Medical diagnoses commonly associated with pediatric malpractice lawsuits in the united states

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  McAbee, Gary N ^a,g   Donn, Steven M ^b   Mendelson, Robert A ^c   McDonnell, William M ^d   Gonzalez, Jose L ^e   Ake, Julie Kersten ^f  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Private Pediatric Practice   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^f AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^g Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Malpractice; Medical diagnoses; Pediatricians

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ASTHMA; BIRTH; BRAIN DAMAGED CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPISPADIAS; FOOT MALFORMATION; GENU RECURVATUM; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MENINGITIS; OCCULT SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249091780     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1594     Document Type: Review

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