I'm curious about how many of those "medical error" deaths should be in the other categories and what the CDC chart would like like if they were properly categorized. Which column would increase the most?
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Virtually all of them. That estimate was made with an algorithm that is nonspecific for error and lumped people that “died with” a medical adverse events with those who “died from” adverse events. eg, many people “die with” decubitus ulcers, but it’s rarely the cause of death.
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https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2019/02/09/More-post-surgery-deaths-globally-than-from-HIV-malaria/7501549726962/ … According to this article 4.2 million people die within 30 days after Surgery every year. That's a scary number of people.
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2 things - Allen corrected his article (my hero), and this paper is inconsistent with previous measurements likely due to the absence of failure to rescue.
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Failure to rescue is not a diagnosis that goes on death certificates, but in retrospective review of deaths due to error is a major consideration. It’s the failure to recognize a problem in time, or “not enough medicine”. This article was helpful, in that it provides real data.
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Thank you. Those numbers never passed the smell test for me.
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Around 5,000 yearly cause-specific mortality associated with adverse effects of medical treatment in the United States? Impossible having more than: 30 millions admisions in hospitals 1.300 millons doctors consultations 3.840 millons prescriptions medications?
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"17,000 deaths involving this category of prescription opioids in 2017, equivalent to about 46 deaths per day. This number is likely an undercount of deaths related to prescription opioids, ..." https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/analysis.html …
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