Clinical Adverse Events in Elderly Hospitalized Patients in a Medical Ward - a Prospective Study

نویسندگان

1 Department of Medicine 7.2, Curry Cabral Hospital, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, (CHLC), Lisbon, Portugal

2 Department of Medicine 7.2, Curry Cabral Hospital, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, (CHLC), Lisbon, Portugal

3 Department of Medicine 7.2, Curry Cabral Hospital, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, (CHLC), Lisbon, Portugal

4 Department of Medicine 7.2, Curry Cabral Hospital, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, (CHLC), Lisbon, Portugal

5 Department of Medicine 7.2, Curry Cabral Hospital, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, (CHLC), Lisbon, Portugal

doi
10.18502/ehj.v6i1.3418
چکیده

Introduction: Studies to date describe between 3% to 50% of patients experiencing one or more clinical adverse event (CAE) during their hospital admission and many preventable. The aim of this prospective study was to determine the frequency of medical CAEs in a medical ward. Also the study aimed to compare data ...