Number	24246
Subject	Medicine
Source	Huffington Post Investigative Fund
State	DC
Year	2009
Publication Date	10/07/2009; 10/28/2009;
Summary	Columbia University Medical Center conducted a study with experimental surgical fluid on patients undergoing open heart surgery. Subjects were not made aware of the risks of potentially fatal bleeding caused by the fluid. Some of the study's subjects were poor, Spanish-speaking patients who were enrolled without giving formal consent. At least two patients died and more than two dozen required transfusions.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	17
Keywords	Columbia University Medical Center; open heart; surgery; fluid; internal bleeding; fatal; study; experimental; emergency room;
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