Articles Tagged With: incomplete
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COVID-19 Affected U.S. Life Expectancy: How Bad Is It?
The pandemic dinged the average, but the latest data do not tell the whole story.
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Incomplete Medication Lists Can Lead to Allegations of Negligence
Just 23% of older adults in the ED gave a medication list that mirrored pharmacy records, according to the results of an analysis. More than half the patients omitted antibiotics they were taking at the time of the visit. Not knowing about a medicine can lead to dangerous therapy or misdiagnosis.
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Many Charts Lack Any Evidence of Thorough H&P
Often, a portion of the history, assessment, or evaluation was handled, but for whatever reason does not make it into the emergency medicine record. This makes it appear as though a poor or incomplete assessment was conducted. Double check these items to see they are included.
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Update on Early Pregnancy Loss Management
Early pregnancy failure typically is defined as an intrauterine pregnancy in the first trimester that is not viable, either because the gestational sac is empty or because the embryo or fetus has no cardiac activity. This article will discus the main options for the management of early pregnancy failure: expectant management, medical management with misoprostol, and surgical management. Women’s preferences should guide treatment decisions, given that all three options are medically safe.
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Patient’s complaints of pain lead to incomplete exam and $2.2 million jury award
In 2012, a man involved in a logging accident severely injured his back. He was transported to a local hospital, where a physician ordered X-rays of the man’s back. During the course of the man’s X-rays, he complained of being in too much pain to complete the thoracic spine series the physician had ordered.