Patient safety in trauma: maximal impact management errors at a level I trauma center.

Rao R. Ivatury; Kelly Guilford; Ajai K. Malhotra; Therese M. Duane; Michel Aboutanos; Nancy Martin

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Patient safety in trauma: maximal impact management errors at a level I trauma center.

March 12, 2008

Ivatury RR, Guilford K, Malhotra AK, et al. J Trauma. 2008;64(2):265-270; discussion 270-272.

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In this study, all deaths occurring on a trauma service were reviewed in order to determine the number of preventable deaths and the root causes contributing to the adverse outcomes.

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