MEDICAL ADVERSE EVENTS: ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF 16 REPORTS FROM A TEACHING HOSPITAL

Objective: One of the most important concerns in health care systems is the patient safety.The root cause analysis (RCA) is a systematic process for identifying root causes and contributing factors of problems or events.The objective of this study was to review RCA reports for determining factors contributing to adverse events through an organizati

Increased brain and serum zinc levels in patients with idiopathic restless legs syndrome (idiopathic RLS or iRLS) were described when compared with controls, suggesting a possible role of zinc in the pathogenesis of this disease.However, serum magnesium, calcium, manganese, iron, and copper levels of RLS patients were similar to controls, suggestin