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I was under anesthesia during the birth of my second child...
My name is Laurence...
Dr Sandrine B NDE Home Classification NDE 3312 Dr Sandrine B NDE 6661 Experience Description I was on holiday with my parents at my uncle and aunt’s place...
Annette Q NDE Home Classification NDE 3314 Annette Q NDE 6672 Experience Description I was taken into the hospital operating room to get control of the tetanus seizures [med: Tetanus is a serious bacterial disease that affects your nervous system, leading t...
Miles NDE Home Classification NDE 3321 Miles NDE 6678 Experience Description I had been hiking for several hours carrying a fifty pound pack...
Teri B NDE Home Classification NDE 3328 Teri B NDE 6691 Experience Description I was in labor...
Samantha H NDE Home Classification NDE 3329 Samantha H NDE 6692 Experience Description I was at home, two days after delivering my first child...
Frank G FDE Home Classification FDE 3339 Frank G FDE 6714 Experience Description It all started when I was alone at Christmas time again and I was due to go to Nepal to climb in the Himalaya and so I wanted to break in my new pair of high altitude climbing ...
I was sitting in the bathtub with my friend, it was raining outside...
Judith W NDE Home Classification NDE 3354 Judith W NDE 6736 Experience Description My obstetrician was a physician I had worked with as a student nurse...
I remember a lot of pain...
Cardiac catheter error resulted in bypass graft spiral dissection and iatrogenic heart attack followed by urinary tract infection related to non-sterile Foley placement later leading to urosepsis, septic shock, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, , renal f...
