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It's not just about making people happy. It's about making people happy as a risk-management strategy.
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Errors in diagnosis are the most common medical factor in malpractice claims resulting in payouts against emergency physicians (EPs).
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Patients are put at risk when EPs are not given key pieces of information.
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An on-call specialist may have given recommendations for an emergency department (ED) patient's care, but that doesn't mean he or she is legally responsible.
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A male patient in his 30s was seen at an emergency department (ED), where he displayed some evidence of epidural abscess, but was discharged with a diagnosis of back pain.
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When an emergency physician (EP) receives notice of a lawsuit, the plaintiff often turns out not to be the first patient who comes to mind.
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Subjects with Lesch-Nyhan disease and Lesch-Nyhan variant have significant reductions in brain size in the basal ganglia as well as several cortical areas.
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An outbreak of fungal meningitis and paraspinal infections occurred over the past year due to contaminated methylprednisolone injections.
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Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis has now been well characterized clinically, physiologically, and genetically.