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Journal Articles

  1. Chadwick HS, Posner K, Caplan RA, Ward RJ, Cheney FW: A comparison of obstetric and nonobstetric anesthesia malpractice claims. Anesthesiology 74:242-249, 1991. [Abstract, NLM PubMed Link]
    1. This is a review of 190 obstetric anesthesia claims which represent 12% of the overall 1,541 ASA Closed Claims Project database. The most common OB claims were maternal death (22% of all OB claims), newborn brain damage (20%), and headache (12%). The group of OB claims contained a proportionally greater number of minor injuries such as headache, backache, pain during anesthesia and emotional injury (32%) compared to the non-OB claims (4%).
  2. Davies JM, Posner KL, Lee LA, Cheney FW, Domino KB. Liability associated with obstetric anesthesia: a closed claims analysis. Anesthesiology. 2009 Jan;110(1):131-9. [Abstract, NLM PubMed Link] See also: Obstetrics
    1. Comparison of obstetric anesthesia claims from 1990 or later with pre-1990 claims reported in Chadwick et al (1991) revealed a decrease in maternal death. While newborn death and brain damage also decreased, it remained a leading cause of obstetric anesthesia malpractice claims. Maternal nerve injury was more common in 1990 or later claims compared to earlier claims.

Newsletter Articles

  1. Chadwick HS: Obstetric anesthesia closed claims update. ASA Newsletter 57(6):12-18, 1993.
  2. Chadwick, HS: Obstetric Anesthesia Closed Claims Update II. ASA Newsletter 63(6):12-15, 1999. [Full Text]
  3. Davies JM: Obstetric Anesthesia Closed Claims - Trends Over Last Three Decades. ASA Newsletter 68(6): 12-14, 2004. [Full Text; PDF Version]
  4. Davies JM: Closed Claims Project Focuses on 3 Decades of Obstetric Complications. APSF Newsletter 19(4): 49 & 57. [Article, Full APSF Newsletter PDF]
  5. Davies JM : Anesthesia Malpractice Claims for Newborn Brain Injury in the 1990s. ASA Newsletter 70(6): 14-16, 2006. [Full Text; PDF Version]

Conference Presentations and ASA Abstracts

  1. Davies JM, Ross BK, Posner KL, Domino KB: Trends in Obstetric Anesthesia Malpractice Claims over the Last Three Decades. Anesthesiology, 101: A-1231, 2004. [Full Text]
  2. Davies JM, Posner KL, Cheney FW, Domino KB: Anesthesia Malpractice Claims for Newborn Brain Injury in the 1990s. Anesthesiology 105: A7, 2006. [Full Text]