Laboratory of Molecular RNA Virology and Antiviral Strategies, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Laboratory of Molecular RNA Virology and Antiviral Strategies, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. Electronic address: miccjh@nus.edu.sg.
Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Antiviral Research, University of Turin, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano Turin, Italy.
Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Antiviral Research, University of Turin, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano Turin, Italy.
Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Antiviral Research, University of Turin, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano Turin, Italy.
Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Antiviral Research, University of Turin, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano Turin, Italy. Electronic address: david.lembo@unito.it.
Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, PR China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, PR China.
The tenets of a lawsuit are a deviation from the applicable standard of care that caused an injury. Elements must be addressed, including duty of care, deviation or breach of the duty to care, evidenc...
This article provides an overview of current malpractice trends in neurology as well as non-malpractice and forensic liability concerns. It is more important for clinicians to recognize the common pat...
Medical liability is a perennial issue that most physicians will face at some point in their careers. Gastroenterologists routinely perform endoscopic procedures to aid in the diagnosis and treatment ...
Despite being a procedure-oriented subspeciality, only a minority of malpractice claims against gastroenterologists are related to procedures. Diagnostic error is among the most prevalent reason for l...
Understanding the important role that diagnosis plays in medical liability allows physicians to better evaluate risk and apply deliberate decision-making in order to practice confidently....
Apologies are a means of responding to a medical error. Explanation of information related to the episode often fills a need for the patient and family to feel adequately informed. There are pros and ...
This study aims to evaluate the medicolegal trends related to 2 common orbital surgeries: orbital decompression and dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). These procedures are performed by ophthalmologists, oto...
The Westlaw database was reviewed from 1980 to 2020 for medical malpractice cases involving orbital decompression and DCR surgeries. Data were compiled on plaintiff and defendant demographics, procedu...
The Westlaw database included 60 cases (34 orbital decompression, 26 DCR); of these, 8 orbital decompression and 6 DCR cases met inclusion criteria. Of the 7 orbital decompression cases that were trie...
Despite several thousand orbital decompressions and DCR surgeries being performed annually in the US, very few lawsuits involving these complex surgeries have gone to trial. However, of the cases that...
This article is part of a series of articles titled "Legal Issues 101." The purpose of this series is to address common questions and misconceptions regarding the law and school health. Nurses frequen...
Neuro-ophthalmologic conditions are at a higher risk of misdiagnosis compared to other ophthalmic conditions. Increased awareness of the most common diagnostic errors in neuro-ophthalmology that lead ...
Malpractice trials in the Westlaw Legal Database that involved cases of neuro-ophthalmologic diagnostic errors or failures by ophthalmologists were included in this study....
A total of 43 cases were included, all citing failure to diagnose as the main reason for litigation. The most common diagnoses missed were cerebrovascular pathologies (30.2%), intracranial tumours (27...
Nearly half of the cases resulted in a defendant verdict. Settlement and plaintiff verdicts were costly, with average awards of approximately two million inflation-adjusted dollars. Failure to diagnos...
Thousands of orthopedic surgeons in the United State face medical malpractice claims annually; however, little is known regarding the common causes for litigation against shoulder surgeons. In additio...
The VerdictSearch database was used using the search terms "medical malpractice," "shoulder," and "NOT cancer." Results were queried, and all studies pertaining to orthopedic shoulder surgery included...
Forty-five cases were included in our study. After adjusting for the procedure frequency, the most likely procedure to be litigated, relative to rotator cuff repair, was manipulation under anesthesia ...
This study identifies that MUA and lavage/washout procedures are much more likely to be litigated relative to rotator cuff repair. Rotator cuff repair is actually one of the least likely procedures to...
Approaches to management of intracranial aneurysms are inconsistent, in part due to apprehension relating to potential malpractice claims. The purpose of this article was to review the causes of actio...
We consulted 2 large legal databases in the United States to search for cases in which there were jury awards and settlements related to the diagnosis and management of patients with intracranial aneu...
Between 2000 and 2020, two hundred eighty-seven published case summaries were identified, of which 133 were eligible for inclusion in the analysis. Radiologists constituted 16% of 159 physicians sued ...
Incorrect interpretation of imaging is relatively infrequent as a cause of malpractice litigation compared with failure to diagnose aneurysms in the clinical setting by neurosurgeons, emergency physic...
This study aimed to depict the characteristics, injury outcomes, and payment of obstetric malpractice lawsuits to better understand the medicolegal burden in obstetrics and categorize the causes of ob...
We reviewed and retrieved key information on court records of legal trials from China Judgment Online between 2013 and 2021....
A total of 3441 obstetric malpractice lawsuits successfully claimed were reviewed in this study, with a total indemnity payment of $139,875,375. After peaking in 2017, the number of obstetric malpract...
The healthcare systems had to pay a significant amount as a result of obstetric malpractice lawsuits. Greater efforts are required to minimize serious injury outcomes and improve obstetric quality in ...