol. 2018 11; 113(11):1577-1579.
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Du CH, Glick D, Tung A. Error-checking intraoperative arterial line blood pressures. J Clin Monit Comput. 2019 Jun; 33(3):407-412.
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Cohen TN, Francis SE, Wiegmann DA, Shappell SA, Gewertz BL. Using HFACS-Healthcare to Identify Systemic Vulnerabilities During Surgery. Am J Med Qual. 2018 Nov/Dec; 33(6):614-622.
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Benzon HA, Hajduk J, De Oliveira G, Suresh S, Nizamuddin SL, McCarthy R, Jagannathan N. Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellows' Perception of Quality of Attending Supervision and Medical Errors. Anesth Analg. 2018 02; 126(2):639-643.
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Veldman PB, Mayko ZM, Straiko MD, Terry MA. Intraoperative S-Stamp Enabled Rescue of 3 Inverted Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Grafts. Cornea. 2017 Jun; 36(6):661-664.
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Wu AW, McCay L, Levinson W, Iedema R, Wallace G, Boyle DJ, McDonald TB, Bismark MM, Kraman SS, Forbes E, Conway JB, Gallagher TH. Disclosing Adverse Events to Patients: International Norms and Trends. J Patient Saf. 2017 03; 13(1):43-49.
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