Discrepant Advanced Directives and Code Status Orders: A Preventable Medical Error

Reversing the code status of advance directives?

n engl j med 362;13 nejm.org april 1, 201

Hurried Psychiatric Labelling: A Preventable Medical Error in an Emergency Department

Fatal Nitrofurantoin-Induced Pulmonary Toxicity: A Potentially Preventable Medical Error

The majority of patients affected with nitrofurantoin pulmonary toxicity are elderly women [1]. The proposed mechanism of toxicity is either idiosyncratic oxydant-mediated tissue injury by nitrofurantoin metabolites causing depletion of cellular glutathione (chronic form) or by immunological response induced by nitrofurantoin metabolites acting as heptanes and resulting a hypersensitivity react...

Medical Malpractice: A Preventable or Inevitable Issue

Advance directives and do-not-resuscitate orders in patients with cancer with metastatic spinal cord compression: advanced care planning implications.

OBJECTIVES Communication about end-of-life decisions is crucial. Although patients with metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) have a median survival time of 3 to 6 months, few data are available concerning the presence of advance directives and do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders in this population. The objective of this study was to determine presence of advance directives and DNR order among ...