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Johns Hopkins University says “Avoidable Medical Errors” are the third leading cause of death (greater than 250,000 per year) after heart disease and cancer.

“The CDC’s way of collecting national health statistics FAILS to classify medical errors separately on the death certificate.”

Yikes!!!!!
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Take that with a huge grain of salt.
https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(16)30705-7/fulltext[/quote]

Agree.

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health/medical-error-not-third-leading-cause-death

In general, medical treatment carries risk. You can have cancer and require surgery which carries known risks including bloodclot, infection, etc., but not having surgery would also mean certain death. If you get in a MVA and require intubation, you can end up with ventilator acquired pneumonia. If you require a central line, you can end up with a central line associated bloodstream infection which could make you septic. If you require a pace maker, you could end up with endocarditis that kills you, but not having the pace maker might kill you faster. If you require a urinary catheter because you can't pee and have a retention issue, you can end up with a UTI that makes you septic, but not having the catheter would also have a detrimental outcomes. If you are already frail and seriously ill, you require major medical care and each intervention carries risk. [/quote]

Looks like doc's are closing ranks. Might be worse than LAPD in the 80's  :lol:

I used to think our health care system was great, but that ended when I was hospitalized with a life threatening illness. A doctor basically saved my ass when he wouldn't accept the findings of two other doctors. They're human, not miracle workers.[/quote]

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