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COMMENTARY

Missed Appendicitis.

Adams JG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

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X-ray Flip.

Shapiro MJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

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Code Status Confusion.

Lo B, Tulsky JA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2003.

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The Dropped Lung.

Heffner JE. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.

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Autopsy Revelation.

Shojania KG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

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Don't Push.

Meltzer HY. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. November 2003.

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Lethal Vertigo.

Furman JM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2004.

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No Blood, Please.

Liang BA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2004.

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Transfusion "Slip".

Kaplan HS. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

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To LP or not LP.

Landrigan CP. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2003.

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Check the Bags.

Caldwell M, Dracup KA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2003.

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Delay in Initiating Antibiotics Leads to Fatal Error.

Bellini LM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

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The Worst Headache.

Edlow JA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2004.

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Central Line Clot.

Randolph AG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2003.

COMMENTARY

To Resuscitate or Not?

Wu AW, Pronovost PJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.

STUDY

Airway carts: a systems-based approach to airway safety.

Kane BG, Bond WF, Worrilow CC, Richardson DM, on behalf of the Lehigh Valley Hospital Airway Task Force. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:154-161.

BOOK/REPORT

Lucado J, Paez K, Elixhauser A. HCUP Statistical Brief #109. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: A Guide For Hospitals.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2012. AHRQ Publication No. 12-0041.

COMMENTARY

Too Tight Control.

Rubin HR, Fajtova VT. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2004.

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