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New American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association High Blood Pressure Guidelines Lower Definition of Hypertension
High blood pressure should be treated earlier with lifestyle changes and in some patients with medication – at 130/80 mm Hg rather than 140/90 – based on new American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for … Continue reading
CRITICAL CHEST RADIOGRAPHS: CLINICAL MISDIAGNOSES ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Many chest radiographs are first viewed by non-radiologists, who must be able to quickly recognize critical findings that identify patients who need emergent care. The following clinical diagnoses are often associated with medical malpractice cases: Pneumothorax occurs when air fills … Continue reading
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Tagged acute respiratory distress syndrome, aortic aneurysm, ARDS, aspiration pneumonia, atelectasis, chest xray, congestive heart failure, diagphragmatic hernia, failure to diagnosis, flail chest, foreign body, hyrdo, left ventricular aneurysm, medical malpractice, patient, pericardial effusion, pheumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pneumoperitoneum, pulmonary emboli, radiograph, standard of care, tension
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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE │ FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE PULMONARY EMBOLI – Plaintiff vs. Defense
A 15 year old patient, who was one week post-arthroscopic knee surgery, went to the ED with complaints of left chest pain. The pain was worse when he laid flat. He had no fever or dyspnea and denied other complaints. … Continue reading
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Tagged attorney, cardiomegaly, chest pain, CT scan, D-dimer, defense, DVT, dyspnea, emergency room, failure of duty, failure to diagnose pulmonary emboli, legal nurse consultant, medical expert, medical malpractice, patient, PE, plaintiff, Q3T3, standard of care
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Best Hospitals 2016-17
U.S. News & World Report announced its 27th annual Best Hospitals rankings to help patients make more informed health care decisions. U.S. News compared nearly 5,000 medical centers nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. 2016–17 Best Hospitals Honor Roll … Continue reading
Lack of Communication Increasingly Results In Medical Errors
Professional liability insurance companies have recently issued statements concerning the trend of incomplete patient information, missing tests and poor communication among physicians resulting in more medical errors. And the medical mistakes result in more medical negligence and liability claims. Professional … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer diagnosis, doctor, healthcare, hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Journal of American Medical Association, lack of communication between physicians, lawsuit, legal nurse consultant, liability claim, lump in breast, medical errors, medical legal case, medical malpractice, medical negligence, patient, patient handoffs, physician, poor communication, primary care specialist, professional liability insurance companies, surgeon
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MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE AND COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
Compartment syndrome is a medical emergency that develops over hours in which increased pressure within a closed muscle compartment compromises the circulation and function of tissues, muscles, nerves and blood vessels within that space with escalating compression. The most common … Continue reading
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Tagged amputation, clinical index of suspicion, communication, compartment syndrome, complications, crush injury, death, defense, delay in diagnosis, diagnosis, disability, drug-affected, emergent, failure to recognize, fasciotomy, fracture, high indemnity payment, legal nurse consultant, medical emergency, medical expert, medical malpractice, medical negligence, medical-legal, meritorious, missed diagnosis, neurological defecit, nurse, opiods, pain, patient, patient controlled analgesia, patient outcome, PCA, physician, prompt recognition, regional analgesia, risk, standard of care, surgery, trauma
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Defensive Medicine – Patients as ATM Machines
Defensive Medicine refers to the concept that doctors order unnecessary tests and extra medical procedures as a means to avoid medical negligence lawsuits. However, research at Dartmouth Hitchcock College of Medicine and other studies support there is very little evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged Amercican Hospital Association, certified legal nurse consultant, community hospital, defensive medicine, diagnostic, doctors, healthcare, hospital, imaging, liability, medcial malpractice, medical negligence, Medicare, medicine, mortality rate, National Practitoner's Databank, patient, personal injury, physicians
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Emergency Room Medical Malpractice
A hospital emergency room is an area where medical errors are common and often overlooked. Because of the increasing patient load and the need to triage patients by order of medical urgency, many things often go clinically wrong in an … Continue reading
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