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Malpractice Counsel: Aneurysm, Falls

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Francis L. Counselman, MD
Associate Editor In Chief

Commentaries on cases involving a 52-year-old woman with vaginal bleeding and left leg pain, and the stretcher collapse and subsequent fall of a...

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Malpractice Counsel: Cervical Spine Injury

Author:
Francis L. Counselman, MD
Associate Editor In Chief

Commentaries on cases involving a missed cervical spine fracture in an 83-year-old man and an alleged case of a forgotten tourniquet in a 33-year-...

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Malpractice Counsel: Missed Preeclampsia

Author:
Francis L. Counselman, MD
Associate Editor In Chief

Commentaries on cases involving undiagnosed preeclampsia in a 24-year-old postpartum patient and subdural hematoma in a 59-year-old man with a...

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Palliative Medicine in the ED

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Marissa C. Galicia-Castillo, MD, MSED, CMD
Francis L. Counselman, MD

With the high number of patients presenting to the ED with life-limiting illnesses, the emergency physician plays a key role in palliative care—...

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Author:
Francis L. Counselman, MD

Commentaries on cases involving acute coronary syndrome in a 53-year-old obese patient and serotonin syndrome in a 20-year-old man with a history...

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Malpractice Counsel

Author:
Francis L. Counselman, MD

Commentaries on cases involving hypoglycemia in a 44-year-old man with type 1 diabetes and hyperkalemia in a 59-year-old man with weakness and...

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Malpractice Counsel

Author:
Francis L. Counselman, MD

Commentaries on cases involving sepsis following vaginal hysterectomy in a 45-year-old woman and testicular torsion in a 14-year-old boy.

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Author:
Francis L. Counselman, MD

Commentaries on cases involving carbon monoxide poisoning and a choke-hold–related death

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Author:
Francis L. Counselman, MD

Commentaries on cases involving stroke in a young man and bowel obstruction following gastric bypass surgery

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Malpractice Counsel

Author:
Francis L. Counselman, MD

Commentaries on cases involving stroke in a young man and bowel obstruction following gastric bypass surgery

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