A heart attack requires immediate medical action, but critical red flags are often missed when emergency rooms write off atypical symptoms as anxiety, heartburn, or a muscle strain. Serious medical negligence includes failing to order or repeat essential EKG and troponin blood tests. Lupetin & Unatin, LLC helps Pennsylvania families devastated by diagnostic delays. Learn how our attorneys investigate negligent emergency care.
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is a rare and often underdiagnosed condition that predominantly affects women, with pregnant and postpartum women being at particular risk. It occurs when a tear forms in one of the coronary arteries, potentially leading to a heart attack, heart rhythm abnormalities, or sudden death.
In medical malpractice cases, permanent injury to the brain and spinal cord are often traced to one or a combination of three causes: compression due to swelling or pressure, lack of oxygen-rich blood to the brain or spinal cord (anoxia), and/or bleeding and hematomas.
Hyponatremia is a medical condition that develops when the level of sodium in your blood is too low compared to the amount of water. Hyponatremia is a common, treatable condition. But because it often presents in the setting of other medical conditions hyponatremia is frequently misdiagnosed which can delay proper treatment. If not treated properly, hyponatremia causes your cells to swell which can lead to a host of devastating medical complications including brain injury and death.
Regrettably, too many patients and their families suffer after delays in diagnosis or treatment of myocardial infarctions. Myocardial infarctions are also known simply as “heart attacks”. A heart attack can occur when blood flow through one or more of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart’s muscle is blocked, starving the heart from oxygen-rich blood the heart muscle needs to survive.
Many medical malpractice lawsuits result from delays in diagnosing and treating patients suffering acute compartment syndrome. Compartment syndrome is an emergency medical condition that can result in paralysis, limb loss or death, if not treated in time.
How much do you trust your doctor’s prescriptions? A lot? Great, that is ideal. Now – how much do you trust his handwriting? How much
Nearly everyone who visits a medical facility experiences errors, inconvenience, or aggravations at some point in time. Most of these create a minor annoyance. You
Radiology malpractice is more common than many people realize. Over 80 million radiology examinations are performed in the United States every year, including Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT or CAT scan), Positron Emission Tomography (PET scan), and x-ray studies also known as plain radiographs. Given the immense volume of imaging studies and high expectations on radiologists to interpret those studies with speed and accuracy, it’s no surprise radiology is the eighth most common medical specialty to be implicated in a medical malpractice claim.
In the hectic environment of the emergency department, rapid diagnosis and emergent management of life-threatening conditions must occur. In the patient with acute chest pain and an EKG concerning for an ST segment elevation myocardial infarction STEMI, the diagnosis and treatment is generally straightforward. National guidelines recommend emergent reperfusion with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or fibrinolytic therapy. Unfortunately, the potential for patient harm is high when acute aortic dissection causes an acute coronary syndrome and produces ischemic EKG changes.
Many patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) lack overt chest pain or pressure and present to the emergency room with “atypical” signs and symptoms. As a result, the emergency provider may fail to consider the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, leading to a greater risk of serious injury or patient death. This article examines atypical symptoms of ACS in an effort to reduce instances of medical negligence or malpractice.
Every 4 Seconds There’s a Car Accident in Pennsylvania. This means that you have a 1 in 41 chance of being involved in a car accident – and you need to be prepared for what to do when a car crash happens.
Follow these 6 steps after your car accident, and you will significantly improve your chances of a positive recovery.
