Washington residents have a certain level of personal risk for having a heart attack. However, the symptoms in heart attacks can differ hugely from person to person. This can potentially lead to misdiagnoses that may be fatal.Verywell Health shows that men and women...
Failure To Diagnose
Failure to diagnose is leading cause of malpractice suits
According to findings published in LiveScience, failure to diagnose is the number one cause of medical malpractice suits, accounting for 26 to 63 percent of all claims. The second most common cause of malpractice lawsuits is medication errors, such as adverse drug...
How do medical misdiagnoses happen?
Washington residents trust medical professionals to do everything they can to help treat their conditions, catch problems before they become too big, and provide help. When that doesn't happen, , attorneys at law, are here to help as you...
Misdiagnosis linked to mimicking diseases
It is reasonable for people in Washington State to be concerned about a missed or inaccurate medical diagnosis. Their health is important, and they deserve to be given the right information so that they can make informed decisions and take steps to address any health...
Lawsuit alleges lack of addiction diagnosis
For many people in Washington State, when they think about a medical error involving the failure to diagnose a condition, they think about diseases like cancer or heart disease. Certainly these conditions can go unidentified all too often but they are far from the...
Report issues recommendations for better patient safety
People in Washington State who have a CAT scan, MRI, mammogram or other diagnostic test have a right to know that their test data and results are being appropriately reviewed and responded to. Unfortunately, the results of a report that was recently released suggests...
What if a heart attack goes undiagnosed?
Washington residents like you trust that you'll be getting a correct diagnosis when you go into the emergency room for unexplained pain. However, that may not always be the case. , attorneys at law, are here to walk you through what to do...
Decision highlight nuances of diagnosis failures
Most people in Washington State have heard tragic stories about a patient who ends up with a serious condition that was potentially made worse by the fact that physicians did not appropriately diagnose it early enough, preventing them from the opportunity...
Fibromyalgia often misdiagnosed
When people in Washington State think about the problems associated with doctors not accurately diagnosing medical conditions they might initially think about issues with diseases like cancer or other life-threatening illnesses. While certainly these situations can be...
Brain aneurysm signs and treatment
People in Washington State who have heard about brain aneursyms may not always fully understand what these things are or how they may be identified. As explained by the Brain Aneursym Foundation, these little bulges in the sides of blood vessels in the brain do not...