Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9161748 | Chest | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Pulmonary and critical care decisions are susceptible to the influence of omission and status quo bias. Because of the great number of decisions that are made each day involving choices between maintaining or changing the status quo, this finding could have far-reaching implications for patient outcomes, cost-effectiveness, resource utilization, clinical practice variability, and medical errors.
Keywords
DICV˙/
Q˙Too Numerous To CountTNTCINRHCTUTIPTTNSAIDUrinalysisRandomized controlled trialPulmonary embolismDecision makingventilation/perfusionCognitive aspectsRelative risknonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugPsychologyprothrombin timeurinary tract infectionodds ratioInternational Normalized Ratiohematocritdisseminated intravascular coagulopathy
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Authors
Aberegg MD, MPH, Haponik MD, Terry MD, MA,