Anesthesia

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.

By: Staff

Monday, January 25th, 2016

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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