Heart attack misdiagnosis and medical malpractice in Texas emergency rooms
There are 800,000+ heart attacks annually in the United States
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Emergency room care
The four most common types of emergency room medical malpractice
A special legal standard applies to Texas hospital emergency room medical malpractice cases
Nurse practitioner botches cauda equina syndrome diagnosis, discharges patient from ER
Teen is left with life-long leg, bowel, bladder, and sexual problems
Learn why emergency room doctors sometimes miss and don't treat early stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA)
New study recommends MRI scans for patients with short-duration stroke symptoms
What you should know about emergency room triage and medical malpractice
A triage nurse decides which patients need to be seen by an ER physician first
A year and a half after ER doesn't inform patient of x-ray finding, man dies of cancer
Increase your patient safety by always getting a copy of test results
New Texas law restores common sense, will benefit some medical medical malpractice victims
Law reduces the circumstances when the burdensome "willful and wanton negligence" standard applies
What you should tell your doctor to avoid premature discharge from the emergency room
ER physicians and nurses are often under pressure to discharge patients from the ER, whether it's safe or not!
Seven things you need to know about appendicitis
A misdiagnosed infected or ruptured appendix is a dangerous type of medical malpractice
What to do when your doctor thinks your medical problem is all in your head
Physicians often incorrectly blame mental and emotional stress for medical problems