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Surgical errors and the relationships of disease, risks, and adverse events
Florence E Turrentine1, Worthington G Schenk1, Timothy L McMurry2
1Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Background:
Relationships between surgical errors and adverse events have not been fully explored and were examined in this study.
Materials And Methods:
This retrospective cohort study reviewed records of deceased surgical patients over 12 months. Bivariate associations between predictors and errors were examined.
Results:
84 deaths occurred following 5,209 operations. Errors in care (63%) compared to those without had significantly more adverse events, (98% vs 80% respectively, p = 0.004). Significant association occurred between error and emergency status, p = 0.016); length of stay >10 days, p = 0.011; adverse events, p = 0.005). Regression results indicated number of adverse events (OR = 1.27, 95% CI (1.08-1.49), p = 0.003) and length of stay (OR = 1.05, 95% CI (1.01-1.09), p = 0.008) were associated with surgical errors.
Conclusions:
Examining postoperative adverse events in error cases identified opportunities for improvement. Reducing medical errors requires measuring medical errors.
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