According to the National Center for Health Statistics, about 48 million inpatient surgical procedures are performed in the United States each year. If you add in outpatient surgeries, that number is much higher. All surgeries carry risks of complications, which can sometimes be fatal. However, one potentially devastating complication of surgery — that is often… Read More
Preventable Anesthesia Errors
Most surgeries ranging from complex to minor usually require some level of anesthesia — usually to make a patient immobile or unconscious, so they are not aware of the procedure and do not feel pain. Different Types of Anesthesia? Different types of anesthesia may be used depending on the procedure being performed including: Local anesthesia:… Read More
Types and Causes of Hypoxic-Anoxic Brain Injury
Chicago personal injury lawyers have engaged in a month-long discussion of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and nontraumatic brain injury in recognition of national Brain Injury Awareness Month. Today, our brain injury lawyers continue their exploration of hypoxic-anoxic injury (HAI), a severe and often devastating form of nontraumatic brain injury, looking at the causes of HAI…. Read More
