Army Hospital Malpractice Lawsuit Results in $9.5M Settlement Over Botched Gastric Bypass Surgery
The medical malpractice lawsuit claims an Army hospital made several errors during gastric bypass surgery, resulting in paralysis and eventual death.
The medical malpractice lawsuit claims an Army hospital made several errors during gastric bypass surgery, resulting in paralysis and eventual death.
Common errors in diagnosing patients involved clinicians ordering the wrong tests, or mistakes in reading test results, according to the researchers.
Hospital employees report that doctors race to see who can do the most bariatric weight loss surgeries, and are paid based on the number of procedures they can perform.
Researchers warn that older patients kept overnight in the ER face higher risks of heart attacks, strokes, infections and other adverse health events.
One out of every three hospital deaths involves a sepsis diagnosis, according to CDC officials, which issued new guidelines to reduce the risk of hospital infections.
Despite medical advancements, recent research has found that pregnant women in the U.S. face one of the highest maternal death rates among all modern countries in the world.
A failure to receive follow-up mental health care often leads to worsening mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts and the risk of self-harm or harming others, the study found.
More than 400,000 patient deaths are attributed to hospital-related adverse events every year, health experts warn
People of color suffering a pulmonary embolism were more likely to die in hospitals than their white counterparts.
Length of coma played more of a role in increased mortality, more so than the occurrence of mechanical ventilation delirium in the ICU