Medico-legal importance of necrotizing fasciitis
| Autor: | Ibrahim Habash, Raghad Alami, Touleen Mufeed Awni Alnimer, H A Abder-Rahman, Imad M. Al-Abdallat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Medico legal medicine.medical_specialty Forensic pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine Diagnosis Differential medicine Humans Fasciitis Necrotizing Financial compensation Diagnostic Errors Intensive care medicine Fasciitis health care economics and organizations Aged 80 and over Missed Diagnosis business.industry Malpractice Cellulitis General Medicine Forensic Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease humanities Dilemma Physical Abuse Wounds and Injuries Female business Law |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 74:102019 |
| ISSN: | 1752-928X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jflm.2020.102019 |
| Popis: | Despite the rarity of necrotizing fasciitis (NF), it is a relatively common cause of death in many lawsuits. Families seek financial compensation or legal charges against those they believe to be involved in the death, usually physicians who did not identify the infection soon enough. This paper explores six cases in forensic pathology practice where NF posed a unique medico-legal dilemma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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