Serious medical diagnoses can mean a long road of treatments for you. If misdiagnosed, your body could sustain unnecessary treatments that take a toll on your health and safety. When an inaccurate diagnosis results in harm, you could sue your doctor for medical...
In medical settings, understaffing can cause crucial problems at every level of operation. To make up for the short-staffing, the employees on hand often get tapped up for way more than their fair share of work, which can lead to other problems on its own. For...
As you go into the operating room for a surgical procedure, you place your wellbeing in the hands of the medical professionals taking care of you. Although these highly educated and experienced surgeons are qualified to operate, a simple error in communication may...
Despite advances in modern medicine, there is no guarantee that your baby will be able to avoid birth trauma. Common types of birth trauma include damage to nerves in a baby's face, arms and legs. Newborns who are delivered in New York hospitals may also experience a...
In a medical context, informed consent refers to the process of receiving information from a doctor about your current prognosis, medical situation and treatment options. A doctor must also give you a clear run-down of the potential rewards and possible risks...
Patients in intensive care and other hospital units have a risk of contracting hospital-acquired infections, such as central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as many as 400,000 CLABSIs...
Your health care provider may opt to give you a forceps delivery if you are having a hard time with labor. Some scenarios where a doctor might recommend forceps include if the labor is failing to progress, there is a change in the baby’s heartbeat or you have certain...
Sometimes childbirth does not go as expected. Despite your efforts at pushing, the baby may not progress through the birth canal. When this occurs, the doctor may need to intervene. According to the Mayo Clinic, vacuum-assisted delivery is a way to help guide the baby...
This blog recently discussed the serious consequences of misdiagnosis. It is helpful for victims of medical malpractice to be familiar with the different ways misdiagnosis can harm them and the different ways the legal process can help protect them. Different types of...
Tonsil cancer is one of several serious cancers that can affect a person’s throat and mouth. The National Institute of Health reports that incidences of tonsil cancer are on the rise. One explanation for this increase is an association between a diagnosis of tonsil...
