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Well yeah all medical interventions have can have side effects; they should be considered.
by bitJericho 11y ago
Well yeah all medical interventions have can have side effects; they should be considered.
- Tyr42 11y agoBut they should be considered proportionally to their probability times severity, and in this case, the probability is small enough to be a rounding error, so you really should worry about other things first, like getting killed when driving to the dentist's.
- logicchains 11y agoAccording to [1], medical errors are actually the third leading cause of death in the United States, so it's hardly a small probability. 1. http://www.forbes.com/sites/leahbinder/2013/09/23/stunning-news-on-preventable-deaths-in-hospitals/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/leahbinder/2013/09/23/stunning-n...
- TeMPOraL 11y agoYou should count only those medical errors which are relevant to your visit. A dentist probably won't accidentally damage your heart with a scalpel.
- ams6110 11y agoAnesthesia in particular. I've had some family members who were never quite the same after general anesthesia. Not as mentally sharp, more forgetful, etc.