In the unfortunate event that your child suffers a traumatic head injury while engaged in a favorite pastime or is in some sort of accident, you will undoubtedly be headed to the nearest hospital as quickly as possible. Upon your arrival, your child will immediately be taken care of by a team of physicians and […]
Solid communication among medical professionals is not only vital to running a successful practice but an absolute necessity when it comes to patient care both here in Pennsylvania and across the nation. If doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory technicians and other staff members are not on the same page when it comes to a particular patient, […]
As outlined in previous discussions, there is perhaps nothing more devastating than a traumatic brain injury. Whether the result of a sudden accident, medical mistake, or other negligent or reckless conduct, a TBI can have deadly or lasting repercussions, including impaired cognitive and motor function, memory problems and mood disorders, to name only a few. […]
The population of the U.S. is aging, and advances in medicine are helping people live linger than in the past. As baby boomers get older, more are relying on medications to keep them healthy. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that over 30 percent of people in the U.S. take five […]
In July 2013 a popular Indian actor, Hrithik Roshan, had brain surgery to stop a chronic subdural hematoma. The bleeding that was occurring in his brain led to a clot, which was causing the actor to have headaches and become drowsy. The actor had suffered a mild brain injury about six weeks earlier, and doctors […]
Hospitals are noisy places. There are alarms on virtually every machine, and sounds of monitors throughout medical facilities across the country. These alarms are meant to help nurses and doctors know when something is going wrong with a patient. Recently, there has been an increase in the number of patients who have been harmed because […]
If your physician diagnosed you with a potentially serious heart condition not just once but twice, wouldn’t you expect that physician to continue monitoring the problem? And if other heart-related symptoms arose, wouldn’t you expect that physician to refer you to a cardiologist? A jury recently found that a doctor failed in these duties. Though […]
It is just a sad fact that a child who is injured during the delivery process is not likely to ever live anything but a life filled with unique challenges and hardships. This truism is why we have devoted a portion of our Pittsburgh practice to helping the families of children who have developed cerebral […]
In 2010, a mother went to a hospital for an X-ray of her chest. To any radiologist or doctor who checked the X-rays, it should have been clear that there was a small mass on the woman’s lung, yet no further tests were ordered and the woman was never told of the potentially dangerous mass. […]
