Medical Device Accidents With Illustrative Cases
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-9236-8 (ISBN)
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This publication explores accidents that occur through the use of medical devices, providing critical information for attorneys, expert witnesses, clinical engineers, nurses, physicians, manufacturers, and designers of new medical devices. Each chapter follows the same format: a presentation of basic principles of a device or procedure, followed by accidents that take place as a result of misuse or malfunction.
Introduction * Medical Technology * Product Liability * Medical Device Reports * The Incident Report * Minimum Product Liability World * References * Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) * Introduction * Sources of EMI * Frequency, Wavelength and Antenna Effect * Skin Depth * Modulation * Examples of Malfunction due to EMI * Cardiac Pacemakers * Automatic Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) * References * Electrosurgery * Introduction * Electrodes * Dispersive Electrodes * Types of Current * Isolated Output Electrosurgical Unit * Tissue Responses * Complications with Electrosurgery * Muscle Contraction * Anesthesia * Introduction * Anesthesia Machine * Endotracheal Tube * Auxiliary Equipment * Monitoring Equipment * Anesthesia Machine Mishaps * Pulse Oximeter * Impedance Cardiography * Burns from Warming Devices * Fire * Catheter Accidents * Introduction * Intravascular Catheter Incidents * Direct-Current Injury * Introduction * Iontophoresis * Complications with Iontophoresis * Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation * Introduction * Mechanisms of Pain Inhibition * Current-Pulse Characteristics of TENS Units * The Stimulator * Electrode Placement * Electrode Types * Standards of Performance * Complications with Tens Units * Tissue Injury * Introduction * Ischemic Injury * Experiences That May Help Technical Experts * Introduction * The Technical Expert * Attorneys * Discovery * The Report * The Deposition * The Courtroom * Payment for Services.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.5.1998 |
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| Verlagsort | Bosa Roca |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 557 g |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Rechtsmedizin |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8493-9236-5 / 0849392365 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8493-9236-8 / 9780849392368 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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