 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medical Errors" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Medical Errors" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Errors" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Aljabari S, Kadhim Z. Common Barriers to Reporting Medical Errors. ScientificWorldJournal. 2021; 2021:6494889.
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Jones M, Scarduzio J, Mathews E, Holbrook P, Welsh D, Wilbur L, Carr D, Cary LC, Doty CI, Ballard JA. Individual and Team-Based Medical Error Disclosure: Dialectical Tensions Among Health Care Providers. Qual Health Res. 2019 07; 29(8):1096-1108.
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Penning M, Gadde M, Zozus M. A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis of Adverse Event Detection Methodologies. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019; 257:346-351.
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Kaufman RM, Dinh A, Cohn CS, Fung MK, Gorlin J, Melanson S, Murphy MF, Ziman A, Elahie AL, Chasse D, Degree L, Dunbar NM, Dzik WH, Flanagan P, Gabert K, Ipe TS, Jackson B, Lane D, Raspollini E, Ray C, Sharon Y, Ellis M, Selleng K, Staves J, Yu P, Zeller M, Yazer M. Electronic patient identification for sample labeling reduces wrong blood in tube errors. Transfusion. 2019 03; 59(3):972-980.
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Rawal RB, Kilpatrick LA, Wood JS, Drake AF. Trends in medical malpractice claims in patients with cleft or craniofacial abnormalities in the United States. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Nov; 90:214-219.
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Danino J, Muzaffar J, Metcalfe C, Coulson C. Patient safety in otolaryngology: a descriptive review. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Mar; 274(3):1317-1326.
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