7 common reasons anesthesiologists are involved in malpractice lawsuits

Around 91 percent of anesthesiologists over the age of 70 years admitted to being one of many parties named in a lawsuit, according to the Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Anesthesiologists Get Sued.

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Here are seven common reasons cited for lawsuits involving anesthesiologists:

•    Failure to save a life
•    Neurologic injury
•    Overdose
•    Dental injury
•    Surgical injury
•    In-hospital infections
•    Airway mishaps

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