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9780765313119

Deadly Errors

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  • ISBN13:

    9780765313119

  • ISBN10:

    0765313111

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2005-08-01
  • Publisher: Forge Books
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Summary

Brain surgeon Allen Wyler writes a medical thriller on the bleeding edge of new-millennium hospital technology B rain surgeon Dr. Tyler Matthews suspects that something is murderously wrong with the hospital's new computerized medical records system.Doctors and nurses are making preventable errors that are killing patients-and threaten many more: - A comatose man is given a fatal dose of insulin even though he isn't diabetic. - An ulcer patient dies of shock after receiving a transfusion-of the wrong blood type. - A recovering heart patient receives a double dose of medication that triggers a fatal heart attack.

Author Biography

Dr. Allen Wyler is an internationally renowned brain surgeon with over thirty years of experience and is recognized for his pioneering work in the field of neurosurgery. He is currently medical director of Northstar Neuroscience, a biotech firm in Seattle, Washington.

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