Posted on Aug. 20th, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
In 2011, a Pennsylvania radiologist while examining an X-ray noted a small area of increased density in a patient’s chest. Though a follow-up X-ray was recommended, the results of the follow-up were never communicated to the patient until it was too late. By the next year, this patient was suffering from irreversible lung cancer. This… read more
Posted on Aug. 14th, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
Anyone entering a Pittsburgh health clinic would cringe if they were given a fatal diagnosis. It’s probably next to impossible to consider what goes on in a patient’s mind during such an occurrence. This did occur for a patient living just south of Pennsylvania where he was presented with a diagnosis of being positive for… read more
Posted on Aug. 3rd, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
Pennsylvanians suffering from unrelenting symptoms may want to seek additional medical advice to ensure their symptoms are not misdiagnosed. In particular, younger patients should be aware of the dangers of misdiagnosed cancer. Doctors often only expect to find certain cancers, like colorectal cancer, in patients over 50. However, rates of colorectal cancer in patients under… read more
Posted on Jul. 25th, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
Medical staff needs to be responsive to the individual needs of their patients. A failure to abide by protocol or review a patient’s medical history can often lead to devastating results. Though this did not occur in Pennsylvania, the death of a woman due to medical staff failing to account for particular allergies could easily… read more
Posted on Jul. 5th, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
We can likely expect similar awards in Pennsylvania to what was delivered by a jury in the District of Columbia. There, a jury awarded $5 million to the family of a man that died after a doctor failed to diagnose this individual’s cancer. The deceased man died this past December after having to endure four… read more
Posted on Jun. 12th, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
In what is thought to be one of the largest medical malpractice awards in Pennsylvania history, a jury recently awarded $6.4 million to the five children of a man whose heart condition was misdiagnosed as pneumonia. As a result of the failure to undiagnosed heart condition, the man was discharged and later died after suffering… read more
Posted on May. 24th, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
A Pennsylvania doctor expressed concerns about how Lyme disease is not always being identified properly. This is of particular concern during the summer months, and during a year when the rate of Lyme disease is expected to be quite high. However, since Lyme disease is an extremely common disease with potentially serious consequences, it is… read more
Posted on May. 8th, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
The fear of diagnosis failure a particular medical condition may lead doctors to overly prescribe certain treatment or medications. Though ultimately doctors should have sufficient training and expertise to need not worry about such concerns, the large number of medical malpractice cases filed in Pennsylvania and elsewhere indicates this is not always the situation. Seeing… read more
Posted on Apr. 19th, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
A nationally renown treatment center is being sued for the death of a 20-year-old patient while he was under treatment for bulimia and alcoholism. When complications arose in his treatment, the facility transferred him to another center, where he suffered from cardiac arrest and died. The boy was transferred from an Arizona sober living home to the Morningside Recovery… read more
Posted on Mar. 29th, 2012 | in Failure to Diagnose, News
Attempts are being made in Pennsylvania to increase awareness of the problems in diagnosing of diabetes. Close to a quarter of individuals with diabetes have yet to be diagnosed. One indicator of the disease is when blood sugar is measured to be too high as this can indicate that the pancreas is not producing enough… read more
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