Patient harm in general surgery--a prospective study.
Kaul AK, McCulloch PG. Patient Harm in General Surgery-A Prospective Study. J Patient Saf. 2008;3(1). doi:10.1097/pts.0b013e318030c2ec.
The investigators found that prospective surveillance of surgical inpatients uncovered more adverse events than expected compared with published results on retrospectively collected data.