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- Years Of Physician Not Acting On Abnormal Test Results Leaves Man With Avanced Prostate Cancer
By:-Joseph Hernandez
This article reviews a documented $850,000 settlement in a malpractice case alleging that the plaintiff's doctor only partially screened the patient and did not take the correct action when the results of screening tests came back as abnormal. As a result of the delay, the individual's cancer grew outside the prostate giving the patient an estimated 2-3 years prior to succumbing to the cancer.
- If Physician Says You Merely Have Hemorrhoids But Does No Testing You Might Still Have Colon Cancer
By:-Joseph Hernandez
So your physician said you just have hemorrhoids and not to worry about cancer. But unless the physician has eliminated the possibility of colon cancer, you might not learn that he or she has it before it is in its final stages. This article examines how a delayed diagnosis due to a physician erroneously assuming that blood was from hemorrhoids might lead to a malpractice case.
- Physician May Be Liable For Malpractice By Not Acting According To Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines
By:-Joseph Hernandez
Approximately 48,000 adults will die from colon cancer this year. A number of of these deaths may have been avoided with early diagnosis and treatment by means of routine screening tests. However, a number of doctors fail to suggest routine colon cancer screening to their patients. This might amount to medical malpractice and result in a lawsuit.
- Screening Tests Show Possibility Of Prostate Cancer Yet Doctor Says Nothing
By:-Joseph Hernandez
The majority of physicians agree that raised PSA levels result in a need to notify the patient and to follow up with further testing to rule out prostate cancer. If the patient has prostate cancer not informing the patient and allowing time to go by without diagnostic testing risks allowing the cancer to spread. If this happens the patient might be able to pursue a case against the physician.
- Holding Doctors Responsible For Delaying Diagnosis Of Prostate Cancer
By:-Joseph Hernandez
Physicians usually use 2 tests to screen patients for prostate cancer - an examination of the prostate and the PSA blood test. Most doctors agree that abnormal results call for follow up. This article considers how a patient might be able to pursue a malpractice case if a physician screens him for cancer yet fails to inform him or follow up after the tests show abnormal results.
- Cancer Attorneys Help Patients With Metastatic Colon Cancer Whose Physician Did Not Follow Up
By:-Joseph Hernandez
This article explores an all too frequent mistake made by physicians that can lead to truly deadly outcomes. Only when colon cancer has been ruled out as a possibility should a physician tell a patient that blood in the stool is due to something else. The error certain physicians make is to tell patients they merely have hemorrhoids having done no testing to eliminate the possibility of cancer.
- Woman Pursues Case Against Paramedics For Taking Too Long To Get Her To Hospital
By:-Joseph Hernandez
This article analyzes a reported lawsuit involving a woman whose newborn child only survived one day after paramedics failed to diagnose that the expectant mother had experienced a placental abruption and for eighteen minutes delayed taking her to a hospital for an emergency C-section delivery of her baby. The law firm that represented the family reported the case settled for $4.5 million.
- Court Permits $450,000 Jury Award For Bicyclist Badly Injured In Motor Vehicle Accident
By:-Joseph Hernandez
Female bicyclist involved in motor vehicle accident required a leg amputation as a result of her injuries. In certain States a bicyclist will be prevented from collecting money damages in a personal injury case for her injuries unless she is less than fifty percent at fault . Other states allow the bicyclist to win, although the amount may be reduced by the percentage of her negligence.
- Infant Dies FromGroup B Strep Infection After Physician Failed To Administer Antibiotics
By:-Joseph Hernandez
A baby can suffer serious long term injuries from a Group B Strep infection. Doctors realize that a pregnant woman who is a carrier could transmit the bacteria to her infant unless antibiotics are administered during labor. A doctor's failure to take appropriate steps to substantially minimize the risk of that occurring in a situation where the newborn is at risk might constitute malpractice.
- $4.0 Million Case For Baby With Cerebral Palsy From Error By Medical Staff
By:-Joseph Hernandez
After a child experienced an extended interval of oxygen deprivation and developed cerebral palsy when doctors and nurses either failed to realize or overlooked signs that the unborn child of a woman in labor was in fetal distress requiring action right away. The law firm that handed represented the family reported a settlement in the amount of $4,000,000 was reached in the malpractice claim.
