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• Sepsis: A Potentially Lethal Complication of Bacterial Infection

  Steve Silverman | October 17, 2006 3:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  One of the most dangerous risks of contracting a serious bacterial infection is that the patient may develop sepsis--an overreaction by the immune system causing destructive inflammation throughout the body, often leading to heart and other organ failure and death. Even the best hospital intensive care units may be helpless to save patients stricken by severe sepsis. According to a 2003 study by...

• Medication Errors: A Form of Medical Malpractice

  Steve Silverman | October 03, 2006 1:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  According to a recent industry study from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 million people every year. The extra medical costs of treating drug-related injuries occurring in hospitals alone conservatively amount to $3.5 billion a year, and this estimate does not take into account lost wages and...

• Inexperienced Gastric Bypass Surgeons: Anticipated Spike in Litigation Claims

  Steve Silverman | October 03, 2006 1:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  With thousands of obese Americans opting for gastric bypass surgery (bariatric surgery) a growing collection of research suggests that this increasingly popular operation can have a hidden risk: inexperienced surgeons. According to physicians who have tracked the results of their cases, patients of surgeons who have done fewer than 70-100 operations have complications more often and a greater...