• Brit J Hosp Med · Feb 2023

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    'Having regard to the findings made by the referrer': medicolegal implications of case SC (2020) for hospital clinicians.

    • Saeed Kayhanian and Aaron J D'Sa.
    • Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
    • Brit J Hosp Med. 2023 Feb 2; 84 (2): 141-4.

    AbstractA case concerning the management of a child with meningitis in a hospital paediatrics department provided a judgement that has significant potential implications for medical practice. The case establishes that the examination findings of a previous clinician must be taken into account when investigating and treating patients. This case is of medicolegal relevance to clinicians practising in tertiary centres and who receive patients from other hospitals. This article highlights the medicolegal implications of this case, using an example of cauda equina syndrome for neurosurgeons, a condition that can have fluctuating symptomatology and that already has a high burden of litigation.

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