Case Studies

Misplaced and Misread: Patient's Death Follows
Multiple Mix-ups
(May/June 2010)

Against Her Wishes, A Jehovah's Witness Receives
30 Blood Transfusions
(March/April 2010)

Reliance on Patient's Self-Diagnosis Obscures Fatal Condition(January/February 2010)

Narrow Diagnostic Focus in Emergency Department
(November/December 2009)

Failed Physician-Nurse Communication, Post-Op Sleep Apnea, Death
(September/October 2009)

Physicians Unaware of Nodule on Routine X-ray
(July/August 2009)

Unprepared for Labor and Delivery Worst-Case Scenario
(May/June 2009)