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Medical Malpractice – Study demonstrates that early surgery is better than common medical practice of watch and wait for patients suffering severe mitral valve regurgitation
Severe mitral valve regurgitation is a life threatening condition that affects millions of Americans. It happens when the mitral valve doesn’t close properly and allows blood to flow backward to the heart. Most doctors treating severe mitral valve regurgitation use a watch and wait approach but a recent Mayo Clinic-led…
New York Medical Malpractice, Surgical Errors and Complications – Mount Sinai, NYU Langone Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital are the best hospitals to have surgery in the city, St Luke’s is the worst
Complications during or after surgery are happening too often at New York City, St Luke’s Hospital. The Hospital scored a low overall surgery rating on the new Consumer Reports surgery safety rating. The safest hospitals in the city to have surgery are Mount Sinai, NYU Langone Medical Center and New…
Medical Malpractice – Emergency Room Doctors in the US are still using fresh frozen plasma to reverse hemorrhage induced by Warfarin even though Prothrombin Complex Concentrates (PCCs) are significantly more effective at reducing the bleeding
Excessive bleeding caused by Warfarin can lead to wrongful death if not addressed promptly. This anti coagulant medication is commonly prescribed to address blood clots but it has a very serious side effects that leave patients at risk of very heavy bleeding. In the US when emergency room doctors are…
In New York Medical Malpractice Case related to Breast Cancer, New York Appellate Division, Second Department Reverses Grant of Summary Judgment to Derfendants
In this medical malpractice case the plaintiff was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer in her right breast. She underwent a right breast mastectomy. She had a family history of breast cancer. Seven years later in 2007 she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The plaintiffs alleged that, given the plaintiff’s…
Medical Malpractice Case & Commentary – why 15% of patients undergoing an emergency laparotomy will die in the next 30 days and what can be done to improve this situation?
An elderly woman with an history of pancreatitis was admitted for an emergency laparotomy after she showed symptoms of acute abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. The diagnosis was small bowel obstruction. Her heart stopped during anesthesia and she had to be resuscitated and sent to the ICU. She died there…
Children with cancer who use a central line at home for their treatment have 3 times more risk of developing a dangerous blood infection than children who used a central line while in the hospital
Doctors should be vigilant when they decide to send home some pediatric cancer patients who still need to use a central venous catheter for their treatment. Because the central line is a tube that is placed directly into a major blood vessel, it can easily become a gateway for bacteria…
Misdiagnosis is the most common type of medical malpractice in primary care medicine followed by medication errors. The most common outcome is death
Failure to diagnose cancer most commonly breast cancer, colon cancer, melanoma, lung cancer and malignant tumors in the female genital tract are the most common misdiagnoses in the primary care setting. The second most common type of misdiagnosis is failure to diagnose myocardial infarction. Failure to diagnose meningitis in children…
Mothers who are prescribed antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy are at increased risk of giving birth to a child with difficulties with motor development, language skills, social skills, and autistic traits
Children exposed to anti-seizure medication in the womb have a higher risk of suffering from early developmental issues according to a study led by Dr. Gyri Veiby from Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway. The study covered a 9 year time frame and looked at the risk of adverse outcomes…
Medical Malpractice Prevention – Primary Care Practitioners reorganize themselves as “Patient-Centered Medical Home”
The Affordable Care Act is at the origin of a fast growing trend of Primary Care Doctors who are reorganizing themselves into “patients-centered medical home”. These reorganized practices effectively improve patients care and lower medical costs according to a recent article in ConsumerReports. Below is a table that shows what…