STRUCTURE OF MEDICAL ERRORS AND SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE DEPARTMENTS

Abstract

In order to investigate the structure of medical errors in the intensive care the clinical cases of 660 patients in the age from 15 to 99 years old have been studied as well as expert conclusions describing treatment in the intensive care departments. Inadequate examination has been found in 42% of cases, inadequate diagnostics of the main disease and its complications in 34% of cases and inadequate intensive therapy in 46% of cases. Inadequate intensive care decreases the survival of patients of the intensive care departments from 83 to 74.5%.

Keywords

• intensive care
• quality expertise
• medical errors
• iatrogenic diseases