Utility of Failure Mode and Effect Analysis to Improve Safety in Suctioning by Orotracheal Tube.

Objective: The objective of the study was to use the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) tool to analyze the technique of secretion suctioning on patients with an endotracheal tube who were admitted into an intensive care unit.

Materials And Methods: Brainstorming was carried out within the service to determine the potential errors most frequent in the process. After this, the FMEA was applied, including its stages, prioritizing risk in accordance with the risk prioritization number (RPN), selecting improvement actions in which they have an RPN of more than 300.

Analysis of judgments in the practice of cardiology resolved on appeal in Spain between 1992 and 2007.

Introduction And Objectives: The increase in the prosecution of health issues in Spain has increased the interest in legal claims against physicians. Our objective is to analyze the judgments issued in relation to cardiology practice in Spain in recent years.

Methods: We analyzed the 1899 sanitary judicial sentences issued in Spain in the second instance or later during the period 1992 to 2007.

[Analysis of judicial sentences against psychiatrists dictated by appellate courts in Spain between 1992 and 2007].

Sentences against psychiatrists dictated in appellate or higher courts of Spain in the period from 1992 to 2007 were analyzed. Decisions were gathered for 13 of the 17 autonomous communities and statistical analysis yielded the following results: in more than 50% of cases, the decision was unfavorable for the psychiatrist, but the damages never exceeded € 600,000. The most frequent condition in the series was personality disorders (48.