Diabetes types, treatments, and medical malpractice
Diabetes is dangerous without standard of care treatment
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Patient safety
Failure to treat hydronephrosis leads to permanent kidney damage
Internists must consult a urologist to treat this serious condition
Pediatric intensive care unit medical malpractice
PICU care generally requires continuous monitoring by registered nurses and immediate physician notification where there's a negative change
Sodium, porphyria, and medical malpractice
After multiple physician appointments, an ER doctor made the right diagnosis
Nurses are more than the eyes and ears of doctors
Nurses are trained health care professionals that owe independent duties to their patients
What you should know about pediatric medical malpractice in hospitals
There may be a different standard of care between children's and general hospitals, but pediatric medical malpractice happens at both
Breast injury, necrosis surgical malpractice
Breast procedures can lead to tissue and nipple death when doctors and nurses don't take proper precautions
Dermatology medical malpractice and malignant melanoma
There are more skin cancer diagnoses each year in America than for all other cancers combined
Operating room and surgical fire medical malpractice
Around 600 patients annually are injured by surgical fires in the U.S.
Nurses play an important role, which is why their medical malpractice can be so harmful
Nursing licensure creates independent duties that nurses owe to their patients