Failure to diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease
A 61-year-old woman came to the emergency department (ED) at 11:10 p.m. on August 7. She reported chest tightness, shortness of breath, and fingertip tingling and numbness.
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Cardiovascular Disease
Closed claim studies involving the diagnosis and treatment of heart and vascular disease
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Failure to diagnose arterial thrombosis
A 60-year-old man came to the ED with severe right foot pain.
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Failure to treat hypertension
A 31-year-old man came to his internal medicine physician for symptom-focused visits.
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Differential diagnosis not reported
A 68-year-old man came to his family physician reporting a “several month” history of worsening memory
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Failure to refer for cardiac evaluation
A 55-year-old man came to Family Physician A with a two-month history of chest pain after exertion.
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Failure to diagnose aortic rupture in a timely manner
A woman came to the ED with pain, pressure, and tightness in the center of her chest.
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Failure to follow up on CT scan
A 69-year-old man came to the ED with worsening shortness of breath. His history included smoking, COPD, and an occluded right coronary artery.
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Failure to monitor patient’s INR
A 65-year-old man began seeing Family Physician A for treatment of high cholesterol and bronchitis.
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Failure to properly treat
A 74-year-old woman visited Cardiologist A with symptoms of congestive heart failure.
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Failure to diagnose and treat acute coronary artery syndrome
A 43-year-old man came to the ED of a metropolitan hospital reporting chest pain, dizziness, diaphoresis, shortness of breath, and pain going down his arms.
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Failure to insist on EMS transport
A patient’s wife called her husband’s family physician, requesting an appointment because her husband had chest pain.
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Failure to diagnose and treat thrombosis
A 66-year-old man came to his internist reporting shortness of breath and chest pain for three weeks.
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Failure to diagnose myocardial infarction
A 66-year-old man came to the ED at 9:11 p.m. with chest pain. He was triaged at 9:14 p.m.
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Failure to treat myocardial infarction
A 62-year-old man came to the ED reporting pain in the “chest wall area.”
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Failure to diagnose myocardial infarction 2
A 57-year-old man came to the ED by ambulance after developing chest tightness and shortness of breath.
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Failure to properly manage resuscitation efforts
An 8-year-old girl with congenital bicuspid aortic valve and aortic stenosis was scheduled for dental work.
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Failure to monitor patient during stress test
A woman in her early 60s went to a cardiologist for chest pain and dyspnea on exertion.
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Informed refusal: When patients decline treatment
Recommendations to help minimize the risk of lawsuits related to patient refusals.
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