A quality improvement study: medication error leading to thyrotoxicosis and death

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2004 Nov-Dec;5(6):410-3. doi: 10.1097/01.JAM.0000141958.71891.16.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Overdose
  • Drug Prescriptions / standards*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Homes for the Aged / standards
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / drug therapy
  • Medication Errors*
  • New York City
  • Nursing Homes / standards
  • Quality of Health Care*
  • Thyrotoxicosis / chemically induced*
  • Thyroxine / administration & dosage*
  • Thyroxine / adverse effects*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Thyroxine