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STUDY

Adverse drug event reporting in intensive care units: a survey of current practices.

Kane-Gill SL, Devlin JW. Ann Pharmacother. 2006;40:1267-73.

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Cost implications of actual and potential adverse events prevented by interventions of a critical care pharmacist.

Kopp BJ, Mrsan M, Erstad BL, Duby JJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:2483-2487.

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Analysis of risk factors for adverse drug events in critically ill patients.

Kane-Gill SL, Kirisci L, Verrico MM, Rothschild JM. Crit Care Med. 2012;40:823-828.

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Pediatric safety incidents from an intensive care reporting system.

Skapik JL, Pronovost PJ, Miller MR, Thompson DA, Wu AW. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:95-101.

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Iatrogenic events resulting in intensive care admission: frequency, cause, and disclosure to patients and institutions.

Lehmann LS, Puopolo AL, Shaykevich S, Brennan TA. Am J Med. 2005;118:409-413.

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Patient safety event reporting in critical care: a study of three intensive care units.

Harris CB, Krauss MJ, Coopersmith CM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:1068-1076.

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Direct observation approach for detecting medication errors and adverse drug events in a pediatric intensive care unit.

Buckley MS, Erstad BL, Kopp BJ, Theodorou AA, Priestley G. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007;8:145-152.

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Perceptions of risk to patient safety in the pediatric ICU, a study of American pediatric intensivists.

Bauer P, Hoffmann RG, Bragg D, Scanlon MC. Safety Sci. 2013;53:160-167.

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Association of ICU or hospital admission with unintentional discontinuation of medications for chronic diseases.

Bell CM, Brener SS, Gunraj N, et al. JAMA. 2011;306:840-847.

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Toward learning from patient safety reporting systems.

Pronovost PJ, Thompson DA, Holzmueller CG, et al. J Crit Care. 2006;21:305-315.

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Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect of a bar-code–assisted medication administration system.

Morriss FH, Jr, Abramowitz PW, Nelson SP, Milavetz G, Michael SL, Gordon SN. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:57-62.

REVIEW

Medical errors affecting the pediatric intensive care patient: incidence, identification, and practical solutions.

Nichter MA. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2008;55:757-777.

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Prevalence of adverse events in pediatric intensive care units in the United States.

Agarwal S, Classen D, Larsen G, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010;11:568-578.

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Effectiveness of a barcode medication administration system in reducing preventable adverse drug events in a neonatal intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study.

Morriss FH Jr, Abramowitz PW, Nelson SP, et al. J Pediatr. 2009;197:678-685.

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Medication errors associated with code situations in U.S. hospitals: direct and collateral damage.

Lipshutz AKM, Morlock LL, Shore AD, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:46-56.

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Costs of adverse events in intensive care units.

Kaushal R, Bates DW, Franz C, Soukup JR, Rothschild JM. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:2479-2483.

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A comparison of voluntarily reported medication errors in intensive care and general care units.

Kane-Gill SL, Kowiatek JG, Weber RJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:55-59.

COMMENTARY

Unreported errors in the intensive care unit: a case study of the way we work.

Henneman EA. Crit Care Nurse. 2007;27:27-34.

STUDY

Evaluation of the role of the critical care pharmacist in identifying and avoiding or minimizing significant drug–drug interactions in medical intensive care patients.

Rivkin A, Yin H. J Crit Care. 2011;26:104.e1-104.e6.

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Epidemiology of medication-related adverse events in nursing homes.

Handler SM, Wright RM, Ruby CM, Hanlon JT. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2006;4:264-272.

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