A new patient safety smartphone application for prevention of “forgotten” ureteral stents: results from a clinical pilot study in 194 patients

BACKGROUND: Approximately 12% of all ureteral stents placed are retained or “forgotten.” Forgotten stents are associated with significant safety concerns as well as increased costs and legal issues. Retained ureteral stents (RUS) often occur due to lack of clinical follow-up, communication or langua...

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Autores principales: Molina, Wilson R., Pessoa, Rodrigo, Donalisio da Silva, Rodrigo, Kenny, McCabe C., Gustafson, Diedra, Nogueira, Leticia, Leo, Mark E., Yu, Michael K., Kim, Fernando J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5381069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28396695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-017-0123-3

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