Diagnosis

• A Less-Than-Thorough Work-Up for Chest Pain
• Breast Lump Complaint Wrongly Followed With Screening Test NEW!
• Communication Gaps Hinder Preventative Measures
• Delayed Heart Care Due to Lack of Expertise, Hospital Capability
• Discharged from ED Before MI Death
• Failure to Rule Out Bacterial Meningitis
• From Chronic Problems to an Acute Dilemma
• Girl Loses Ovary After Repeated Visits, Delayed Diagnosis
• Inattention to Allergy
• Incidental Finding Not Followed
• Miscommunication Leads to Retained Foreign Body
• Missed Follow-up, Missed Cancer
• Missed MI Despite Family History
• Missed Opportunities to Diagnose Pancreatitis
• Missed Opportunities in the ED
• Mixed Symptoms, Narrow Focus Contribute to PE Death
• Multiple Complaints and Non-compliance
• Narrow Diagnostic Focus in the ED
• Narrow Focus Obscures Cancer Diagnosis
• Not Offered Screening Test Before Colorectal Cancer
• Physicians Unaware of Nodule on Routine X-ray
• Primary Complaint Masks Breast Cancer
• Reliance on Patient’s Self Diagnosis Obscures Fatal Condition
• The Best Laid Plans: Delayed Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer
• Treatment Delayed Despite Multiple Visits and Phone Calls

Medication

• An Unsupervised Dosing Error
• Inattention to Allergy

Obstetrics

• An Unsupervised Dosing Error
• Complications Follow Questionable Induction of Labor
• Defending Appropriate Care in Light of Tragic Outcome
• Results Recorded for a Test not Performed
• Teamwork Failures in Labor and Delivery
• Unfamiliarity Breeds Contempt
• Unprepared for Labor & Delivery Worst Case Scenario
• Vague Talk Between OB and RN Caused Delay

Surgery

• Analysis of CRICO Surgery-related Cases
• Blindness Following Spine Surgery
• Death By Complication
• Failure to Attend to the Main Concern
• Inadequate Supervision On The O.R.
• Miscommunication Leads to Retained Foreign Body
• Misplaced and Misread: Patient’s Death Follows Multiple Mix-ups
• Missed Complication
• Whose Patient Is She?
• Wrong Site, Quickly Settled

Anesthesia

• An Unsupervised Dosing Error
• Blindness Following Spine Surgery
• Unprepared for Labor & Delivery Worst Case Scenario

Cardiology

• Delayed Heart Care Due to Lack of Expertise, Hospital Capability
• Discharged from ED Before MI Death

Emergency Medicine

• A Less-Than-Thorough Work-Up for Chest Pain
• Discharged from ED Before MI Death
• From Chronic Problems to an Acute Dilemma
• Girl Loses Ovary After Repeated Visits, Delayed Diagnosis
• Misplaced and Misread: Patient’s Death Follows Multiple Mix-ups
• Missed Opportunities in the ED
• Missed MI Despite Family History
• Narrow Diagnostic Focus in the ED
• Physicians Unaware of Nodule on Routine X-ray
• Reliance on Patient’s Self Diagnosis Obscures Fatal Condition
• Whose Patient Is She?

General Medicine

• Failure to Rule Out Bacterial Meningitis
• From Chronic Problems to an Acute Dilemma
• Missed MI Despite Family History
• Missed Opportunities in the ED
• Missed Opportunities to Diagnose Pancreatitis
• Mixed Symptoms, Narrow Focus Contribute to PE Death
• Multiple Complaints and Non-compliance
• Narrow Diagnostic Focus in the ED
• Narrow Focus Obscures Cancer Diagnosis
• Physicians Unaware of Nodule on Routine X-ray
• Primary Complaint Masks Breast Cancer
• The Best Laid Plans: Delayed Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer
• Treatment Delayed Despite Multiple Visits and Phone Calls

General Surgery

• Against her wishes, a Jehovah’s Witness receives 30 blood transfusions
• Blindness Following Spine Surgery
• Death By Complication
• Inattention to Allergy

Neurosurgery

• Death By Complication
• Miscommunication Leads to Retained Foreign Body
• Wrong Site, Quickly Settled

Nursing

• Dodging Responsibility and Placing Blame
• Failure to Attend to the Main Concern
• Missed Follow-up, Missed Cancer
• Results Recorded for a Test not Performed
• Treatment Delayed Despite Multiple Visits and Phone Calls

OB/GYN

• An Unsupervised Dosing Error
• Breast Lump Complaint Wrongly Followed With Screening Test NEW!
• Complications Follow Questionable Induction of Labor
• Defending Appropriate Care in Light of Tragic Outcome
• Results Recorded for a Test not Performed
• Teamwork Failures in Labor and Delivery
• Unfamiliarity Breeds Contempt
• Unprepared for Labor & Delivery Worst Case Scenario
• Vague Talk Between OB and RN Caused Delay

Oncology

• Breast Lump Complaint Wrongly Followed With Screening Test NEW!
• Communication Gaps Hinder Preventative Measures
• Missed Follow-up, Missed Cancer

Orthopedics

• Failure to Attend to the Main Concern
• Inadequate Supervision On The O.R.

Pediatrics/Neonatology

• Failure to Rule Out Bacterial Meningitis
• Girl Loses Ovary After Repeated Visits, Delayed Diagnosis

Psychiatry

• Narrow Diagnostic Focus in the ED

Radiology

• From Chronic Problems to an Acute Dilemma
• Incidental Finding Not Followed
• Misplaced and Misread: Patient’s Death Follows Multiple Mix-ups
• Physicians Unaware of Nodule on Routine X-ray
• Results Recorded for a Test not Performed