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Anesthesia Malpractice Lawsuits states the most common reasons for anesthesia malpractice by doctors which can cause Teeth damage (20.8 %), Death (18.3 %), Nerve damage (13.5%), Organ damage (12.7%), Pain (10.9%) and cardiopulmonary arrest. Get more information by visiting our website link: https://theanesthesiaconsultant.com/2016/05/04/anesthesia-errors-and-complications-malpractice-or-not/
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Richard Novak, MD is a Stanford physician board-certified in anesthesiology and internal medicine.Dr. Novak is an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University, the Medical Director at Waverley Surgery Center in Palo Alto, California, and a member of the Associated Anesthesiologists Medical Group in Palo Alto, California.
If a patient suffers a bad outcome after anesthesia, did the anesthesiologist commit malpractice? If there was an anesthesia error, was it anesthesia malpractice? Not necessarily. There are risks to every anesthetic and every surgery, and if a patient sustains a complication, it may or may not be secondary to substandard anesthesia care.
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 percent
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