Updates and Insights: Medical Errors

Comprehensive Guide to Medical Errors of Omission

Nov 23, 2024

Inside Look at a Medical Error of Omission in New Jersey Individuals come to their doctors with the hope of healing. Sometimes, a physician does everything right, and the person’s health worsens. Not all negative outcomes indicate a failure on the doctor’s part. However, sometimes physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals make mistakes in significant ways that cause detrimental effects for those counting on them for medical help, diagnosis, and treatment. Often, it is assumed...

IV Complications and Negligence Claims

Nov 8, 2024

Assessing Your Legal Options for Compensation after Negligent IV Injuries in New Jersey There are a multitude of reasons why you may receive intravenous (IV) therapy, perhaps for fluid replacement or antibiotic administration. Healthcare providers may insert an IV to address immediate life-threatening concerns, such as emergency blood transfusions, surgery, or the need for administering poison antidotes. However, an IV may also help boost a patient’s immune system or supply supplemental nutrients. An IV can...

Complications and Legal Claims Resulting from Hyponatremia Mismanagement

Oct 4, 2024

Mistakes Correcting Sodium Levels in the Blood and Your Legal Options when Hyponatremia Malpractice Causes Serious Injury It is common knowledge inside and outside of the medical profession that sodium is essential to the body’s proper functioning. However, too little or too much sodium in the blood can cause health problems, some of which are severe. As such, regulating a person’s sodium levels is essential to proper healthcare. Equally so, medical professionals must take extreme...

The Most Common Dialysis Errors

Jul 26, 2024

Medical Negligence in Dialysis Treatment: Actionable Claims for Kidney Dialysis Mistakes in New Jersey When your diagnosis is End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), you may have a medical recommendation for dialysis. In addition, nephrologists prescribe dialysis for chronic kidney disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and some kidney injuries. Kidney failure requires dialysis to perform the function of the kidneys, like balancing necessary elements (sodium, iron, calcium, and potassium) in the body and removing waste and excess...

Can You Sue for Osteomyelitis in New Jersey?

Nov 10, 2023

A Severe Infection, Known as Osteomyelitis, can Lead to Harmful Complications and Permanent Damage if it is Misdiagnosed, Undiagnosed, or Contracted Due to Medical Malpractice. Certain conditions, like diabetes, can leave patients vulnerable to infections. Surgery, injury, bacteria, fungi, food contamination, viruses, parasites, and insect bites are also sources of infection. When left to fester in the body, an infection can spread to other body parts, including the bones. Healthcare professionals who mistake an infection...

New Study Reveals Implications of Diagnostic Errors and Misdiagnosis Among Americans

Sep 15, 2023

A Recent Study by Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine Revealed that Almost 800,000 Individuals in the U.S. Experience Permanent Disabilities or Death due to Improper Diagnosis on an Annual Basis. According to a recent Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Diagnostic Excellence study, roughly 795,000 Americans suffer permanent disability or death due to misdiagnoses, citing a misdiagnosis rate of 11% among doctors. However, the misdiagnosis rate does not apply evenly to all conditions, as some are misdiagnosed more...

Prevalent Causes for Allergist Malpractice

Mar 31, 2023

Failure to Follow the Standard of Care can Make Allergists Subject to Medical Malpractice Claims in New Jersey An allergist, sometimes called an immunologist, is a medical specialist expert in allergies, immunological problems, and asthma. To become an allergy specialist, doctors must spend many years educating themselves and training in the field. After medical school, they train for three more years in the field of pediatrics or internal medicine and then take the American Board...

Understanding Fever Errors

Feb 3, 2023

New Jersey Fever Error Attorneys Most people consider fevers as signs of sickness like the flu. However, there are many potential causes of fevers and some may require urgent medical attention. Although fevers often accompany other diseases, sometimes they result from medical errors. Due to the prevalence of fevers in everyday life, you may wonder if and when medical errors with a fever are a just cause for legal action against medical professionals and facilities...

Blood Transfusion Errors and Injuries

Oct 23, 2020

New Jersey Blood Transfusion Malpractice Lawyers In the United States every year, approximately 5 million people undergo blood transfusions, the majority of which are associated with surgery, disease, or accidents. While some transfusions save lives in an emergency, others may be scheduled with surgery or disease treatment. If a patient can plan for surgery, they want to choose the safest blood, specifically their own. However, that takes preparation and a scheduled operation or treatment. If...

Suing when Medication Mistakes Happen in NJ

Oct 2, 2020

One of the more common mistakes in the medical field is medication error. Primarily, physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, and pharmacists, are among the network of healthcare professionals who prescribe, dispense, and administer medications to patients. With the importance of appropriate prescriptions for the treatment and management of illness and disease, mistakes can be costly. If anyone in the medicine chain gets it wrong, the patient can be injured, perhaps permanently. Understandably, healthcare facilities...