"Patient Harm" 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.
A measure of PATIENT SAFETY considering errors or mistakes which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of procedures or the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings and preventable accidents involving patients.
| Descriptor ID |
D064406
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.135.060.075.349 N06.850.725
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient Harm".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Harm" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient Harm" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Harm" by people in Profiles.
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Detecting Algorithmic Errors and Patient Harms for AI-Enabled Medical Devices in Randomized Controlled Trials: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Jun 28; 13:e51614.
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A Single-Center Description of Pediatric Transfusion Reactions and Preventable Patient Harm. Hosp Pediatr. 2021 11; 11(11):e334-e338.
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Classifying Adverse Events in the Dental Office. J Patient Saf. 2021 09 01; 17(6):e540-e556.
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Finding Dental Harm to Patients through Electronic Health Record-Based Triggers. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2020 07; 5(3):271-277.
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Prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable patient harm across medical care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2019 07 17; 366:l4185.
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Variation in Physicians' Electronic Health Record Documentation and Potential Patient Harm from That Variation. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 11; 34(11):2355-2367.
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Topical silver diamine fluoride for dental caries arrest in preschool children: A randomized controlled trial and microbiological analysis of caries associated microbes and resistance gene expression. J Dent. 2018 01; 68:72-78.
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Update on Pediatric Overuse. Pediatrics. 2017 Feb; 139(2).
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Meaningful use and good catches: More appropriate metrics for checklist effectiveness. Surgery. 2016 12; 160(6):1675-1681.
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Problem-based training improves recognition of patient hazards by advanced medical students during chart review: a randomized controlled crossover study. PLoS One. 2014; 9(2):e89198.