Abstract
This chapter reviews the leading causes for anesthesiology malpractice claims and the indemnity payments that result from different patient injuries. Risk-management strategies are provided both to help prevent patient injuries and to make anesthesia claims more defensible. The effect of anesthesia claims on the physician is discussed.
Key Words
- Anesthesiology
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) monitoring standards
- frequency
- severity
- claims trends
- informed consent
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Lofsky, A.S. (2005). Anesthesiology. In: Anderson, R.E. (eds) Medical Malpractice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-845-8_10
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