Lawsuit: Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital doctors misdiagnose imminent stroke (filed by Attorney Robert Painter)
38-year-old man goes to an ER three days in a row, has massive stroke shortly after discharge on third day
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Hospitals
Without operating room precautions, surgery can leave you with a new nerve injury
Poor preparation for anesthesia and immobility can cause nerve injuries
Some hospitals are set up to allow physician medication errors
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) says that medication errors cause at least one death a day and injure 1.3 million people a year
The risky role of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in neurosurgery
Some neurosurgeons turn over too many responsibilities to less-trained mid-level providers
Comparing care at teaching hospitals to non-teaching hospitals
A Harvard study favors teaching hospitals, but read why that is not consistently true
In some areas, VA hospital care may be better than you think
Study published in June 2017 shows that VA hospitals out-performed non-VA hospitals in key areas
Reducing your risk of getting a bad infection in the hospital
Medical error is the third-leading cause of death in America, and bungling the treatment of infections is one of the top medical errors
The important nursing role in bedsore prevention
Nurses sometimes ignore the standardized tools in place to identify at-risk patients, and to prevent and treat pressure injuries
The dangerous risks of opioid painkillers like Dilaudid and morphine
Manufacturer drug labels warn of the risk of deadly respiratory depression