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Open Tib/Fib Fracture [Compartment Syndrome]

Post-Surgical Fever and Tachycardia

Suicide After Wife Requests Divorce

Vaginal Biopsy on Eliquis

Wernicke Encephalopathy

Transvenous Pacemaker Placed in Carotid Artery [Stroke, Amputation]

Dog Bite Infection

Opioid Overprescription

Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Spinal Osteomyelitis

Warfarin Dispensed Incorrectly

Inguinal Hernia Repair

Hip Fracture [Death in OR]

Thoracic Spinal Cord Lesion [Biopsy Leads to Paraplegia]

PCP Orders Stress Test

Ureter Injury During Hysterectomy

Constipation Misdiagnosis [Pediatric Cancer]

Stroke After Patient Requests to Stop Warfarin

Missed Parotid Tumor

Suicide in Psych Hospital [Chloroquine Toxicity]

Pathology Contamination Error

Constrictive Pericarditis

Bleomycin Toxicity

For-Profit Hospital Chain Surgical Misadventure

Woman's Abdominal Pain Misdiagnosed as Ovarian Cyst

Testicular Ischemia After Hernia Repair

Blindness after Vitrectomy

Sudden Death after PCP Appointment [Gout vs CHF]

Accidental Morphine Overdose [Hospice Patient]

Oncologist Fails to Follow-Up on Lung Nodule

Ascending Aortic Aneurysm [Endocarditis Misdiagnosis]

Missed Colorectal Cancer [Colonoscopy]

Pediatric Hypokalemia and Cardiac Arrest [Zofran]

Chest Pain with Pericardial Effusion and Aortic Regurgitation

Back Pain and Foot Discoloration [Left Leg Amputated]

STEMI Cath Perforates Coronary Artery

HPV Follow-Up [Cervical Cancer]

Foot/Ankle Fracture Bounceback [Missed Nec Fasc]

Myocarditis Misdiagnosis [Cardiology, PCP, Nurse Practitioner]

Pneumonia Septic Shock [Polycystic Kidney Disease, Uncontrolled A Fib]

Neck Procedure Causes Shoulder Dysfunction

Alcohol Withdrawal Misdiagnosis [Sigmoid Anastomosis Leak Treated With CIWA Protocol]

Hip Fracture Admission Leads to Vomiting and Aspiration [Hospitalist Consult]

Pediatric Intubation and IO Placement by Paramedic [Compartment Syndrome]

Hypokalemia [Cardiac Arrest]

Esophageal Perforation [EGD]

Vaginal Bleeding and Von Willebrand Testing [Fatality]

Outpatient Pneumonia Misdiagnosis [Cardiac Arrest in ED]

Heart Expelled Through Chest Wall [Sternotomy Disaster]

Enterococcal Breast Infection [Surgical Complication]

Barking Cough [Fatality]

TPN Bacteremia