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
- Medical Mistakes
- Mistake, Medical
- Mistakes, Medical
- Errors, Medical
- Error, Medical
- Medical Error
- Medical Mistake
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
- Errors, Surgical
- Error, Surgical
- Surgical Error
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 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2013 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2016 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2019 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Errors" by people in Profiles.
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Kissler MJ, Porter S, Knees M, Kissler K, Keniston A, Burden M. Attention Among Health Care Professionals : A Scoping Review. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Jul; 177(7):941-952.
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Barry JS, Swanson JR, Pearlman SA. Is medical error a crime? The impact of the State v. Vaught on patient safety. J Perinatol. 2022 09; 42(9):1271-1274.
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Azizian J, Dalai C, Adams MA, Murcia A, Tabibian JH. Medical professional liability in gastroenterology: definitions, trends, risk factors, provider behaviors, and implications. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Aug; 15(8):909-918.
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D'Angelo JD, Lund S, Busch RA, Tevis S, Mathis KL, Kelley SR, Dozois EJ, D'Angelo AD. Coping with errors in the operating room: Intraoperative strategies, postoperative strategies, and sex differences. Surgery. 2021 08; 170(2):440-445.
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Whitney GM, Chatterjee D. Error traps and culture of safety in pediatric anesthesiology. Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 03; 31(3):258-259.
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Rahman SA, Sullivan JP, Barger LK, St Hilaire MA, O'Brien CS, Stone KL, Phillips AJK, Klerman EB, Qadri S, Wright KP, Halbower AC, Segar JL, McGuire JK, Vitiello MV, de la Iglesia HO, Poynter SE, Yu PL, Sanderson AL, Zee PC, Landrigan CP, Czeisler CA, Lockley SW. Extended Work Shifts and Neurobehavioral Performance in Resident-Physicians. Pediatrics. 2021 03; 147(3).
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Karsonovich T, Alexander A, Graber S, O'Neill BR. Placement of leads for stereotactic electroencephalography without the use of anchor bolts: technical note. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 03 01; 27(3):253-258.
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Tevis SE, Schmocker RK, Wetterneck TB. Adverse Event Reporting: Harnessing Residents to Improve Patient Safety. J Patient Saf. 2020 12; 16(4):294-298.
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Tanabe K, Janosy N, Vogeli J, Brainard A, Whitney G. Caring for the caregiver following an adverse event. Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 01; 31(1):61-67.
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Newberry R, Brown D, Mitchell T, Maddry JK, Arana AA, Achay J, Rahm S, Long B, Becker T, Grier G, Davies G. Prospective Randomized Trial of Standard Left Anterolateral Thoracotomy Versus Modified Bilateral Clamshell Thoracotomy Performed by Emergency Physicians. Ann Emerg Med. 2021 03; 77(3):317-326.
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