Purpose This study describes the use of, and modifications and additions made to, the
Global Trigger Tool (GTT) since its first release in 2003, and summarizes its findings with …

Background Adverse events (AEs) cause suffering for hospitalised children, a fragile patient
group where the delivery of adequate timely care is of great importance. Objective To report …

Background The UK performs poorly relative to other economically developed countries on
numerous indicators of care quality for children. The contribution of iatrogenic harm to these …

Background Little is known about adverse events (AEs) in pediatric patients. Record review
is a common methodology for identifying AEs, but in pediatrics the record review tools …

The aim of this study was to apply machine learning methods to deeply explore the risk
factors associated with adverse drug events (ADEs) and predict the occurrence of ADEs in …

Purpose Adults and children with intellectual disability (ID) are vulnerable to preventable
morbidity and mortality due to poor quality healthcare. While poor quality care has been …

Background Children are scheduled to receive 18–20 immunizations before their 18th
birthday in England and Wales; this approximates to 13 million vaccines administered per …

Objective Global Trigger Tool (GTT) has been proposed as a low-cost method to detect
adverse events (AEs). The validity of the methodology has been questioned because of …

Understanding the epidemiology and risk factors of adverse drug events (ADEs) in pediatric
inpatient is essential if we are to prevent, reduce or ameliorate the harm experienced. The …

Abstract Background The Global Trigger Tool (GTT), which is a method using “triggers” to
review medical record retrospectively to identify possible adverse events. Several studies …