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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Litigation in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Units: An Italian Retrospective Study.

Emiliano Petrucci, Alessandro Vittori, Marco Cascella, Alessandro Vergallo, Gilberto Fiore, Antonio Luciani, Barbara Pizzi, Giulia Degan, Vittorio Fineschi, Franco Marinangeli

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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10 authors.

Emiliano PetrucciDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, San Salvatore Academic Hospital of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Alessandro VittoriDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, ARCO ROMA, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2377-3765
Marco CascellaDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS, Fondazione Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5236-3132
Alessandro VergalloDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Spedali Civili di Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Gilberto FioreDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Hospital of Santa Croce di Moncalieri,10024 Turin, Italy.
Antonio LucianiDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, SS Annunziata Hospital of Sulmona (L'Aquila), 67039 L'Aquila, Italy.
Barbara PizziDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, SS Filippo and Nicola Academic Hospital of Avezzano (L'Aquila), 67051 L'Aquila, Italy.
Giulia DeganDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, SS Annunziata Hospital of Sulmona (L'Aquila), 67039 L'Aquila, Italy.
Vittorio FineschiDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1686-3236
Franco MarinangeliDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Treatment, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anesthesiologists consider professional insurance and its medico-legal problems as a remarkable aspect of their job. "Associazione Anestesisti Rianimatori Ospedalieri Italiani-Emergenza ed Area Critica" (AAROI-EMAC) is the Italian professional association of anesthesiologists and intensivists that works to train its subscribers on safety measures. This is a retrospective observational study on an insurance complaints database for anesthetic accidents that result in injuries to patients. The analyzed period runs from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2016. A total of 1309 complaints related to 873 insurance claims were analyzed. Criminal complaints comprised 805 (64.4%) of the total, and civil complaints were 445 (35.6%). The iatrogenic damage claimed included: death (58% of the cases); peripheral nerve damage (8%); spinal cord injuries (5%); unspecified injuries (7%); dental damage (4%); infections (3%); needing second surgical procedure (2%); and other injuries (13%). There is a statistical significance between the size of the hospital and the number of the claims: small hospital complaints comprised 40.1% of the cases, while complaints against medium-sized and large hospitals constituted 20.6% of the cases (χ

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