What every Patient should Know - Aortic Dissection
May 20, 2010
Aortic dissection is a condition in which the inner lining of the main blood vessel leaving the heart is torn or damaged in a way that allows blood to force it's way in between the tissue layers of the...
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What every Patient Should Know - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
May 20, 2010
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ["AAA"] is a
condition in which the main blood vessel taking blood from the heart to the
body through the belly weakens and enlarges. The main risk is rupture,
which wi...
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BIrth Injury - The Truth about Electronic Fetal Monitoring
May 19, 2010
In virtually every Labor and Delivery Department in the USA, one will find widespread use of electronic fetal monitoring machines that are relied upon to determine the status of the fetus during labor ...
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What every patient should know - Why your right to Hire a Contingency Fee Lawyer is Important
May 19, 2010
When a severe injury occurs, frequently there are high medical bills and an inability to work. When that happens, how is the injured person supposed to hire a lawyer to work on an hourly rate that can ...
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What every Patient should Know - The Addicted Physician
May 18, 2010
According to The addicted physician. A rational response to an irrational
disease. - Seppala MD - Minn Med - 01-FEB-2010; 93(2): 46-9 physicians are every bit as likely to be addicted to alcohol as t...
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Texas - Is it Healthcare or Not? ST. DAVID'S v. ESPARZA, 03-09-00734-CV (Tex.App.-Austin 5-13-2010)
May 18, 2010
In Texas, one of the greatest problems created by the Texas Legislature is ambiguity in the medical liability statute that left the door open for insurance companies to argue that just about everything...
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Birth Injury - What is FMEA and Why Should We Care?
May 18, 2010
FMEA stands for Failure Modes and Effects Analysis. It is the practice that is now standard for all complex systems - such as medical practices, hospitals, manufacturers, etc. - to reduce preventable i...
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Birth Injury - The Problem with Pitocin
May 18, 2010
Pitocin is a drug
that is sometimes used during labor to augment or speed things up with the goal
of a quicker delivery. But, it can be
used carelessly and can cause severe damage to the baby or the...
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Texas Chapter 74 Expert Rules - A Breath of Fresh Air STROUD v. GRUBB May 2010
May 17, 2010
In Texas, one of the major unintended consequences of the so-called "tort reform" laws of 2003, was the creation of a new industry of mini-litigation surrounding challenges to the expert reports that w...
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Real Life Stories - Blood Thinner mistakes
May 17, 2010
The following is an recent case published in the AHRQs Morbidity and Mortality database. It is re-printed here to illustrate to the public the common mistakes that occur in hospitals and how they endan...
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