The COMBINE SAFTEE: a structured instrument for collecting adverse events...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......1997; Leape et al., 1991). These adverse events are associated with Food and Drug Administration...standardized methods for the assessment of adverse events; yet, in comparison, considerable energy...often variability in the reporting of adverse events between comparative clinical ...

Peer review of adverse events - a perspective on Macarthur

Australian Health Review;  September 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ......literature on the scale of adverse events and the issue of problem identification...identification and review of adverse events. Aust Health Rev 2004: 28...ARTICLE EXAMINES the issues of adverse events and peer review by reflecting...

CIHR: Landmark Patient Safety Study Provides First National Estimate of...

Canadian Corporate News;  May 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ......a result of their care. The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events in hospital patients in Canada , to be...Journal, found that the overall rate of adverse events in 2000 was 7.5 per 100 patient admissions...

Connecticut Patients' Rights Group Voices Concern Over Annual Health...

U.S. Newswire;  March 31, 2004 ;     370 words ......the General Assembly concerning Adverse Events. CT Patients' Rights Group reminds the public that adverse events kill and permanently disable people...immediate danger of such. "Class C" adverse events result in or are associated with...

Adverse events in Victorian admissions for elective surgery

Australian Health Review;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......identify and understand patterns of adverse events by utilising secondary data analysis...outcome measures: Estimated rates of adverse events for the most commonly performed elective...were cardiac arrhythmias, surgical adverse events (haemorrhage or laceration), intestinal...

Adverse events--can we trust the data?

Bandolier;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Meta-analyses were not updated. Reporting adverse events Adverse event reporting was examined...defined for HIV [2]: * Information on adverse events should be given with numbers. * The severity of adverse events should be stated, and as a minimum...

Norwalk, Conn., Area Hospitals Release 'Adverse Events' Figures.

Hour (Norwalk, Connecticut);  April 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ......hospitals recorded similar numbers of adverse events last year, according to data obtained...2003, Norwalk Hospital reported 34 adverse events; Stamford Hospital reported 35 adverse events. Adverse events are defined as injuries...

Review urged to help cut adverse events in theatre; National Association...

Nursing Standard;  October 16, 2002 ;     412 words ......conducted in a bid to reduce the number of adverse events, theatre nurses were told last week...Australian study had shown half of all adverse events in hospital happen in theatres. `When...Australian hospitals had deteriorated. `Many adverse events are potentially avoidable, but an ...

Adverse events after smallpox vaccination.(Clinical Briefs)(Brief Article)

American Family Physician;  November 15, 2003 ;     212 words ......vaccine recipients are to report any adverse events to the person or institution who administered...surveillance for vaccine-associated adverse events among military vaccine recipients and...care to those persons with reported adverse events. Adverse events that have ...

Adverse Events Associated With Chiropractic Care for Children

Dynamic Chiropractic;  February 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Pediatrics, features a study titled "Adverse Events Associated With Pediatric Spinal Manipulation...this study concludes that "serious adverse events may be associated with pediatric spinal...an article was published regarding adverse events related to chiropractic adjustments...

HEALTHBIZ: CANADA STUDIES ADVERSE EVENTS

United Press International;  May 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ......05-25-2004 HealthBiz: Canada studies adverse events WASHINGTON, May 25, 2004 (United Press...as in the United States. "The Canadian Adverse Events Study: "The incidence of adverse events in hospital patients in Canada," was...

Adverse Events, Stress and Litigation: A Physician's Guide

AANA Journal;  December 1, 2005 ;     634 words ...Adverse Events, Stress and Litigation: A Physician...39.95, 2005. ISBN: 0-19-517148-9. Adverse Events, Stress and Litigation: A Physician...focus is on how these events, and adverse events in general, affect the physician...

Risks in critical care.(adverse events in intensive care units)(Brief...

Australian Nursing Journal;  February 1, 2006 ;     206 words ...A one-year study of adverse events in intensive care units in a USA hospital found...patient days, and found 79 patients experienced 120 adverse events. Fifty four of the adverse events were considered preventable: 28 were classed as...

Varicella Vaccine Linked to Few Adverse Events.(Brief Article)

Family Practice News;  December 1, 2000 ;     196 words ...Reports of serious adverse events associated with the varicella...surveillance data. Most of the reported adverse events associated with the varicella...-79, 2000). The authors analyzed adverse events associated with the varicella...

Anthrax treatment reviewed for serious adverse events.(Tips from Other...

American Family Physician;  March 1, 2004 ;     403 words ......Tierney and colleagues reviewed the adverse events associated with treatment for anthrax...given to 199 persons. Surveillance for adverse events was accomplished via a telephone hotline...During surveillance, 71 potential adverse events were identified. Twelve of these events...