Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Health Care Failure to Rescue

Inability to prevent a clinical deterioration resulting from a complication of an underlying medical condition or a complication of medical care. It implies that common risk factors for such a complication were not recognized in a timely manner or treated appropriately.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Inability to prevent a clinical deterioration resulting from a complication of an underlying medical condition or a complication of medical care. It implies that common risk factors for such a complication were not recognized in a timely manner or treated appropriately.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Failure to Rescue (Health Care)
  • Failure to Rescue, Health Care
  • Health Care, Failure to Rescue
  • Health Care, Failures to Rescue
  • Failure to Rescues (Health Care)
  • Rescue, Failure to (Health Care)
  • Rescues, Failure to (Health Care)

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2016

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Previous Indexing

  • Resuscitation (1992-2015)
  • Treatment Failure (2005-2015)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. E01w.789w.800.760.500
  2. H01w.770w.644w.145w.431.500
  3. N04w.761w.559w.590.800.760.500
  4. N05.715w.360.575w.575.800.760.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Health Care Failure to Rescue. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000067248. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000067248
  2. Health Care Failure to Rescue. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98795374