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Rev. méd. Chile ; 129(12): 1470-1472, dic. 2001.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-310227

ABSTRACT

If negligent actions are ruled out, medical errors must be prevented or attenuated anhancing security in all the health care system. Prudent and confidential information and assessment are crucial to obtain good results, discarding to look for whom to blame and assuming collectively the supervision of suspected conditions. Massive introduction of technology, intervention of multiple agents in the care of patients and the number of alternatives offered to manage health problems, contribute to increase medical errors. Not to lesser importance are the increasing expectations of patients on health benefits that must be synchronized to the continous improvements in medical care


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Humans , Medical Errors , Ethics, Medical
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Rev. chil. infectol ; 12(4): 203-8, 1995. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-174965

ABSTRACT

Los catéteres venosos centrales (CVC) han facilitado el manejo de los niños con cáncer. El objetivo ha sido determinar en un estudio prospectivo la incidencia de obstrucciones, infecciones y salida accidental en niños con CVC para el tratamiento de enfermedades malignas en un hospital privado. Material: desde agosto 1992 a junio 1995; 51 CVC fueron instalados. Mediana 4 años (4 meses-15 años) 24 varones, 19 femeninos. Diagnóstico: 12 leucemias, 3 linfomas, 13 tumores SNC, 6 tumores óseos, 3 sarcomas, 3 neuroblastomas, 2 tumores de Wilms, 1 hepatoblastoma. Tipo de CVC: 51 CVC fueron instalados en 43 pacientes, 35 externos: 33 Hickman-Broviac (HB), 2 Groshong (G) y 16 subcutáneos (SC). Conclusión: CVC han facilitado el manejo de niños con cáncer, nuestros resultados de complicaciones y causas de remoción son similares a publicaciones extranjeras


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Humans , Male , Female , Infant , Child, Preschool , Adolescent , Catheterization, Central Venous/statistics & numerical data , Evaluation Study , Neoplasms/therapy , Age Distribution , Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/therapeutic use , Catheterization, Central Venous/adverse effects , Catheterization, Central Venous/classification , Hospitals, Private , Jugular Veins , Neutropenia/etiology , Prospective Studies
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