Medical malpractice cases involving anesthesia awareness

Medical malpractice cases involving anesthesia awareness

•Awareness under general anesthesia is a very rare complication but devastating to sufferers•In a national legal database of >100 million cases, only 4 alleged anesthesia awareness, reflecting the complication’s rarity•All 4 alleged awareness sufferers were female; none of the cases contained pur...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical anesthesia 2021-08, Vol.71, p.110225-110225, Article 110225
Hauptverfasser: Patel, Kaiwal, Eltorai, Ashley Szabo
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anesthesiology
General anesthesia
Medical malpractice
Medical personnel
Post traumatic stress disorder
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Zusammenfassung:•Awareness under general anesthesia is a very rare complication but devastating to sufferers•In a national legal database of >100 million cases, only 4 alleged anesthesia awareness, reflecting the complication’s rarity•All 4 alleged awareness sufferers were female; none of the cases contained pure plaintiff verdicts with damages awarded
ISSN:0952-8180
1873-4529
DOI:10.1016/j.jclinane.2021.110225