Updates and Insights: Anesthesia Errors
- The Link Between Epidurals and Birth Injuries
Aug 25, 2023
While Epidurals are Commonly Used for Pain Relief in the Childbirth Process, They can Also Lead to Serious Injuries if Errors Occur. All pregnant women anticipate the labor pains of delivering a baby. Whether she faces her first or fifth delivery, each woman tolerates pain differently and every labor and delivery is different, some longer and more physically taxing than others. A woman may tear or struggle with sleep loss. As a result, many women...Read More - Leading Types of Preoperative Failures
Jun 11, 2022
NJ Preoperative Mistakes and Improper Care Lawyers Before any scheduled surgery date, there is a period of preoperative preparation. Preparation time for surgery is critical for hospital or surgical center staff to ensure your physical and mental state is ready for the planned operation or procedure. Each person’s case is different, so preparation may differ from patient to patient, even if the surgery occurs for many. Each individual comes to surgery with a unique history,...Read More - Most Common Brain Injuries from Medical Malpractice
Mar 18, 2022
What are the Top Forms of Brain Injury Caused by Medical Negligence? Brain injuries, whether traumatic or acquired, affect people of all ages, from newborns to senior adults. For example, newborns may suffer hypoxia during labor when the umbilical cord becomes compressed, resulting in brain damage. Likewise, young children can fall and fracture their skull while older children may suffer concussions playing sports. Adults injured in car accidents may have brain damage from a trauma...Read More - The Connection between Aspiration and Malpractice
Feb 18, 2022
Does Aspiration Automatically Mean Medical Negligence Occurred? A prevalent, yet extremely hazardous medical event known as aspiration occurs when solids or liquids inadvertently enter the air passages and into the lungs. Aspiration can be dangerous, leading to severe illness and permanent lung damage, even death. Children and adults can aspirate food particles and other items, which can lead to a hospital visit, and sometimes aspiration occurs in the hospital during surgery when a patient is...Read More - NJ Medical Malpractice Victim with Cognitive Impairments will Testify in Retrial
Sep 14, 2018
Cognitive impairments can be a devastating result of medical malpractice for victims young and old. While the potential causes of damage to one’s cognitive abilities are highly variable, one source of the damage is mistakes by a surgeon or an anesthesiologist. Proper administration and monitoring while under anesthesia is absolutely essential to prevent serious harm when a person undergoes surgery or another medical procedure. One recent case exemplifies just how much can go wrong when...Read More - Ongoing Debate over Anesthesia for Pediatric Patients
Oct 13, 2017
The medical community is engaged in an ongoing debate about the benefits and risks associated with use of anesthesia among pediatric patients under age 3. After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about the potential dangers of anesthesia and sedatives on children’s brains, a significant question has been raised about the possibility of medical malpractice for failure to perform necessary procedures requiring anesthesia in young children. The FDA issued its initial Drug Safety Communication...Read More - New Study Reveals Anesthesiologists are Under-reporting Medical Errors
Apr 13, 2017
A new study examining the incidence of medical error reporting among anesthesiologists has revealed that these doctors are significantly under-reporting medication errors, although an estimated 10 percent of reported medication errors result in patient harm. The aforementioned study was led by Mark S. Hausman, MD, assistant professor of anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical School and chief of anesthesiology at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Researchers manually reviewed self-reported institutional quality assurance data, as well as...Read More