Deadly Infections Linked to Prostate Exams: Reports
The findings of several recent studies suggest that prostate exams may carry an increased risk of antibiotic resistant infections, which have sometimes proven to be deadly.
Tag Archives: Sepsis
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Hospital Bedsore Lawsuit Filed Over Death of 60 Year Old Woman
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a Maine hospital for allegedly allowing a patient to die from untreated hospital bedsores that became infected with fecal contamination.
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Georgia Nursing Home Neglect Lawsuit Results in $9.5M Verdict
The family of a Georgia woman has been awarded more than $9 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed over the failure to treat multiple pressure ulcers caused by nursing…
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Hernia Patch Makers Appeal Decision in Composix Kugel Lawsuit
C.R. Bard has filed an appeal of the $1.5 million verdict returned by a Rhode Island jury in a Kugel hernia patch lawsuit, after the trial judge refused to overturn…
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XenMatrix Recall: Surgical Grafts May Not Meet FDA Safe Toxicity Levels
Davol, a subsidiary of C.R. Bard, has announced that it is issuing a recall for XenMatrix, a hernia and abdominal surgical graft, due to a failure to meet the FDA’s…
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Fentanyl Patch Overdose Lawsuit Filed Against Utah Nursing Home
A Utah nursing home is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after a resident allegedly died due to a fentanyl overdose that occurred when a staff member applied three fentanyl pain…
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Survey: Most Americans Unfamiliar With Sepsis and Septic Shock
According to new research, most Americans are unfamiliar with the terms sepsis or septic shock, a life-threatening condition from the body’s response to infections, which causes more deaths per year…
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Kugel Hernia Patch Lawsuit Results in $1.5M Verdict
A Rhode Island jury has awarded a North Carolina couple $1.5 million in a Kugel hernia patch lawsuit, but the couple is objecting to the federal judge’s decision not to…
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Infections from Hospitals Continue to Rise Unabated: Report
Hospitals throughout the country have been largely unable to prevent the spread of potentially life-threatening hospital-acquired infections, according to a new government report on the nation’s health care system.
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Maryland Malpractice Lawsuit Over Sepsis Results in $1.44M Verdict
A Baltimore County jury has awarded $1.44 million in a Maryland wrongful death lawsuit filed against a hospital and several doctors that failed to properly treat a case of sepsis,…
