Protecting the Airway and the Physician: Lessons from 214 Cases of Endotracheal Intubation Litigation

Figure 4

(a) Setting of alleged cause of malpractice, red (top) portion of bars represent cases resolved with payment (either out-of-court settlement or jury award), blue (bottom) portion of bars represent defendant verdicts. (b) Mean payment organized by setting. OR = operating room, ER = emergency room, ICU = intensive care unit, Flr = floor, L&D = labor and delivery, Pre = prehospital, PACU = anesthesia recovery unit, Cath = cardiac catheterization lab, Endo = endoscopy suite, Unk. = unclear location.