August, 2012 Articles

Postoperative Infection in Medical Malpractice

Those who undergo surgery are often at risk for a postoperative infection in the tissues where the incision took place and the surrounding area. Such an infection can occur within one day or more ...
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Types of Anesthesia Malpractice

When one is to undergo any type of surgical treatment, anesthesia is used in varying degrees to suppress the patient's experience of pain. In general anesthesia, the person is given enough drugs ...
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The Role of Drugs in Psychiatric Malpractice

Everyone has heard of medical malpractice, in which medical professionals, clinics, and hospitals commit negligence which negatively affects their patients. Less well-known is a subset of medical ...
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Cerebral Palsy as a Birth Injury

Cerebral palsy is a type of birth injury which is often used as general term that encompasses a wide variety of consequences. How a child will be affected from this injury will depend on what part of ...
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Ensuring Patient Safety With Effective, Timely Drug Recalls

The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) regularly publicizes drug recalls to patients and physicians. Undoubtedly, these two parties are key stakeholders whenever a drug is under recall. However, even ...
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Baby Injury Due to Hospital's Medical Negligence

When a young pregnant woman went to Pottstown Emergency Medical Center in Pottstown, Pennsylvania on a Sunday evening in 2008 to deliver her baby, she had little idea that the experience would leave ...
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