Adverse events in Intensive Care Units: bibliometric study
In: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 669-675
Objective: To investigate the scientific productions about the adverse events that occurred in Intensive Care
Units. Methods: Bibliometric study, quantitative approach of documentary base, consisting of 20 articles from
the electronic database Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) and Specialized Bibliographic database in
the area of nursing (BDENF), and thesis and dissertations database in the period of 2004 to 2014. Results: It
was possible to identify scientific productions about adverse events in ICUs of the last 10 years, highlighting
the predominance of papers published by nursing, especially AEs related to medication errors and nosocomial
infection, intensified by the overload of work. Conclusion: The study presents limitations as to the number
of publications on the subject. Thereby the scarcity of publications regarding the subject in question, makes
updates on the subject.