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Pulmonary Embolism and Medical Malpractice
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life threatening condition that affects over 600,000 people per year in the United States. Through the use of modern diagnostic tools such as multislice spiral CT and...
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Advanced Diagnostic Imaging for Acquired Brain Injury
One of the first steps in evaluating brain injury is diagnostic imaging. Imaging refers to various methods of viewing the structures and processes residing in the brain. Some of the more familiar...
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Oral Cancer and Medical Malpractice
Oral cancer is the uncontrollable growth of cells that invade and inflict damage in areas involving the lips, tongue, cheek lining, floor of the mouth, gingiva, and palate. Men are twice as likely to...
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Meningitis and Medical Malpractice
Meningitis is inflammation of the meninges, the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. It is commonly caused by infection, but other causes include chemical irritants, drug allergies, fungi,...
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Deep Venous Thrombosis and Medical Malpractice
Deep venous thrombosis is the development of a blood clot in the large, deep veins of the lower leg and thigh. Thrombi can cause tissue injury due to vascular occlusion or distal embolization. However,...
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Malignant Melanoma and Medical Malpractice
Each year, approximately 69,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with malignant melanoma of the skin. As a disease that commonly affects young patients, malignant melanoma causes more lost...
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Small Bowel Obstruction and Medical Malpractice
The small bowel is a long coiled hollow tube, called a tract, that is approximately twenty-five feet long. It includes the duodenum, jejunum and ileum. A small bowel obstruction, also known as a small...
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Increased Fluid Around the Heart May Cause Cardiac Tamponade
Pericardial effusion occurs when there is an abnormal amount of fluid around the heart. The heart is normally surrounded by a thin membranous sac called the pericardium. The space between the...
View ArticleHeart Defects In Newborns
Heart defects in newborns affect approximately 8 out of every 1000 births. Causes can include genetic factors, such as those found in Down’s syndrome, or factors due to the developing baby’s...
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Brain Injury and Medical Malpractice
The prevalence of brain injury in the United States is alarming as it is the second leading cause of disability in the country. Often referred to as the silent epidemic, approximately 3.17- 5.3 million...
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