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Table 2 Frequency distribution percentage of the plaintiffs’ side effect and death according to the type of side effect and death

From: A 10-year retrospective descriptive study of internists’ complaints referred to Fars Legal Medicine Center

 

Cause of death

Total frequency

Death

After CABG

6.1%

PTE and lung emboli

8.3%

GI bleeding after colonoscopy, endoscopy, and ERCP

13.8%

Kidney failure

5.4%

Miss diagnosis

9%

Wrong type blood transfusion

1.4%

Others

16.9%

Side effects

Internal bleeding after surgery

4.3%

Acute kidney injury

3.6%

Sepsis after hospital admission

12.3%

GI perforation after colonoscopy, endoscopy, and ERCP

10.5

Others

8.4%

  1. CABG coronary artery bypass grafting, PTE pulmonary thromboemboli, ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, GI gastrointestinal