A recent study reveals that over one-third of surgical patients experience complications.
Research published on November 13 in the BMJ indicates that approximately 38% of adult patients encounter adverse events either during or after surgery.
Alarmingly, nearly half of these complications can lead to serious, life-threatening, or even fatal outcomes.
The study also highlights that “nearly half of the events classified as major and most potentially preventable,” demonstrating “that adverse events remain widespread in contemporary healthcare, causing substantial and preventable patient harm during hospital admission.”
This leads researchers to call into question “the foundational tenet of medical practice, ‘First, do no harm,’ [that] serves as a guiding principle for ensuring patient safety. However, adverse events during hospital admission are a major and widespread cause of harm in healthcare.” […]
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