Close

Articles Posted in Delay to Treat or Failure to Diagnose a Medical Condition

Updated:

Medical Malpractice, failure to diagnose caridovascular injury: conventional approach to heart failure prevention is not effective enough

Failure to diagnose a heart condition may be medical malpractice that can lead to death. Conventionally used indicators to diagnose heart failure show potential for cardiovascular injury but do not provide adequate risk control for those at higher risk of heart failure or those newly diagnosed with HF. A study…

Updated:

Medical Malpractice Prevention – New Diagnostic test may prevent failure to diagnose sepsis

Delay to treat or Failure to diagnose Sepsis may lead to the loss of multiple organs and ultimately to death. Every year 500,000 Americans will be hospitalized because they suffer from severe Sepsis and 250,000 will die from it. Sepsis is a condition that is usually triggered by a bacterial…

Updated:

Medical Malpractice – Failure to observe very small aneurysms may lead to devastating brain damage or death

In order to prevent Medical Malpractice, observation should be the treatment of choice for all stable brain aneurysms including the smallest ones as all brain aneurysms, even those smaller than the current 7-mm treatment threshold, have 12 times more of a chance to break and lead to a catastrophic brain…

Updated:

Despite their many benefits, Emergency Department Information Systems (EDIS) may also lead to medical errors and cause patient safety and quality concerns

Dosing errors, delay to treat or failure to diagnose a medical condition because of poor interaction between humans and computers or loss of data can result in serious personal injury and wrongful death. Poor choice or inadequate implementation of Emergency Department Information Systems (EDISs) can threaten health care quality and…

Updated:

Medical Malpractice – Failure to diagnose colon cancer – the use of a quarterly report card improves precancerous polyp detection rate from 44.7% to 53.9%

During colonoscopy, endoscopists can find potentially precancerous growths (polyps) and remove them, however some polyps especially on the right side of the colon are more difficult to detect. Failure to detect these polyps reduces the efficacy of colonoscopy for colon cancer screening. By using a quarterly report card, endoscopists at…

Updated:

Diagnostic Error – medical malpractice that can be life-threatening or result in death or permanent disability.

Diagnostic errors are not a new problem, in 1991 the Harvard medical Practice Study, investigated Medical Malpractice in New York Hospitals and found out that diagnostic errors were accounting for 14% of physicians errors and that 75% of them were due to doctors negligence. In 1999 a study from the…

Updated:

Medical Malpractice – Failure to diagnose Ischemia – Routine Fractional Flow Reserve measured after angiography decreases misdiagnoses

Angiography alone doesn’t detect Ischemia and may lead to misdiagnosis when a patient is being checked for chest pain. A routine Functional Flow Reserve Measurement (FFR) after the angiography would lead to a change of diagnosis for 1 out of 4 patients according to a new study presented at EuroPCR…

Updated:

Medical Maplractice – Misdiagnosis – New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill-Cornell Medical College study shows that a third of patients treated for gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD) are misdiagnosed

According to a new study by New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill-Cornell Medical College presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW), usual methods to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal problems are controversial and lead to a high rate of misdiagnosis. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) happens when stomach acid or bile flows back…

Contact Us