On The Cover:
An analysis of malpractice claims associated with massive hemorrhage from the Anesthesia Closed Claims Project appears in this issue of Anesthesiology. Hemorrhage claims were most common in obstetrics and spine surgery. Lack of timely diagnosis, transfusion, and return to the operating room were common factors among these claims. (Cover photo: J.P. Rathmell; cover illustration: A. Johnson, Vivo Visuals.)
Scavone and Tung: The Transfusion Dilemma: More, Less, or More Organized?, p. 439
Dutton et al.: Massive Hemorrhage: A Report from the Anesthesia Closed Claims Project, p. 450
Copyright © 2014, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
2014