Having practiced emergency medicine for ten years, I have seen how prolonged wait times and over-crowding can have devastating results.
Birth Injury:
Often preventable, injury to the baby occurs due to failure to ...
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Cerebral Palsy:
Resulting from lack of oxygen to the brain, this type of injury has ...
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Erbs Palsy:
Injury to the nerves in the neck affecting movement of the arm and ...
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Brain Damage:
The destruction of brain cells due to decreased oxygenation, ...
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Wrongful Death:
When malpractice is suspected I must use my medical skills to link the ...
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Medication Errors:
Often the result of charting errors or miscommunication, I rely on my ...
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Delay in Diagnosis:
Certain cancers have poor prognoses no matter when detected, yet ...
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Anesthesia Errors:
Though most patients never meet their anesthesiologists, these doctors ...
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Radiology Errors:
Though interpretation errors do occur, more often harm is caused by ...
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Plastic Surgery:
Performed in doctors' offices without anesthesiologists on hand, ...
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Gastric Bypass Surgery:
Bypassing a major portion of the stomach, patients must be followed ...
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Nursing Home Negligence:
Elder abuse is a particularly troubling form of negligence, thus ...
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Turning Off Life Support:
Beyond the ethical issues involved in termination of care, there are ...
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Vaginal Birth After Cesarean:
Though safe in 95% of cases, complications may become catastrophic if ...
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The Fetal Monitor Strip:
A critical part of the medical record, I personally analyze each strip ...
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Pitocin Administration:
A drug commonly used to induce labor it may compound problems in ...
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Kernicterus:
A catastrophic injury to the brain which occurs when doctors fail to ...
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Meningitis:
An easily treated infection, meningitis may result in a devastating ...
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Brain Cooling:
A procedure used following acute ischemic injury to slow brain ...
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