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OH: Pt.'s Vena Cava 'punctured': death results: error in refusal to instruct jury on 'res ipsa'.

Publication: Medical Law's Regan Report
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: OH: Pt.'s Vena Cava 'punctured': death results: error in refusal to instruct jury on 'res ipsa'.(Medical Law Cases of Note)

Article Excerpt
CASE FACTS: In order to accommodate Lurene Hall's frequent kidney dialysis treatments, Dr. Richard Patterson, an interventional radiologist, surgically implanted a catheter that ran from Hall's neck to the top of her heart at Akron Medical Center. The procedure involved piercing the skin on the left side of her neck with a needle, inserting an introducer into the skin, and inserting a guide wire through the introducer down through the jugular vein into the superior vena cava and beyond. The next step was to insert...



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