- Diagnosed With Metastatic Colon Cancer? Was The Delay Caused By Your Doctor?
By:-Joseph Hernandez
One indication of cancer in the colon is blood in the stool or rectal bleeding. A number of physicians fail to rule out colon cancer and assure the person that the complaints as caused by hemorrhoids. Unfortunately, in some situations, the person ends up diagnosed subsequently with metastatic colon cancer. Under these circumstances, the person might have a claim for medical malpractice.
- Malpractice Case Leads To $4.4 Million Verdict After Nurse Trainee Failed To Diagnose Fetal Distress
By:-Joseph Hernandez
A mistake in the treatment of a patient by a nurse with a lack of knowledge and experience can gravely and permanently injury the patient so nurses in training are supervised by experienced physicians and nurses.This article examines a reported claim alleging that a nurse trainee made an error in reading the results of a fetal heart rate monitor and subsequently the baby developed cerebral palsy.
- $6.15 Million Settlement Attained In Lawsuit Regarding Disabled Child
By:-Joseph Hernandez
Group b strep infections may bring about devastating injury to a newborn . So, it is important for physicians to take it into account as part of the differential diagnosis when newborns exhibit symptoms. This article analyzes a claim filed by a mother whose child sustained long term disabilities as a consequence of a doctor's failure to do so and to promptly administer antibiotics to the baby.
- 27 Year Old Woman Passes Away Of Colon Cancer Resulting From 7 Month Delay In Her Diagnosis
By:-Joseph Hernandez
"My physician told me I just had hemorrhoids." These words are frequently heard by lawyers handling colon cancer cases. This article considers a case involving a 27 year old wife and mother who died of colon cancer after her physician decided her reports of blood in the stool were due to hemorrhoids. This led to a seven month delay in her diagnosis, enough time for the cancer to become incurable.
- How If Physician Assumes You Just Have Hemorrhoids, You May Still Have Colon Cancer
By:-Joseph Hernandez
Being told by a physician that one only has hemorrhoids and there is no need to be concerned about blood in the stool can be very comforting but without testing the blood may actually be due to colon cancer. Should a physician be responsible for the delayed diagnosis of the cancer, the doctor might have committed medical malpractice and the patient might have a claim against that physician.
- Doctor Settles For $1,250,000 For Death Of Patient From Advanced Colon Cancer
By:-Joseph Hernandez
Blood tests are used by doctors to check for potentially serious conditions that may not otherwise be identified by a physical examination. The physician consequently should follow up if the results are abnormal. In one documented matter a patient's physician failed to follow up and as a result delayed the person's detection of colon cancer until it had reached an advanced stage.
- Man Settles With Doctors For $2.5 Million After Finding Out He Had With Metastatic Prostate Cancer
By:-Joseph Hernandez
This article goes over the report of a medical malpractice claim involving three doctors who examined a man with urinary problems yet due to a mix of unordered tests and miscommunications the patient's prostate cancer diagnosis was delayed until it had metastasized. This resulted in a lawsuit hat settled for $2,500,000
- Keeping Physicians Accountable For The Delayed Diagnosis Of Prostate Cancer
By:-Joseph Hernandez
Doctors normally use two tests to screen men for prostate cancer - the physical examination of the prostate and the PSA blood test. Most doctors recognize that abnormal results call for follow up. This article considers why a patient may be able to pursue a l malpractice case if a doctor screens a patient for cancer yet fails to inform the patient or follow up after the tests come back abnormal.
- Parents Pursue Malpractice Claim Against Doctor On Behalf Of Their Disabled Child
By:-Joseph Hernandez
A group b strep infection can lead to devastating injury to a baby . It is thus important for pediatricians to consider it in the differential diagnosis if newborns show symptoms. This article reviews a claim pursued by a mother whose infant sustained long term disabilities after a physician's failure to do so and to promptly administer antibiotics to the baby.
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