Blog Posts in September, 2011
Posted on Sep 30, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
If a newborn baby is asphyxiated before or during birth, it is being starved of necessary oxygen. A lack of oxygen to the brain can cause a condition called HIE or hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy . ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The majority of medical malpractice and medical negligence claims throughout the United States involve doctors and hospitals. Medical negligence is the act or omission in treatment of a patient by a ...
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Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Nursing home negligence and elderly abuse is occurring throughout this country at alarming levels. Families trust and rely on nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities to protect and care for their ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Gastric bypass surgery is a way of making the stomach smaller and allowing food to bypass part of the small intestine. Gastric bypass surgery takes a loop of bowel and bypasses the major portion of ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Anesthesiologists are one of the most critical members of a surgical operation. In addition to providing the pain relief for patient's during a surgery, they monitor the patient to make sure they ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Emergency rooms in hospitals are often overcrowded, with medical staff who are frequently overworked. Medical staff are required to rush quickly from patient to patient, trying to find quick solutions ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Plastic surgery errors and surgical errors result in thousands of Americans being killed and injured every year. Elective plastic surgery procedures, including those conducted outside the hospital ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Cancer is a combination of diseases with many different causes and outcomes. A cancer can occur anywhere in the body because of an abnormal proliferation of cancerous cells. These cells can either be ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Medication errors are the most common medical negligence errors occurring in hospitals. There are over 1.5 million cases reported each year, and these are just the cases that have been discovered and ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
In the field of medical malpractice, wrongful death claims involve a patient who has lost his or her life due to the negligence of a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional. The death can be the ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
A doctor has an obligation to provide a standard level of treatment and care to a pregnant woman, during childbirth and after childbirth. This is critical to the babies’ health. Delivery ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The brachial plexus is a number of nerves running from the spine and proceeding through the neck and armpit region into the arm. The brachial plexus supplies the arm with nerve impulses. If a ...
Continue reading "Erbs Palsy and Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries" »