RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Learning from errors: unnecessary intensive care unit admissions
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr-2017-220806
DO 10.1136/bcr-2017-220806
VO 2017
A1 Cecil A Rambarat
A1 David E Winchester
YR 2017
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2017-220806.abstract
AB An elderly man was transferred to our emergency department with reported ventricular tachycardia requiring intravenous amiodarone and intensive care unit admission. Device interrogation, the following day, revealed only frequent premature ventricular contractions and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia in a patient with a known history of these conditions. The patient underwent unnecessary invasive monitoring after being emergently transferred to our facility and admitted to the intensive care unit. Fortunately, our patient did not suffer any unwarranted side effects from intravenous amiodarone. This case reports on some negative consequences of inappropriate intensive care unit admissions and how they could have been avoided.