Adverse events in Intensive Care Units: bibliometric study

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the scientific productions about the adverse events that occurred in Intensive Care Units. Methods: Bibliometric study, quantitative approach of documentary base, consisting of 20 articles from the electronic database Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) and Specialized Bibliographic database in the area of nursing (BDENF), and thesis and dissertations database in the period of 2004 to 2014. Results: It was possible to identify scientific productions about adverse events in ICUs of the last 10 years, highlighting the predominance of papers published by nursing, especially AEs related to medication errors and nosocomial infection, intensified by the overload of work. Conclusion: The study presents limitations as to the number of publications on the subject. Thereby the scarcity of publications regarding the subject in question, makes updates on the subject.