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The providers and risks of dental anesthesia and sedation

The providers and risks of dental anesthesia and sedation

Very young children have the highest risks with anesthesia in dental office settings

Study links surgeons, physicians, providers not listening to patients to diagnostic errors

Study links surgeons, physicians, providers not listening to patients to diagnostic errors

Cognitive bias and communications errors are dangerous

Laparoscopic surgery: Minimally invasive, but what about the risk?

Laparoscopic surgery: Minimally invasive, but what about the risk?

Most injuries occur during placement of surgical equipment

Federal law prohibits hospital emergency rooms from turning away patients

Federal law prohibits hospital emergency rooms from turning away patients

After a medical screening, patients in an emergency medical condition or active labor must be medically stabilized before being discharged or transferred

Outpatient surgery centers are different from hospital operating rooms

Outpatient surgery centers are different from hospital operating rooms

Hospitals are equipped and staffed to handle complications and emergencies

Texas Supreme Court: Facilities don't have to produce policies and procedures before medical malpractice plaintiffs serve an expert report

Texas Supreme Court: Facilities don't have to produce policies and procedures before medical malpractice plaintiffs serve an expert report

There's a discovery stay provision in the health care liability tort reform statute

What procedures have the highest death rates in ambulatory surgery centers?

What procedures have the highest death rates in ambulatory surgery centers?

There are 570 licensed ambulatory surgical centers in Texas

Houston appellate court: Ophthalmologist qualified to diagnose ganglioglioma tumor

Houston appellate court: Ophthalmologist qualified to diagnose ganglioglioma tumor

Expert report was critical of ophthalmologist failure to perform dilated eye exam

New guidelines for anesthesiologists address emergency planning for difficult airway patients

New guidelines for anesthesiologists address emergency planning for difficult airway patients

Trained staff and readily available equipment and supplies are important to patient safety

What Bob Saget's death teaches us about traumatic head and brain injuries

What Bob Saget's death teaches us about traumatic head and brain injuries

Head injuries shouldn't be overlooked by victims or medical profesisonals