Obstructive sleep apnea: Strategies for minimizing liability and enhancing patient safety

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 947-953

  Svider, Peter F ^a,b   Pashkova, Anna A ^c   Folbe, Adam J ^b   Eloy, Jean Daniel ^a   Setzen, Michael ^d,e   Baredes, Soly ^a   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,f  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

Author keywords

informed consent; litigation; medical malpractice; obstructive sleep apnea; OSA; OSA liability; otolaryngology litigation; otolaryngology malpractice; physician liability; sleep apnea malpractice

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; OTOLARYNGOLOGIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

EID: 84888384568     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813504074     Document Type: Article

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