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An Oregon gastroenterology group was hit with a $25M wrongful death verdict after a 43-year-old patient with obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension died during a routine outpatient colonoscopy, with liability centered on the decision to perform the procedure in a lower-acuity setting despite a risk profile that plaintiffs argued warranted a hospital environment.

A Cook County jury awarded $66 million after a 39-year-old patient died from unrecognized internal bleeding following a combined abdominoplasty and liposuction, spotlighting the compounding risks of combined cosmetic procedures.

A widely shared r/medicine thread drew candid, self-identified physician commentary on which specialties absorb the most interprofessional scrutiny, with emergency medicine and primary care drawing the heaviest fire.

Emotional intelligence offers clinicians practical tools to navigate conflict, manage ethical tension, and reduce burnout in high‑stress clinical environments.

A malpractice case illustrates how delayed notes and missed escalation can undermine patient safety and weaken legal defense, even when care actions may have occurred.

Although ketamine has historically been avoided due to concerns about increased intracranial pressure (ICP), more recent evidence has challenged this assumption.