Ethics Rounds: Death After Pediatric Dental Anesthesia: An Avoidable Tragedy?

Pediatric Tragedy

Death in pregnancy--an American tragedy.

n engl j med 370;10 nejm.org march 6, 2014 889 as apneic but alive, she was brought to the county hospital where her family was soon told that she was brain dead. Ms. Muñoz and her husband, both emergency medical technicians (EMTs), had discussed their feelings about such situations. So Erik Muñoz felt confident in asserting that his wife would not want continued support. Her other family membe...

Trends in death associated with pediatric dental sedation and general anesthesia.

BACKGROUND Inadequate access to oral health care places children at risk of caries. Disease severity and inability to cooperate often result in treatment with general anesthesia (GA). Sedation is increasingly popular and viewed as lower risk than GA in community settings. Currently, few data are available to quantify pediatric morbidity and mortality related to dental anesthesia. OBJECTIVE Su...

Grand rounds for dental students: an exploration.

Grand Rounds are widely used in medicine for educating students comprehensively about clinical issues. The aim of this study was to explore the value of Grand Rounds for introducing first- (D1) and second-year (D2) dental students to an interdisciplinary approach to dental care. The objectives were to explore how interested students were in various topics, which topics they would like to see ad...

Interprofessional ethics rounds concerning dialysis patients: staff's ethical reflections before and after rounds.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether ethics rounds stimulated ethical reflection. METHODS Philosopher-ethicist-led interprofessional team ethics rounds concerning dialysis patient care problems were applied at three Swedish hospitals. The philosophers were instructed to stimulate ethical reflection and promote mutual understanding between professions but not to offer solutions. Questionnaires direct...