12: A boy with fever and rigors
Case 12 A boy with fever and rigors Sanjay, a previously healthy 7-year-old boy, presents to the ED with a 3-day history of fever and rigors. He had been seen…
5: A teenager with abdominal pain
Case 5 A teenager with abdominal pain Hayley is a 13-year-old girl referred to the surgical registrar with abdominal pain at 2.30 pm. She has a temperature of 38.1°C and…
2: A fitting infant
Case 2 A fitting infant Alesha had multiple reviews by the midwife and GP because of repeated episodes of crying and irritability. She fed poorly initially but this had improved….
7: An iatrogenic problem
Case 7 An iatrogenic problem Andreas, a 6-day-old preterm infant born at 33 weeks gestation, is recovering from the respiratory distress syndrome and Group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis. However, he…
11: A child with leukaemia and tummy ache
Case 11 A child with leukaemia and tummy ache Simon, a 4-year-old boy with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), has just completed his second delayed intensification in the current UK ALL…
8: An infant with a large head
Case 8 An infant with a large head Jose, a 17-month-old boy, is referred by the GP to the paediatric clinic where he is seen by the registrar. Jose’s parents…
6: A young girl with a vaginal discharge
Case 6 A young girl with a vaginal discharge Gemma, a 5-year-old girl, is brought to the ED by her mother, Sara, who says that Gemma has had a thick…
1: Errors and their causes
Number % Medication/vaccination error 10 5.1 Delayed/failed diagnosis of septicaemia 8 4.1 Delayed/failed diagnosis of meningitis 7 3.6 Extravasation 7 3.6 Delayed/failed diagnosis of unspecified sepsis 6 3.1 Delayed diagnosis…
2: Medico-legal aspects
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Section 2: Medico-legal aspects Error in a legal context So far, we have discussed medical error in general, non-legal terms. Now we shall consider it from a strictly…
