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Doctors' basic errors are killing 1,000 patients a month
posted at 18/7/2012 8:47 PM BST
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Almost 12,000 patients are dying needlessly in NHS hospitals every year because of basic errors by medical staff, according to the largest and most detailed study into hospital deaths ever performed in the UK. The researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and colleagues found something went wrong with the care of 13 per cent of the patients who died in hospitals. An error only caused death in 5.2 per cent of these – equivalent to 11,859 preventable deaths in hospitals in England. Helen Hogan, who led the study, said: "We found medical staff were not doing the basics well enough – monitoring blood pressure and kidney function, for example. They were also not assessing patients holistically early enough in their admission so they didn't miss any underlying condition. And they were not checking side-effects... before prescribing drugs."
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Re: Doctors' basic errors are killing 1,000 patients a month
posted at 19/7/2012 5:08 AM BST
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This is pretty bad. Is the UK ahead of the USA or behind in Mortality Drathorre? Just curious, and what can be done to curb this trend? Would a special Doctor assigned to check for better monitoring, and or cross ref of drugs, and possibly check Blood chemistry, and or vitals? DuaneF In Response to Doctors' basic errors are killing 1,000 patients a month: Almost 12,000 patients are dying needlessly in NHS hospitals every year because of basic errors by medical staff, according to the largest and most detailed study into hospital deaths ever performed in the UK. The researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and colleagues found something went wrong with the care of 13 per cent of the patients who died in hospitals. An error only caused death in 5.2 per cent of these – equivalent to 11,859 preventable deaths in hospitals in England. Helen Hogan, who led the study, said: "We found medical staff were not doing the basics well enough – monitoring blood pressure and kidney function, for example. They were also not assessing patients holistically early enough in their admission so they didn't miss any underlying condition. And they were not checking side-effects... before prescribing drugs." http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/doctors-basic-errors-are-killing-1000-patients-a-month-7939674.html Posted by drrathore |
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Re: Doctors' basic errors are killing 1,000 patients a month
posted at 19/7/2012 8:06 AM BST
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It's all old hat. "Medical Nemesis" by Ivan Illich. We bury our mistakes. Don't you have D and C (deaths and complications) audits all the time. We do. Every death comes before an audit where I work. Perhaps the NHS is more class ridden? The masses don't matter like in the armed forces. In the army, deaths are usually about 1/5th woundings. If this is your death rate, the complication rate is hidden beneath the tip of the iceberg. |
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