An accident at work or on the daily commute can cause people to sustain a traumatic brain injury. Many people may hope that with time, their loved ones will experience some degree of improvement. However, a TBI can have a long-term effect on people's lives. Sometimes,...
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Can you blame medical malpractice for long-term injury?
When your doctor delays your treatment, misdiagnoses your symptoms or botches a treatment, you could suffer severe and damaging repercussions. The outcome could create lifelong difficulties. Understanding the correlation between poor medical care and worsening health...
Emergency room errors leading to medical malpractice
If you go to an emergency room in Texas, don't automatically believe that you will receive proper treatment. Emergency rooms are common locations for medical errors to occur, some of which can lead to severe injury or suffering. Missing information or processing...
Are there different types of medical malpractice?
Anyone who visits a hospital or doctor's office in Texas hopes to receive quality care. Sadly, some patients leave the facilities in worse shape than before they entered. Physicians and other health care workers could make mistakes, resulting in great harm to a...
Important lesson about med mal after botched surgery leads to fatality
Patients who require surgery are trusting their physicians to take good care of them and to let them know if there are any issues. In most cases, the procedure goes as planned and the patient can focus on recovery. However, in some situations something may go wrong....
Overview of anesthesia and common errors
When a person in Austin, Texas, has surgery, they expect some normal risks, such as bruising. However, if unexpected injury occurs from a doctor or nurse's negligence, it may count as medical malpractice. While there are several types of surgical errors, a common...
How can medical errors lead to cerebral palsy in children?
Sadly, babies suffer birth injuries often in Texas and throughout the United States. Sometimes, those injuries occur as a result of a medical mistake made by a doctor or other healthcare professional. Some babies can suffer from cerebral palsy, which is a lifelong...
Is misdiagnosis a common form of medical malpractice?
Texas medical malpractice cases frequently focus on birth injuries and medication errors. However, receiving a misdiagnosis can be just as harmful. Most importantly, it is also far more common than you might imagine. Do regulations or first impressions cause a...
Are early discharges a type of medical malpractice?
Few patients want to spend any time, much less an extended amount of time, in a Texas hospital. Of course, most patients want to receive the proper care and only leave the facility when doing so is safe. Patients and their families commonly follow the doctor's...
How do birth injuries happen?
Sadly, despite all of the advances that modern medicine has made, birth injuries are all too common in this country, with tens of thousands occurring every year. How they happen - and what can be done in the aftermath - depends on the specifics of the circumstances....
