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So in talking just about radiology,

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what are the common malpractice allegations

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that we are used to seeing?

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Of course, one of our biggest area is misdiagnosis

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or misinterpretation.

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A crucial finding is missed,

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and that can lead to a bad outcome for a patient.

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And I'll, I'll, I'll share some examples.

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Over the years, having done, uh, a fair number

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of these cases and looking at the literature,

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these are the four areas that lead

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to the maximum number of, uh,

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mal practice cases in a radiology, oncology,

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vascular events missing, uh, aneurysms, missing

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dissections is, is pretty common.

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Fractures is still very, very big in, uh,

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in, in, in radiology.

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And of course, infections that I have been involved with.

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Uh, I would say probably maximum number

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of infections are in the spine, missing an epidural abscess,

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missing discitis osteomyelitis

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or infections, uh,

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in the abdominal cavity that are, that are missed.

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So, so this, this gives you an idea that these,

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these are the four areas that you have

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to be particularly very, very careful about.

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As, as these four areas are quite high when it comes

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to radiology, um, uh, malpractice and amongst the cancer.

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As I already previously said, breast

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and lung are very high up on the list.

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A, they're, they're the most common cancers.

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And B, we all know these lung nodules, especially now

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most of us do these, uh, submillimeter scans.

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And these, these lung nodules we sometimes

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completely blow off.

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Unfortunately, there have been examples, uh,

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where they turn out to be lung cancers, uh, a year, year

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and a half from the initial, uh, scan.

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And, uh, sometimes really unfortunate.