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Medical malpractice
Why are many hospitals more dangerous to patients during holidays?
Hospital-acquired injuries are more common over holidays
Overcoming the challenges of proving loss of future earning capacity when you're under-employed or temporarily unemployed
Under Texas law, there's an important distinction between lost future wages and loss of future earning capacity
Obstructive sleep apnea and anesthesia: A potentially deadly combination if the anesthesiologist doesn't plan ahead
80% of people with obstructive sleep apnea haven't been diagnosed, so anesthesia providers must give careful attention
Why your surgeon or anesthesiologist might not be the one working on you in the operating room
Learn the secret shell game that occurs daily at many major hospitals
What you should know about the new colorectal cancer screening recommendations
For average-risk patients, the guidelines no longer recommend an annual colonoscopy beginning at age 50
Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital hit with Medicare quality of care violation
If a patient is seriously injured or dies because a hospital isn't prepared for an emergency, it's medical malpractice
Are freestanding outpatient imaging centers as safe as hospitals for MRI or CT scans?
Imaging quality may be similar, but hospitals are better equipped for the occasional life-threatening emergencies that will occur
A CT scan with barium contrast is risky for patients who recently had any abdominal surgery
Bowel perforation are known complications of abdominal surgery, and can be a life-threatening combination when mixed with barium contrast
When anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists juggle too many patients at once, patient safety pays
In a wrongful death case I'm handling, the anesthesiologist was handling 5 patients at once