Delayed Recognition of Deterioration of Patients in General Wards Is Mostly Caused by Human Related Monitoring Failures: A Root Cause Analysis of Unplanned ICU Admissions

Louise S. van Galen; Patricia W. Struik; Babiche E. J. M. Driesen; Hanneke Merten; Jeroen Ludikhuize; Johannes I. van der Spoel; Mark H. H. Kramer; Prabath W. B. Nanayakkara

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161393

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Delayed Recognition of Deterioration of Patients in General Wards Is Mostly Caused by Human Related Monitoring Failures: A Root Cause Analysis of Unplanned ICU Admissions

Louise S. van Galen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Louise S. van Galen, Patricia W. Struik

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section Acute Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Patricia W. Struik ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Louise S. van Galen, Patricia W. Struik

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section Acute Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Babiche E. J. M. Driesen,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section Acute Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Hanneke Merten,

Affiliation Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jeroen Ludikhuize,

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Johannes I. van der Spoel,

Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Mark H. H. Kramer,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section Acute Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Prabath W. B. Nanayakkara

* E-mail: p.nanayakkara@vumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section Acute Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Delayed Recognition of Deterioration of Patients in General Wards Is Mostly Caused by Human Related Monitoring Failures: A Root Cause Analysis of Unplanned ICU Admissions

Louise S. van Galen,
Patricia W. Struik,
Babiche E. J. M. Driesen,
Hanneke Merten,
Jeroen Ludikhuize,
Johannes I. van der Spoel,
Mark H. H. Kramer,
Prabath W. B. Nanayakkara

Published: August 18, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161393

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Error in publication process

Posted by lvangalen on 05 Oct 2016 at 12:25 GMT

The error is in Table 2, the bullet points in the patient characteristics are not in line with their categories, the table is skewed and it can be hard to interpret results.
A reader could interpret data wrongly, he could for example conclude that 18% had a 'No restriction' DNR-policy, instead of the 69% it was.
Please take note of this while interpreting the paper.

Many thanks,

Louise van Galen

No competing interests declared.

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Posted by lvangalen on 05 Oct 2016 at 12:25 GMT