What is it about?
Once suffocation/choking occurs, it has a serious impact on the patient's prognosis. Inpatient choking is one of the incidents that should be prevented. In this study, we investigated what kind of patients experienced choking cases in the past under what circumstances.
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Why is it important?
Choking poses a highly significant burden on patients, and hospital administrators should minimise the risk of choking to prevent related injuries.
Perspectives
Choking is an event that has a very large impact on patients, so I would be happy if many people would read this paper.
Naomi Akiyama
Gifu University Of Health Science
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This page is a summary of: Choking injuries: Associated factors and error-producing conditions among acute hospital patients in Japan, PLOS One, April 2022, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267430.
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