Medical malpractice in Turkey: Pediatric cases resulting in death
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Dosyalar
Tarih
2021
Dergi Başlığı
Dergi ISSN
Cilt Başlığı
Yayıncı
Turkish Archives of Pediatrics-AVES
Erişim Hakkı
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Özet
ABSTRACT
Background: Malpractice in medicine refers to the failure of a physician to meet a standard of
diagnosis and treatment, damages/injuries caused by reprehensible ignorance, or negligence
of a doctor.
Methods: Allegedly malpractice cases of pediatricians and the cases in which causal
link between malpractice and death was confirmed by the decision of the First Board of
Specialization of the Council of Forensic Medicine between the dates of Januray 1, 2012 and
December 31, 2014 were analyzed retrospectively.
Results: The study revealed that in the majority of 286 cases, the infants were 0-28 days old
(n = 115; 40.2%) and were hospitalized due to respiratory problems (n = 111; 38.8%). The allegations of malpractice cases were most frequently seen in private hospitals (n = 120; 42%).
Malpractice was found in 17.5% of the cases (n = 50), in which the majority of cased were proved
to be diagnostic errors (n = 24; 48%). The most common diagnostic error was the misdiagnosis
of “healthy child” in medical malpractice cases (n = 11, 22%).
Conclusions: In conclusion, it is considered to be important for the pediatricians to maintain
proper communication with the relatives of the patients while monitoring their health condition,
and pediatricians are expected to be more careful—especially in the diagnostic phase—in the
cases involving 0-1 age group as children are most likely to be diagnosed as healthy in this age
group.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Pediatrician, Medical Malpractice, Forensic Medicine
Kaynak
14th Forensic Science Congress
WoS Q Değeri
N/A
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
56
Sayı
6
Künye
Hösükler, E., Üzün, İ., Melez, İ. E., Hösükler, B., & Elevli, M. (2021). Medical Malpractice in Turkey: Pediatric cases resulting in death. Turkish Archives of Pediatrics, 56(6), 631.