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In 2016, researchers at John Hopkins Medicine calculated that more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical error in the U.S. Their figure, published May 3 in the British Medical Journal, places medical manipulation as the second leading cause of death in America ahead of respiratory disease and despite close to 150,000 annual deaths because of that cause.
Some of the most common examples of fatal medical errors include:Inappropriate Management / Treatment: misdiagnosis while antibiotics are taken, miscalculation on medication dosage, ineffective surgery management and inappropriate e-surgery.Misdiagnosis / Delayed Diagnosis: misdiagnosing high blood pressure for diabetes; nonspecific sign for a cancer.
wrong medicine at the hospital entrance marked on triage board Surgical Errors: incorrect surgery technique; severe physical fatigue caused by strenuous CPR resulting from surgical complication prompted to stop treatment but did not release patient from cardiac arrest Anesthesia Errors: recovering patient during surgery losing consciousness due to allergic reaction; insensitive anesthesiologist does not believe surgeons' prognostic when given after 24 hours of observation OB/GYN Errors: mistreating patient by doing chemical pregnancy test instead of ultrasound or an x-ray.