Open AccessRisk Factors for Retained Instruments and Sponges after Surgery
Author(s) -
Atul A. Gawande,
David M. Studdert,
E. John Orav,
Troyen A. Brennan,
Michael J. Zinner
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa021721
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , body mass index , surgery , foreign body , relative risk , medical record , risk factor , emergency department , malpractice , psychiatry , political science , law
Risk factors for medical errors remain poorly understood. We performed a case-control study of retained foreign bodies in surgical patients in order to identify risk factors for this type of error.
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