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Impact of adverse events on patient outcomes in a Japanese intensive care unit: a retrospective observational study.

Gen AikawaAkira OuchiHideaki SakuramotoChiemi OnoChie HatozakiMayu OkamotoTetsuya HoshinoNobutake ShimojoYoshiaki Inoue
Published in: Nursing open (2021)
Of the 246 patients, 126 (51%) experienced one or more AEs with an incidence of 201 per 1000 patient-days and 115 per 100 admissions. A total of 294 AEs were detected with 119 (42%) adverse drug events, 67 (24%) procedural complications, 63 (22%) surgical complications, 26 (9%) nosocomial infections, 5 (2%) therapeutic errors and 4 (1%) diagnostic errors. Adverse event (AE) presence was associated with length of ICU stay (β = 2.85, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.09-4.61). Adverse drug events, procedural complications and nosocomial infections were strongly associated with length of ICU stay (β = 2.38, 95% CI: 0.77-3.98; β = 3.75, 95% CI: 2.03-5.48; β = 6.52, 95% CI: 4.07-8.97 respectively).
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