Pharyngitis – fatal infectious disease or medical error?
Journal Title: Archiwum Medycyny Sądowej i Kryminologii - Year 2015, Vol 65, Issue 2
Abstract
Reporting on adverse events is essential to create a culture of safety, which focuses on protecting doctors and patients from medical errors. We present a fatal case of Streptococcus C pharyngitis in a 56-year-old man. The clinical course and the results of additional diagnostics and autopsy showed that sepsis followed by multiple organ failure was the ultimate cause of death. The clinical course appeared fatal due to a chain of adverse events, including errors made by the physicians caring for the patient for 10 days.
Authors and Affiliations
Marta Rorat, Tomasz Jurek
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP619894
- DOI 10.5114/amsik.2015.51932
- Views 53
- Downloads 0
[Problems associated with age estimation of underage persons who appear in child pornography materials].
Among opinions issued by the Forensic Medicine Department, Medical Science University in Poznan, in the last six years, there are opinions concerning age estimation in child pornography materials. The issue subject to re...
[Postmortem CT examination in a case of alleged drowning--a case report].
The authors present an analysis of postmortem CT examination in a case of drowning in fresh water of a young male. Both the results of conventional forensic autopsy and radiologic examination have been compared. The anal...
[Postmortem CT examination with 3D reconstruction in gunshot and post explosion injuries].
The authors presented the results of postmortem examinations of four cases related to gunfire and post explosion injuries. Prior to "classic" forensic autopsies, the corpses were examined using CT imaging. The findings (...
Vital reactions in death due to hanging
19th International Meeting on Forensic Medicine Alpe - Adria - Pannonia, 13-15 maja 2010 - sprawozdanie.