Posted on Aug. 23rd, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
A major university hospital has settled a medical malpractice case for $1.25 million. The patient in question underwent surgery for testicular cancer, but the surgery become complicated due to a hemorrhage and cardiac failure that occurred while the surgery was ongoing. This has resulted in a brain injury so severe that the patient is now… read more
Posted on Jul. 31st, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
In a state outside of Pennsylvania, that state’s highest court has overthrown the state’s cap on non-economic damage awards by juries. In a case that concerned a severely brain injured child that came about due to medical malpractice, the high court stated that the state cap limiting non-economic damages to $500,000 or five times what… read more
Posted on Jul. 9th, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
A woman went into the hospital for hernia surgery, and she came out with a debilitating brain injury. The woman in question was a mother of four children. The woman’s physical condition deteriorated for approximately three weeks after the surgery took place, and eventually she reached the point where she could not eat or even… read more
Posted on Jun. 28th, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
A jury in Pennsylvania recently came back with a $1.1 million concerning a possible surgical error. It’s been claimed that the child suffered a brain injury following a routine sleep apnea procedure. The boy, who was only 11-months old when the surgery took place, reportedly suffers from developmental delay that puts him well behind other… read more
Posted on Jun. 14th, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
Anytime a Pennsylvania patient is administered anesthesia during surgery, there is always the danger of surgical error that could lead to injury. In another jurisdiction, the mother of a 13-year old girl is now trying to show that her daughter suffered brain injury due to medical malpractice, and that the responsible hospital also tried to… read more
Posted on May. 21st, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
A 62-year old patient was treated at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) for bleeding of the brain, and it is alleged that the doctors treating him were guilty of a number of medical mistakes that led to the man dying. Though the family of the deceased filed a medical malpractice claim against UPMC… read more
Posted on May. 3rd, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving a former soldier who suffered severe brain damage due to a surgical error that occurred during a routine procedure performed at a military hospital. The soldier was admitted for appendicitis. However, when he stopped breathing while an appendectomy was being performed the staff inserted… read more
Posted on Apr. 12th, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
Something as simple as a misplaced tube during surgery resulted in the death of a woman due to brain injury. It appears that an anesthesiologist did not note that the oxygen tube had moved during the surgical procedure and the woman was deprived of oxygen while the anesthesia was administered. Though this happened in a… read more
Posted on Mar. 26th, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
It has long been known that there are dangers anytime a patient goes under anesthesia. However, the dangers of brain injury to patients in our Pennsylvania hospitals may be even more pronounced that previously imagined. Past studies have shown a possible connection between undergoing general anesthesia and later facing the risks of Alzheimer’s disease. Recent… read more
Posted on Mar. 1st, 2012 | in Brain Injuries, News
The administration of anesthesia can result in all sorts of errors including brain trauma, and Pittsburgh hospitals must always take care during any surgery to insure brain injury or death does not occur. Many such errors were preventable if instructions and procedures were in place for emergency staff that could easily have been understood and… read more
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