Fracture
Closed claim studies involving the diagnosis and treatment of fractures
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Read FlipbookReporter Q1 2023
CME: TMLT closed claims: Caring for trauma patients; How to leave or close a medical practice; Delayed response to intracranial hemorrhage; Failure to properly examine patient
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Read ArticlePrescribing unnecessary medication
A 69-year-old woman came to her family physician for hip pain
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose fracture
An eight-year-old boy came with his mother to a local ED with pain in his lower left leg from a fall earlier that day.
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Read ArticleFailure to timely diagnose femur fracture
A 28-year-old man was involved in a motorcycle collision, sustaining multiple injuries. The EMS records reflect that the patient’s chief complaint at the scene was leg pain.
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Read ArticleFailure to properly manage warfarin dose
An 89-year-old woman suffered a fractured right femur requiring surgical repair.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose and treat complications
A 16-year-old girl was brought to the emergency department after sustaining a leg injury while playing soccer. X-rays revealed a right bimalleolar ankle fracture dislocation.
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Read ArticleFailure to diagnose mandible fracture
On June 1, a 35-year-old woman fell while stepping off a boat, injuring her chin, jaw, wrist, and hand. She went to an urgent-care clinic for treatment.
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Read ArticleDelay in diagnosis of hip fracture
A 90-year-old woman fell at the assisted living facility where she resided. Following the fall, she began to report severe right hip pain.
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