Patient safety factors in children dying in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU): a case notes review study.

Kim Monroe; Deli Wang; Charles A. Vincent; Maria Woloshynowych; Graham Neale; David P. Inwald

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Patient safety factors in children dying in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU): a case notes review study.

June 15, 2011

Monroe K, Wang D, Vincent CA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20(10):863-8.

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This study found that adverse events occurred during the pre-hospital and hospital course of more than one-third of children who subsequently died in a pediatric intensive care unit.

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