Objectives. —To assess incidence and preventability of adverse drug events (ADEs) and
potential ADEs. To analyze preventable events to develop prevention strategies. Design. —…

Objectives To compare the frequency and preventability of adverse drug events and potential
adverse drug events in intensive care units (ICUs) and non-ICUs. To evaluate systems …

Objective. —To identify and evaluate the systems failures that underlie errors causing
adverse drug events (ADEs) and potential ADEs. Design. —Systems analysis of events from a …

Objective. —To assess the additional resource utilization associated with an adverse drug
event (ADE). Design. —Nested case-control study within a prospective cohort study. …

Background Adverse drug events (ADEs) are common in hospitalized patients, but few
empirical data are available regarding the strength of patient risk factors for ADEs. Methods We …

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is prevalent in the surgical population, and it
has been suggested that preoperative patients should be screened and treated for OSA. …

Background Current preoperative cardiac risk stratification practices group operations into
broad categories, which might inadequately consider the intrinsic cardiac risks of individual …

… Correspondence to Bobbie Jean Sweitzer Director, Anesthesia Perioperative Medical
Clinic, Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Associate Professor of Medicine …

Patients scheduled for surgery at the Omaha VA Medical Center were evaluated preoperatively
via telemedicine. Following the examination, patients filled out a 15 item, 5 point Likert …

Objectives: To evaluate the safety and effect on survival of insertion of a gastrostomy tube (G-tube)
in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who have upright forced vital …