Texas Stroke Medical Malpractice: When to Call a Lawyer
Stroke victims face legal challenges due to Texas tort reform.
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Stroke
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest is now a comprehensive stroke center
Comprehensive stroke center are held to the highest standard of care for all strokes types
The potential role of race in stroke care for Black patients
African Americas have a higher risk of stroke, but are given tPA medical therapy less often
Texas ER botches diagnosis of man's posterior circulation stroke
These strokes have different signs and symptoms and are commonly misdiagnosed
When they get it wrong at the hospital: 2 things you can do to push back on a potentially bogus diagnosis
Patients are sometimes discharged with the same problems that brought them to the emergency room
Delay in stroke treatment can cause speech problems, aphasia
Communication difficulty can often be reversed with prompt diagnosis and care
Not listening to the patient, other shortcuts lead to stroke misdiagnosis
In the United States, strokes in 18 to 45 year olds are on the rise
Posterior circulation stroke misdiagnosis and medical malpractice
Around 165,000 stroke diagnoses are missed each year in American emergency rooms
What Bob Saget's death teaches us about traumatic head and brain injuries
Head injuries shouldn't be overlooked by victims or medical profesisonals
In a plaintiffs' win, a Tyler, Texas case illustrates the tough legal standard for stroke misdiagnosis cases
Ischemic strokes are the most common type