Iatrogenic events contributing to ICU admission: a prospective study.
Mercier E, Giraudeau B, Giniès G, et al. Iatrogenic events contributing to ICU admission: a prospective study. Intensive Care Med. 2010;36(6):1033-7. doi:10.1007/s00134-010-1793-9.
Preventable adverse events, most prominently procedural complications, medication errors, and postoperative infections, were a common cause of intensive care unit admission in this French study.