"Patient Harm" 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.
A measure of PATIENT SAFETY considering errors or mistakes which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of procedures or the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings and preventable accidents involving patients.
| Descriptor ID |
D064406
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.135.060.075.349 N06.850.725
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Harm" by people in Profiles.
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Negative innovation: when patents are bad for patients. Nat Biotechnol. 2021 08; 39(8):914-916.
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Redesigning Transplant Organ Labeling to Prevent Patient Harm and Organ Loss. Prog Transplant. 2018 09; 28(3):271-277.
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From Guideline to Order Set to Patient Harm. JAMA. 2018 03 27; 319(12):1207-1208.
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Should Medical Errors Be Disclosed to Pediatric Patients? Pediatricians' Attitudes Toward Error Disclosure. Acad Pediatr. 2016 07; 16(5):482-488.
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Failure mode and effects analysis: a comparison of two common risk prioritisation methods. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 May; 25(5):329-36.
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Operating room to intensive care unit handoffs and the risks of patient harm. Surgery. 2015 Sep; 158(3):588-94.