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With Commentary Clinician Reviews Editorial Board Member Julia Pallentino, MSN, JD, ARNP

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Risky to Change Dosing "as a Favor"

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With Commentary Clinician Reviews Editorial Board Member Julia Pallentino, MSN, JD, ARNP
Publish date: January 1, 2013

Julia Pallentino explains the risks inherent to trying to "help out" a patient, and cautions that clinicians must always take care to clarify inst...

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Premature Infant Erroneously Deemed Nonviable

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With Commentary Clinician Reviews Editorial Board Member Julia Pallentino, MSN, JD, ARNP
Publish date: December 1, 2012

David M. Lang discusses the pitfalls of allowing prehospital personnel “excessive latitude” in determining when resuscitation efforts ...

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Surgical Drain Removed But Not Replaced

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With Commentary Clinician Reviews Editorial Board Member Julia Pallentino, MSN, JD, ARNP
Publish date: October 1, 2012

David M. Lang issues the simple but important reminder that "surgical clinicians should have well-oiled mechanisms in place to manage low-risk, ex...

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Undiluted Acetic Acid Used for Surgery on Vulvar Lesion

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With Commentary Clinician Reviews Editorial Board Member Julia Pallentino, MSN, JD, ARNP
Publish date: September 1, 2012

David M. Lang discusses a pair of cases in which mistakes were made involving the use of substances similar to—but with far different conseq...

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Two Fundoplications Lead to Nerve Damage

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With Commentary Clinician Reviews Editorial Board Member Julia Pallentino, MSN, JD, ARNP
Publish date: August 1, 2012

David M. Lang analyzes how a case involving a known complication of surgery ended with the largest verdict awarded in New York in 2011.

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Malpractice Chronicle

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With Commentary Clinician Reviews Editorial Board Member Julia Pallentino, MSN, JD, ARNP
Publish date: May 1, 2011

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