Blog Posts in 2011
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Posted on Dec 23, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Bilirubin is a substance found in the bile of infants. Bile is produced by the liver and released into the small intestine where it is used to help with digestion. Bilirubin is produced by the liver ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
During gestation, an unborn baby's brain is susceptible to a wide variety of threats. One vulnerability is hypoxia or asphyxia, which is a lack of oxygen to the brain. Although the birthing ...
Continue reading "Brain Cooling for Infants with HIE / Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy" »
Posted on Dec 19, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Each year thousands of Americans suffer unnecessary pain, injuries, and even death from cancer misdiagnosis or delays in diagnosing cancer. Failure to diagnose a cancer, allows the cancer to spread ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A birth injury is one of the most heart-wrenching situations a family can experience. There are several types of birth injuries that may happen, the most serious of which are injuries to the brain of ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Gastric bypass surgery is rapidly becoming one of the most widely used surgical procedures in the country. People who are having problems controlling their weight are often candidates for gastric ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Emergency rooms in hospitals have unfortunately turned into crowded and chaotic environments, leaving many patients waiting for long periods of time for the medical attention they require. While ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Anesthesiologists (physicians who complete an accredited residency program in anesthesiology) and anesthetists (nurses who are board certified in anesthesia and may work under the supervision of a ...
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Posted on Dec 5, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A wrongful death causes enormous pain and suffering to a victim's family. When a death results directly from the actions or lack of actions of another person, the term wrongful death is applied. A ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Medication errors are a serious problem effecting hospitals and medical centers throughout the United States. Medication errors are the most common cause of medical negligence. Medication errors are ...
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Posted on Nov 30, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Most people who enter a hospital probably never think about being the victim of a medical error; however, the odds that a medical error happening to you are extremely high. Statistics show that almost ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A brachial plexus birth injury can cause a life time of suffering for the victim and family. Erbs palsy is a condition that is caused by a brachial plexus injury, which often results in paralysis of ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
With birth injury cases, medical malpractice attorneys have to explain to the jury the differences between a normal labor and delivery, and a negligent birth delivery. During a delivery, the placenta ...
Continue reading "Brain Damage to a Newborn Baby from Medical Malpractice" »
Posted on Nov 21, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Cerebral palsy is a term that refers to a group of disorders of the brain, resulting from an injury to the brain during childbirth or delivery. The cause of the injury can be from trauma or a lack of ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
There is nothing more devastating for a parent than to find out their child was born with a birth injury. Birth injuries during labor or delivery can be attributed to many factors, including injuries ...
Continue reading "How Medical Malpractice can Cause Birth Injuries" »
Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Catastrophic brain injuries resulting from medical malpractice cause an enormous financial toll to hospitals and the families of injured victims. An ischemic brain injury occurs when there is ...
Continue reading "Preventable Catastrophic Brain Injury Problems in Health Care" »
Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
There are many advantages to retaining the services of an attorney who is also a physician. One of the main areas where a client will benefit from having a lawyer who is also a licensed medical doctor ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Test communication failures for diagnostic testing are placing doctors at an increased risk of medical malpractice claims, as stated in an article selected as the "CME Activity of the Month" ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
After years of public service announcements and medical agencies touting the benefits of regular cancer screenings for cervical, prostate, and breast cancers, expert medical groups are now ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Most people who visit hospitals or medical centers probably never worry whether the medical facilities are clean and sanitary. But that is exactly what the problem is with Harbor-UCLA Medical Center ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A premature birth is the single leading cause of death in newborns. A premature delivery can occur in weeks 26 through 36 of the pregnancy. A pregnancy is considered to reach full term in ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) involves the medical condition of a pregnant woman having high blood pressure. The pregnant woman's blood pressure elevates, she retains water, and protein is ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Women who have delivered a baby through a cesarean section or C-section, may be able to deliver their next baby VBAC, or vaginal birth after cesarean section. Between sixty to eighty percent of women ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Surgical malpractice is responsible for the deaths and injuries of thousands of Americans every year. Surgical malpractice and surgical mistakes involves technical errors or judgment errors made by ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Many catastrophic injuries and deaths in hospitals occur because of medical malpractice. Medical negligence often involves more than just one doctor or nurse. A number of factors may be responsible ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Birth injuries resulting from medical malpractice can take two forms, injuries caused by trauma and injuries caused by lack of oxygen to the brain. Either of these two types of injuries may cause ...
Continue reading "Birth Paralysis from Medical Negligence" »
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