Diagnostic ‘fatal flaws’ in the ICU may account for as many annual deaths as breast cancer, patient safety team finds

Posted August 27th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

Each year as many as 40,500 critically ill U.S. hospital patients die with an unknown medical condition that may have caused or contributed to their death, patient safety experts report in a recent study. The researchers say that although diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit (ICU) may claim as many lives each year as breast cancer, they remain an underappreciated cause of preventable patient harm.

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Diagnostic ‘fatal flaws’ in the ICU may account for as many annual deaths as breast cancer, patient safety team finds

Posted August 27th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

Each year as many as 40,500 critically ill U.S. hospital patients die with an unknown medical condition that may have caused or contributed to their death, patient safety experts report in a recent study. The researchers say that although diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit (ICU) may claim as many lives each year as breast cancer, they remain an underappreciated cause of preventable patient harm.

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