Medicolegal Characteristics of Cardiac Tamponade Litigation: A Review of the LexisNexis Academic Database
Highlights
- • Patient characteristics of cardiac tamponade medicolegal cases are different from observational studies of cardiac tamponade
- • Medical procedures are the most common cause of tamponade litigation and judicial opinions on LexisNexis Academic
- • Defendant physicians are commonly from high risk specialties and judgments are often in favor of physicians.
Abstract
Objective
To review, describe, and analyze medicolegal literature involving cases of cardiac tamponade.