MEDICAL -- Critical Care MEDICAL -- Transportation MEDICAL -- Pediatrics. : Field guide for air and ground transport of neonatal and pediatric patients : a quick reference for transport teams / Section on Transport Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, author ; Keith Meyer, Caraciolo J. Fernandes, editor, Hamilton P. Schwarz, editor, S. Niccole Alexander, AAP Staff
Errors or mistakes committed by health professionals which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in diagnosis (DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS), errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of surgical procedures, in the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings. Medical errors are differentiated from MALPRACTICE in that the former are regarded as honest mistakes or accidents while the latter is the result of negligence, reprehensible ignorance, or criminal intent
Errors or mistakes committed by health professionals which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in diagnosis (DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS), errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of surgical procedures, in the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings. Medical errors are differentiated from MALPRACTICE in that the former are regarded as honest mistakes or accidents while the latter is the result of negligence, reprehensible ignorance, or criminal intent
Use of an interactive computer system designed to assist the physician or other health professional in choosing between certain relationships or variables for the purpose of making a diagnostic or therapeutic decision
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Medical Defence Union. / http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50014969 : Mishap or malpractice? / Clifford Hawkins
Expendable and nonexpendable equipment, supplies, apparatus, and instruments that are used in diagnostic, surgical, therapeutic, scientific, and experimental procedures
--subdivision Diagnosis under individual diseases and types of diseases, e.g. Cancer--Diagnosis; also subdivision Diseases--Diagnosis under individual organs and regions of the body, e.g. Heart--Diseases--Diagnosis; also subdivision Diagnostic use under individual chemicals and groups of chemicals used in diagnosing diseases, e.g. Copper--Diagnostic use; and subdivision Medical examinations under topical headings, classes of persons, ethnic groups, and individual military services
--subdivision Ultrasonic imaging under individual diseases and types of diseases and individual organs and regions of the body other than brain and heart, e.g. Cancer--Ultrasonic imaging; Foot--Ultrasonic imaging