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Anesthesia Malpractice Lawsuits can be claimed if a patient sustains a complication which may or may not be secondary to substandard anesthesia care. Richard Novak, MD is a Stanford physician board-certified in anesthesiology and internal medicine and Adjunct Clinical Professor in Anesthesiology. For more details call on 650-465-5997 or visit our website: https://theanesthesiaconsultant.com/2016/05/04/anesthesia-errors-and-complications-malpractice-or-not/
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If a patient suffers a bad outcome after anesthesia, did the anesthesiologist commit malpractice? If there was an anesthesia error, was it anesthesia malpractice?
Let’s look at the most common reasons for anesthesia malpractice claims. In a study by Ranum,(1) researchers examined a total of 607 closed claims from a single national malpractice insurance company over five years between 2007 and 2012. The most frequent anesthesia-related injuries reported were: Teeth damage — 20.8 percent of the anesthesia medical malpractice claims Death — 18.3 percent Nerve damage — 13.5 percent Organ damage — 12.7 percent Pain — 10.9 percent Cardiopulmonary arrest — 10.7 percen
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