A brain shunt is used to remove a buildup of excess cerebrospinal fluid on the brain. When excess fluid develops, it increases the pressure inside the skull and can damage the brain. Symptoms of increased fluid on the brain include a headache, vomiting, and seizures. Eventually, brain damage and death can occur. Thousands of people… Read More
Mastectomy and Devastating Medical Errors
Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis is gut-wrenching and life changing. Treatment often includes chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery in the form of either a lumpectomy to remove the tumor or a mastectomy to remove the entire breast. Medical errors before, during or after a mastectomy can be catastrophic to patients and family members already coping with… Read More
Stroke Misdiagnosis or Delayed Diagnosis
A stroke can be a life-threatening medical condition. Even when a stroke is not fatal, it can still cause significant physical and cognitive disabilities that affect all areas of a person’s life. Unfortunately, strokes are not always diagnosed correctly, especially in young people. When it comes to stroke treatment, time is of the essence. A… Read More
Wrong Site Surgery: Easily Preventable, Yet Far Too Common
Medical malpractice is a growing epidemic in the United States. In May 2016, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine published the results of an eight-year study on medical errors, finding that more than 250,000 patients die because of medical mistakes each year in the United States. According to the recent Johns Hopkins study, medical malpractice is now the… Read More
Failure to Notify Patient of Abnormal Test Results
Oftentimes when a patient visits their doctor or a hospital, a number of diagnostic tests are performed for a variety of reasons. The test results may be critically important to the health of the patient, but only if they are actually reviewed and correctly interpreted by their health professional. What can happen when the test results… Read More
Compartment Syndrome Due to Medical Errors
Compartment Syndrome is a serious medical condition that requires immediate recognition and a high degree of suspicion by nurses, ER doctors, internists, and orthopedic specialists alike to prevent catastrophic injury to patients. Missed diagnosis of compartment syndrome can result in permanent nerve damage, amputation, chronic pain from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) renal failure and even death. Compartment syndrome often… Read More
Medical Malpractice: The View From the Other Side
Doctors no doubt worry about lawsuits and may fear they will fall victim to a “frivolous” or trivial claim. However, a good malpractice attorney will not waste time if there is no evidence of negligence, which resulted in severe injury or death to the patient. Such cases are simply too expensive and difficult to pursue without… Read More
Post-surgical infections: Failure to Diagnose and Treat
There are many things that can complicate a hospital stay or post-surgical recovery. On of the most common complications of a surgical procedure is a post-operative infection, sometimes known as a surgical site infection. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines a surgical site infection as an infection that is related… Read More
Prescription Drug Overdose and Physician Liability
Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in the United States, and sometimes a physician may be negligent by prescribing a dangerous drug to a patient at risk. There have been a number of lawsuits in the news as a result of alleged medical negligence in prescribing. One problem arises when a doctor prescribes a narcotic to… Read More
Postoperative Pulmonary Embolism
What is a pulmonary embolism? Pulmonary emboli are blood clots that travel to the lungs from larger thrombi, or clots, that form in the deep veins of the lower extremities. These larger thrombi occasionally develop in the pelvic veins, renal veins or the chambers of the right side of the heart. However, in the postoperative… Read More
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