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. 2005 Mar-Apr;12(2):200–206. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M1653
Accident (2, 0, 0) Fluid resuscitation (2, 0, 0) Perforation (0, 0, 0)
Accidentally (1, 1, 0) Hallucinations (1, 1, 0) Pneumothorax (2, 1, 0)
Acute renal failure (3, 0, 0) Heel ulcer (0, 0, 0) Polypharmacy (0, 0, 0)
After surgery (0, 0, 0) Hematoma (3, 0, 0) Postop (0, 0, 0)
After the operation (1, 0, 0) Hemorrhage (2, 0, 0) Postoperative (33, 6, 1)
Agitation (0, 0, 0) Hospital acquired (0, 0, 0) Pressure sore (0, 0, 0)
Allergic (1, 0, 0) Hyperglycemia (3, 1, 0) Pressure ulcer (0, 0, 0)
Allergic reaction (0, 0, 0) Hypervolemia (0, 0, 0) PTX (0, 0, 0)
Aspiration pneumonia (0, 0, 0) Hypoglycemia (0, 0, 0) Rash (2, 0, 0)
Bed sore (0, 0, 0) Hypotension (1, 1, 0) Renal failure (10, 1, 1)
CCU (1, 0, 0) Hypoxemia (1, 1, 1) Reopen (0, 0, 0)
Chest tube (3, 0, 0) Hypoxia (5, 2, 0) Reopening (0, 0, 0)
Clostridium difficile (1, 1, 1) ICU (2, 1, 0) Required fluids (0, 0, 0)
Complicated (4, 1, 0) IV infection (0, 0, 0) Respiratory distress (3, 2, 0)
Complication (0, 0, 0) IV sepsis (0, 0, 0) Respiratory failure (3, 3, 0)
D50 (0, 0, 0) Laceration (3, 0, 0) Rupture (0, 0, 0)
Death (4, 1, 0) Lethargic (1, 1, 0) Sedated (0, 0, 0)
Decubiti (0, 0, 0) Line infection (0, 0, 0) Shortness of breath (15, 0, 0)
Decubitus (0, 0, 0) Line sepsis (0, 0, 0) SICU (0, 0, 0)
Deep vein thrombosis (1, 0, 0) Low sugars (0, 0, 0) Skin ulcer (0, 0, 0)
Delirium (7, 3, 3) Medicine consult (0, 0, 0) Slipped (1, 0, 0)
Desaturation (0, 0, 0) Mental status (1, 1, 0) Somnolent (0, 0, 0)
Died (5, 1, 0) MICU (0, 0, 0) Subtherapeutic (0, 0, 0)
Discontinued (13, 3, 1) Mistake (1, 1, 0) Supratherapeutic (0, 0, 0)
Dissection (4, 0, 0) Mistakenly (0, 0, 0) Surgery (38, 4, 3)
DKA (0, 0, 0) Nonresponsive (0, 0, 0) Syncopy (0, 0, 0)
Drop of (0, 0, 0) Nosocomial (0, 0, 0) Telemetry (1, 0, 0)
Dropped (4, 1, 0) NSICU (0, 0, 0) Transfer (11, 0, 0)
Drug eruption (0, 0, 0) OD (2, 0, 0) Transferred (34, 3, 0)
Drug rash (0, 0, 0) Operating room (32, 0, 0) Transfusion (4, 2, 0)
Error (0, 0, 0) OR (55, 0, 0) Unresponsive (4, 1, 0)
Expired (2, 1, 0) Overdose (4, 3, 0) Volume (11, 1, 0)
Failure (35, 4, 0) Overload (1, 0, 0) Wet (1, 0, 0)
Fall (3, 0, 0) Oversedation (0, 0, 0) Wound infection (1, 1, 0)
Fell (7, 1, 0) Packed RBC (0, 0, 0)

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