Registration of Adverse Patient Occurrences in a University Hospital: Relations between Adverse Patient Occurrences and Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients

Adverse Patient Occurrences in Otorhinolaryngology: Results of a Systematic Registry in a Tertiary Referral Hospital

“…In that particular study, in which 818 patients were included, an incidence of 21% was reported. 7 This percentage is approximately similar to the 20% we found. A high rate of adverse events is not necessarily a result of poor quality health care.…”

“…The risk of APO increases with the length of stay and is high when patients are admitted for <24 hours. This result is confirmed by the results of other studies 7,8,11,14,15 . The relation between an increasing length of stay and an APO can be explained in three ways.…”

“…Only one study examined the incidence of APOs in the otorhinolaryngology department and used the same criteria and screening method used here. In that particular study, in which 818 patients were included, an incidence of 21% was reported 7 . This percentage is approximately similar to the 20% we found.…”

“…Another study in a Dutch hospital describes the relation between patient characteristics and APOs over a period of one year. The conclusion was that age, length of stay, and diagnosis group had a significant relation with the incidence of APOs 7 …”

“…The conclusion was that age, length of stay, and diagnosis group had a significant relation with the incidence of APOs. 7 APOs have been systematically registered from 1997 to 2006 in all patients admitted to the otorhinolaryngologyhead and neck surgery department of the U.H.M., the Netherlands. In this study the outcome of this registry, will be described.…”