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Natl Med J India
August 2024
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, Kirumampakkam 607402, Puducherry, India.
Medical malpractice suits are quite common in developed countries leading to an increase in malpractice insurance. Recent trends indicate that India is at the cusp of a medical malpractice crisis. There has been a rise in medical negligence cases filed against doctors, though often the allegations are frivolous.
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April 2024
Department Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Medical professionals face high stress due to the type of work they do and the prolonged working hours. Frequent burnout results due to the challenging nature of their work. Added to the stress of work, malpractice lawsuits add to their burden.
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April 2024
Clinical Center, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
A 15-year-old young girl was found dead at home. There were no indications of any intervention or the application of force. On the previous day, she was admitted to hospital because of palpitations, fatigue, a headache, and a swollen neck.
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July 2023
General Practitioner.
This section examines the recent decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Dean v Pope [2022] NSWCA 260. The decision settles a long-running dispute in New South Wales about the test for the standard of care under s 5O of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW). That provision was introduced following the medical indemnity crisis of the early 2000s and provided for a modified Bolam test to protect professionals from claims in negligence when they had acted in accordance with a standard of "competent professional practice".
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September 2023
Department of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, The University of Southern California, 2010 Zonal Avenue, Building B, 3P61, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Emerging science continues to establish the detrimental effects of malnutrition in acute neurological diseases such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, status epilepticus and anoxic brain injury. The primary pathological pathways responsible for secondary brain injury include neuroinflammation, catabolism, immune suppression and metabolic failure, and these are exacerbated by malnutrition. Given this, there is growing interest in novel nutritional interventions to promote neurological recovery after acute brain injury.
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