Category Archives: Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice reform as seen in H.R. 5 passed by the House of Representatives would limit non-economic damages to $250,000.00 in medical malpractice cases. President Obama in his recent State of the Union speech  endorsed medical malpractice reform. Shortly after … Continue reading →

Commonly misdiagnosed illnesses include such conditions as lupus, celiac disease, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, and lyme disease. Many of these conditions carry somewhat similar symptoms. Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease that carries with it symptoms of fatigue, rash, joint pain … Continue reading →

Surgeries to avoid may be numerous but there are four in particular that are reported to be subject to over-utilization.  Stents are tiny, mesh tubes that surgeons use to keep open the blood vessels. Sometimes they can be a lifesaver. … Continue reading →

Wrong site surgery continues to be a perplexing problem in many hospitals. There is some data to suggest that the problem is actually on the increase. Medicare and some insurers now refuse to pay for wrong-site surgery. As of July … Continue reading →

Hospital acquired infections can be controlled. Three types of hospital acquired infections that can cause devastating injury, yet are clearly preventable are the following:  1.      Bloodstream infections contracted within 48 hours after having a central line placed are almost always due … Continue reading →

Shoulder dystocia is variously defined. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists defines it as a delivery that calls for additional obstetric maneuvers following the failure of gentle downward traction on the fetal head to accomplish delivery of the shoulders. … Continue reading →

Emergent c-sections are most often called for when the fetal heart rate (FHR) drops down to 60 beats per minute. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and also the American Academy of Pediatrics have established guidelines that call for the … Continue reading →

Hypothermia as a mode of treatment for brain injured infants shortly after birth has been shown to have significant results as far as reducing the risk of death or significant neurological impairment. The cooling blanket is applied to the head or … Continue reading →

Cervical cancer misdiagnosis can be curtailed through regular pap smears.Precancerous lesions and early cancers are highly detectable through pap smears which involve a scraping of cells from the cervix which are then submitted for examination. Any lesions detected can be … Continue reading →

The doubling growth defense in cancer misdiagnosis cases is frequently misplaced and flawed.  What this defense consists of is the contention that cancer cells grow exponentially in a predictable and orderly fashion, i.e. in effect doubling in size over time.  … Continue reading →