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1. Fatality Following a Sternal Bone Marrow Aspiration Procedure

Published:2004-04 Issue:2 Volume:44 Page:170-172
ISSN:0025-8024
Container-title:Medicine, Science and the Law
language:en
Short-container-title:Med Sci Law

Author:

BHOOTRA B L¹

Affiliation:

1. Principal Specialist (Forensic Medicine) and Head of Forensic Pathology Services, Department of Health, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Abstract

A 58-year-old man was admitted to hospital for the investigation and treatment of pancytopaenia and anaemic heart failure but four days later he died following a sternal bone marrow aspiration procedure. The autopsy revealed a significant haemopericardium as a result of a puncture wound of the heart. The thickness the body of the sternum was 2 to 3 mm. No other significant pathology was noted and death was ascribed to a haemopericardium due to a puncture wound of the heart associated with bone marrow aspiration. An inquest was held at which the doctor who undertook the procedure was found not to be negligent.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Law,Health Policy,Issues, ethics and legal aspects

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/rsmmsl.44.2.170

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