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Selected medical errors in the intensive care unit: results of the IATROREF study: parts I and II.

Garrouste-Orgeas M, Timsit JF, Vesin A, et al; OUTCOMEREA Study Group. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010:181:134-142.

This study discovered that patients experiencing more than two adverse events had an associated threefold increase in the risk of intensive care unit (ICU) death.

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