Complications of ERCP: Ethical obligations and legal consequences

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Rácz, István ^a   Rejchrt, Stanislav ^b   Hassan, Majid ^c  

^a Petz Aladar Univ Teach Hosp 9024   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^c Capsticks Solicitors   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil claim; ERCP complications, risk factors; Informed consent; Legal consequence; Malpractice

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GABEXATE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG DISEASE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERFORATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SKILL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBE;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE;

EID: 37349028076     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109387     Document Type: Review

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