Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4253739 | Cirugía Española | 2007 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Patients in general and digestive surgery units have an increased risk of AE. Risk factors for these events are age, comorbidity, and the use of external devices. A substantial number of AE are related to nosocomial infection (especially surgical wound infection) and to surgical procedures. AE have an important impact on patients and a considerable proportion of these events are preventable. AE have strong health, social and economic repercussions and until recently have constituted a silent epidemic in Spain. Consequently, study of these events should be a public health priority.
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Authors
Jesús M. Aranaz-Andrés, Pedro Ruiz-López, Carlos Aibar-Remón, Juana Requena-Puche, Yolanda Agra-Varela, Ramón Limón-RamÃrez, MarÃa Teresa Gea-Velázquez de Castro, Juan José Miralles-Bueno, Diego Júdez-Legaristi,