"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Harm" by people in Profiles.
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Medical Student Elective to Improve Diagnosis in Health Care: Developing Solutions to Reduce Patient Harm. Acad Radiol. 2021 07; 28(7):997-1001.
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Acting on misinformation to prevent patient harm. Lancet Oncol. 2020 09; 21(9):1123.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center methods provide guidance on prioritization and selection of harms in systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2018 06; 98:98-104.
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Comparative evidence on harms in pediatric randomized clinical trials from less developed versus more developed countries is limited. J Clin Epidemiol. 2018 03; 95:63-72.
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Technical rationality and the decentring of patients and care delivery: A critique of 'unavoidable' in the context of patient harm. Nurs Inq. 2018 04; 25(2):e12225.
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Settling for second best: when should doctors agree to parental demands for suboptimal medical treatment? J Med Ethics. 2017 12; 43(12):831-840.
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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.