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CASE ON POINT: Estate of Hail v. Akron Gen. Med. Ctr., 2008-OH-4332 (08/27/2008)--OH
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. The procedure involved piercing the skin on the left side of the 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 progressively larger dilators to be slid along the guide wire. Dr. Patterson maintained that it was critical that the dilators slid along the guide wire, since if an unguided dilator guide wire is inadvertently pulled back while the doctor is advancing the dilator, vessel walls can be damaged. Dr. Patterson monitored the progression of the dilators during the procedure using...
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