Commentary Iatrogenic delirium and coma: a "near miss." Citation Text: Dunn WF, Adams SC, Adams RW. Iatrogenic delirium and coma: a "near miss". Chest. 2008;133(5):1217-20. doi:10.1378/chest.08-0471. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL May 21, 2008 Dunn WF, Adams SC, Adams RW. Chest. 2008;133(5):1217-20. View more articles from the same authors. This case report describes how diagnostic and medication errors led to a temporary coma. The article features the views of both the patient and her husband, and an accompanying editorial discusses disclosing errors to patients. PubMed citation Free full text Related editorial Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Dunn WF, Adams SC, Adams RW. Iatrogenic delirium and coma: a "near miss". 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