title: The Closed Claims Project. Has it influenced anesthetic practice and outcome?
abstract: Although there are intrinsic limitations in the analysis of closed malpractice claims, the Closed Claims Project has identified important anesthetic complications and mechanisms of injury and stimulated research in problem areas. The decrease in severity of injury in anesthesia malpractice claims suggests that anesthesia safety has improved since the establishment of monitoring standards using pulse oximetry and end-tidal capnography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 359724, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-2499, USA. lorlee@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Lorri A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Karen B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Domino
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D011364:Professional Practice; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States