An objective analysis of process errors in trauma resuscitations
| Autor: | A B Eastman, Abigail S. Gertner, B Spejewski, Ernest E. Moore, Bonnie Webber, Thomas A. Santora, David K. Wagner, C Z Hayward, H R Champion, F R Lewis, Timothy C. Fabian, C Blank-Reid, John A. Weigelt, Christopher C. Baker, John R. Clarke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Thoracic Injuries Process (engineering) medicine.medical_treatment Statistics as Topic MEDLINE Wounds Penetrating Abdominal Injuries Clinical decision support system Sensitivity and Specificity Hospitals University Injury Severity Score Trauma Centers medicine Humans Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Diagnosis Computer-Assisted Retrospective Studies Philadelphia Medical Errors business.industry Incidence Trauma center Reproducibility of Results Retrospective cohort study General Medicine medicine.disease Outcome (probability) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Surgery Emergency Medicine Female Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 7(11) |
| ISSN: | 1069-6563 |
| Popis: | Objective A computer-based system to apply trauma resuscitation protocols to patients with penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma was previously validated for 97 consecutive patients at a Level 1 trauma center by a panel of the trauma attendings and further refined by a panel of national trauma experts. The purpose of this article is to describe how this system is now used to objectively critique the actual care given to those patients for process errors in reasoning, independent of outcome. Methods A chronological narrative of the care of each patient was presented to the computer program. The actual care was compared with the validated computer protocols at each decision point and differences were classified by a predetermined scoring system from 0 to 100, based on the potential impact on outcome, as critical/noncritical/no errors of commission, omission, or procedure selection. Results Errors in reasoning occurred in 100% of the 97 cases studied, averaging 11.9/case. Errors of omission were more prevalent than errors of commission (2. 4 errors/case vs 1.2) and were of greater severity (19.4/error vs 5. 1). The largest number of errors involved the failure to record, and perhaps observe, beside information relevant to the reasoning process, an average of 7.4 missing items/patient. Only 2 of the 10 adverse outcomes were judged to be potentially related to errors of reasoning. Conclusions Process errors in reasoning were ubiquitous, occurring in every case, although they were infrequently judged to be potentially related to an adverse outcome. Errors of omission were assessed to be more severe. The most common error was failure to consider, or document, available relevant information in the selection of appropriate care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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