Medical malpractice claims involving children

Malpractice Claims in Ophthalmology: A 10-Year Review

“…[9][10][11] Unlike from the literature, in the present study, failure to obey legal legislations and lack of care and attention (recklessness) in operative period was found as the main reasons of liabilities.…”

“…The risk of an ophthalmologist taken a place in a medical condition involving malpractice claim (being reported for a malpractice claim) arises.6 In addition, every 100 obstetricians/gynecologists had 0.62-0.91 lawsuit per year, while every 100 ophthalmologists had the lowest lawsuits per year. [6][7][8][9] Among cataract surgery claims, technical mistakes, postoperative infections, inadequate consent, fault in selecting intraocular lens size/type were found as common causes for cataract treatment claims. 2 In the present study, claims related to intraocular lenses in cataract surgery process were found the most popular claim.…”

“…The SHC examines medical records sent by legal authorities and gives expert opinion. 8,9 In the present study, we aimed to reveal and discuss the profile of medical malpractice claims and liability of clinicians involved in ophthalmology cases in adults and children reported to the SHC. We reviewed the expert opinions related to malpractice claims and formed a database to reveal medical litigation in ophthalmologic cases.…”

A long duration of the prediagnostic symptomatic interval is not associated with an unfavourable prognosis in childhood medulloblastoma

“…12 Patients and physicians often speculate on whether an earlier diagnosis would have led to a less advanced disease stage and ultimately to a better prognosis, and alleged delay in diagnosis is a frequent source of medical malpractice lawsuits. [13][14] However, published data on the effect of the PSI on the outcome in children with brain tumors and specifically medulloblastomas are still limited and inconclusive.…”

“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The assumption that a longer PSI may result in a more advanced disease stage and/or have an adverse impact on tumor control, survival and/or neurological/neuropsychological/quality of survival outcome may lead to selfreproaches from parents and physicians and can result in accusations of medical malpractice. [12][13][14] However, available information on the correctness of this assumption is insufficient, as studies on PSI in children with brain tumors suffer from low patient numbers, retrospective design, heterogeneity of patient, disease, and treatment characteristics, and lacking outcome data. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] To study the association of the PSI with disease stage at diagnosis as well as tumor control and survival outcome, we analyzed prospectively collected data on 224 homogeneously treated patients.…”