The Consultant Paediatrician deals with illnesses and diseases in children. These may be acute illnesses such as meningitis or asthmatic attacks or may be more chronic illnesses such as childhood diabetes or epilepsy.
Most common clinical areas / procedures leading to a claim of clinical negligence:-
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When an operation is scheduled under a general anaesthetic, the anaesthesiologist requires the patient to be fasted for at least 4 hours. An empty stomach is important during the induction of an anaesthetic to prevent any food debris from entering the patient's lungs when he is unconscious. Aspiration of stomach contents into the lungs can be fatal. This is why it is important that a patient should NOT eat before an operation.