Iatrogenic events contributing to ICU admission: a prospective study.

Emmanuelle Mercier; Bruno Giraudeau; Guy Giniès; Dominique Perrotin; Pierre-François Dequin

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Iatrogenic events contributing to ICU admission: a prospective study.

May 25, 2010

Mercier E, Giraudeau B, Giniès G, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2010;36(6):1033-7.

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Preventable adverse events, most prominently procedural complications, medication errors, and postoperative infections, were a common cause of intensive care unit admission in this French study.

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