Recently, number of legal problems beside of malpractice is increasing in hospital, especially in ED, with a social economic development. A retrospective study of consecutive 72 patients who visited YDSH ED profiled legal problems due to stab
wound, D.
O. A. patient caused by violent crime, patient had been arrested by lawfal agent, rape, gun-shot wound, hopeless person and organ donor were included in this study. The purpose of this article is due to prevent and prepare for the such legal
problem by
understanding legal aspect of problems listed above.
@ES The results were as follows:
@EN 1. There was 59 patients of stab wound with male/female ratio of 2.7 to 1, admission/discharge was 23 to 36 patients.
2. Tive D. O. A. patients were caused by violent crime, 3 patients by biunt trauma and 2 patients by stab injury.
3. Three patients were related with arrest.
4. Two patients were related with rape.
5. There was 1 patient in hopeless, gun-shot wound and donor respectively.
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