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Adverse events in Intensive Care Units: bibliometric study
Eventos adversos em Unidades de Terapia Intensiva: estudo bibliométrico
Los eventos adversos en Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos: estudio bibliométrico
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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 Spec... view more
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.... view less
Classification
Medicine, Social Medicine
Health Policy
Free Keywords
Iatrogenesis; Intensive Care Units; Nursing; Patient Safety
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 669-675
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 9 (2017) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i3.669-675
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed