title: [Analysis of the type, reason for death and cause of non-malpractice tangle].
abstract: 206 autopsy cases related to the death of non-malpractice medical tangle from 1972 to 1998 were studied retrospectively. 111 (53.88%) were died of natural diseases, 82 (38.81%) inevitable complications and 13 (6.31%) unpredictable medical accidents. For the cause of medical tangles, the diagnosis of 92 cases (44.66%) was questioned. The other disputes focused on the infusion/blood transfusion (31 cases, 15.05%), the injection (20 cases, 9.71%), drug misuse and delay in making diagnosis or giving treatment (18 cases, 8.74% respectively). 13 cases (13.11%) involved complains on medical staff's rudeness and hospital management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Pathology, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan 430030, PRC.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zang
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D003645:Death, Sudden; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality