Risk Alert: Wernicke's Encephalopathy
The TMLT claims and risk management departments have seen an alarming increase in the number of claims filed related to Wernicke’s encephalopathy following bariatric surgery.
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Wernicke's Encephalopathy
Risk alert: Information and case studies about Wernicke's encephalopathy after bariatric surgery.
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Reporter Q2 2023
A forward-thinking approach to physician wellness; CME: Physician wellness: Mental health care is health care; Failure to diagnose impending stroke; Failure to properly treat a bariatric patient
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Lone Star Reporter Q2 2021
CME: Vaccines: A practical guide for physicians; Introducing Corvus: Your new cyber security coverage; Failure to diagnose and treat Wernicke's encephalopathy; Improper performance and de-escalation
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Reporter Quarter 3 2018
CME - Human Trafficking; Communicating with millennials; Wernicke's encephalopathy: Failure to monitor thiamine levels; Failure to obtain consent for esophageal dilation; TMLT Board Election 2019
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Failure to monitor thiamine levels
A 50-year-old woman consulted with a bariatric surgeon for weight reduction surgery.
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Risk alert and closed claim study — Wernicke's Encephalopathy after bariatric surgery
The TMLT claims and risk management departments have seen an alarming increase in the number of claims filed related to Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) following bariatric surgery.
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Reporter 2017 General Surgery
Failure to monitor vitamin levels after bariatric surgery; HIPAA and patient privacy
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Failure to monitor patient following bariatric surgery
A 22-year-old woman with morbid obesity came to a bariatric surgical center for a sleeve gastrectomy procedure.
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