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

Maité Garrouste-Orgeas; Jean Francois Timsit; Aurélien Vesin; Carole Schwebel; Patrick Arnodo; Jean Yves Lefrant; Bertrand Souweine; Alexis Tabah; Julien Charpentier; Olivier Gontier; Fabienne Fieux; Bruno Mourvillier; Gilles Troché; Jean Reignier; Marie Françoise Dumay; Elie Azoulay; Bernard Reignier; Jean Carlet; Lilia Soufir

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

February 10, 2010

Garrouste-Orgeas M, Timsit JF, Vesin A, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009;181(2):134-142.

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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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