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Really awesome to read such a nice writeup of an error. It got me tangentially thinking about why we do not read stuff like: When the patient was brought in, h
by joepvd 11y ago
Really awesome to read such a nice writeup of an error. It got me tangentially thinking about why we do not read stuff like:
When the patient was brought in, he was barely breathing. Due to the spots on his face, we assumed it was X. Then we made an incision in his pelvis to fix Y. Suddenly, he died. Gosh, we really should have kept an eye on the meter in the corner!
I understand things like litigation, but it makes me wonder to what extent we are being limited in medical achievements. From my outsider point of view, it seems that post mortems (ha!) are not used as much in the medical field other than for insurance / legal reasons.
- vaidik 11y agoNot completely sure about this. But may be we are just not in the same circles of other fields where things like these are shared. I can only speak for myself obviously. But it would be hard to believe that people in the field of medical sciences don't practice this.
- dap 11y agoDoctors absolutely do this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morbidity_and_mortality_conference https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morbidity_and_mortality_conf...