Key result
Over a 20-year period, 35% of anaesthetists had a medicolegal claim, totaling 222 claims, with dental injury being the predominant cause (84 claims).
Population
222 medicolegal claims involving 160 anaesthetist members of Victoria's largest medical indemnity…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
20 years (1980 to 1999)
Authors
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May warrant enhanced dental protection in anaesthesia; leaves open factors prolonging non-dental claim resolution.
Observational (n=160)
Dental injuries are the most common cause of medicolegal claims against anaesthetists, though non-dental claims take significantly longer to resolve.
Noel Cass (2004) conducted an observational in Medicolegal claims (n=160). Anaesthesia practice was evaluated on Incidence and causes of medicolegal claims. Over a 20-year period, 35% of anaesthetists had a medicolegal claim, totaling 222 claims, with dental injury being the predominant cause (84 claims).
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