Side markings of the neonatal chest X-ray: two legal cases of pneumothorax side mix up.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Two medicolegal case reports are presented. They involve chest X-ray with left-and-right side confusion due to lack of radio-opaque side markers. Two premature babies with pneumothorax got thoracostomy on the wrong side, in one case with a fatal outcome.
Medical subject headings
- Malpractice
- Pneumothorax
- Radiography, Thoracic