Medical errors and consequent adverse events in critically ill surgical patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Delhi.

Sunil Kumar; Sujata Chaudhary

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Medical errors and consequent adverse events in critically ill surgical patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Delhi.

July 15, 2009

Kumar S, Chaudhary S. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2009;2(2):80-4.

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This study prospectively analyzed nearly 600 consecutive patient cases with a structured case review tool to highlight what the authors suggest is an underreported rate of medical errors in India.

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