Medical Errors
"Medical Errors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Errors or mistakes committed by health professionals which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in diagnosis (DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS), errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of surgical procedures, in the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings. Medical errors are differentiated from MALPRACTICE in that the former are regarded as honest mistakes or accidents while the latter is the result of negligence, reprehensible ignorance, or criminal intent.
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D019300
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MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.450
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Concept/Terms |
Medical Errors- Medical Errors
- Error, Medical
- Medical Error
- Medical Mistakes
- Errors, Medical
- Medical Mistake
- Mistake, Medical
- Mistakes, Medical
Wrong-Procedure Errors- Wrong-Procedure Errors
- Error, Wrong-Procedure
- Errors, Wrong-Procedure
- Wrong Procedure Errors
- Wrong-Procedure Error
Wrong-Site Surgery- Wrong-Site Surgery
- Surgeries, Wrong-Site
- Surgery, Wrong-Site
- Wrong Site Surgery
- Wrong-Site Surgeries
Surgical Errors- Surgical Errors
- Error, Surgical
- Surgical Error
- Errors, Surgical
Critical Medical Incidents- Critical Medical Incidents
- Critical Medical Incident
- Incident, Critical Medical
- Incidents, Critical Medical
- Medical Incident, Critical
- Medical Incidents, Critical
- Critical Incidents, Medical
- Critical Incident, Medical
- Incident, Medical Critical
- Incidents, Medical Critical
- Medical Critical Incident
- Medical Critical Incidents
Wrong-Patient Surgery- Wrong-Patient Surgery
- Surgeries, Wrong-Patient
- Surgery, Wrong-Patient
- Wrong Patient Surgery
- Wrong-Patient Surgeries
Never Event- Never Event
- Event, Never
- Events, Never
- Never Events
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2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Errors" by people in Profiles.
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Burrus S, Hall M, Tooley E, Conrad K, Bettenhausen JL, Kemper C. Factors Related to Serious Safety Events in a Children's Hospital Patient Safety Collaborative. Pediatrics. 2021 09; 148(3).
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Catchpole K, Bowie P, Fouquet S, Rivera J, Hignett S. Frontiers in human factors: embedding specialists in multi-disciplinary efforts to improve healthcare. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021 Jan 12; 33(Supplement_1):13-18.
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Carter BS, Lantos JD. Disclosing adverse events and near misses to parents of neonates. Semin Perinatol. 2019 12; 43(8):151182.
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Holcomb GW, St Peter SD. Error traps and safety steps when performing a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jun; 28(3):160-163.
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Antiel RM, Blinman TA, Rentea RM, Gonzalez KW, Knott EM, Juang D, Oyetunji T, Holcomb GW, Angelos P, Lantos JD. When a Surgical Colleague Makes an Error. Pediatrics. 2016 Mar; 137(3):e20153828.
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Bell SK, Mann KJ, Truog R, Lantos JD. Should we tell parents when we've made an error? Pediatrics. 2015 Jan; 135(1):159-63.
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Janik JE, Cothren CC, Janik JS, Hendrickson RJ, Bensard DD, Partrick DA, Karrer FM. Is a routine chest x-ray necessary for children after fluoroscopically assisted central venous access? J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Aug; 38(8):1199-202.
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Graff GR, Stark J, Berkenbosch JW, Holcomb GW, Garola RE. Chronic lung disease after activated charcoal aspiration. Pediatrics. 2002 May; 109(5):959-61.
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