Children in hospitals often have adverse events.
A new study found a total of 51,615 patient safety events involving children in hospitals during 2000. The study quantifies impact of patient safety events in terms of excess hospital stays and charges. Postoperative respiratory failure increased death rate as much as 76%.
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology