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Event Categories—Preventable
- Neuropsychiatric 29%
- Hemorrhagic 16%
- Gastrointestinal 16%
- Renal/electrolytes 12%
- Fall with injury 5%
- Cardiovascular 4%
- Fall without injury 3%
- EPS 2%
- Syncope/dizziness 2%
Notes:
Examples:
Comparing non-preventable to preventable events
similar proportion of each included neuropsychiatric problems dermatologic and infectious symptoms primarily in the non-preventable events:
falls and hemorrhages more substantial proportion of the preventable events
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