Blog Posts in January, 2012
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Surgery malpractice is a frightening occurrence that injuries and kills thousands of Americans every year. Surgery errors and surgery malpractice involves technical errors or judgment errors made by ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
An average pregnancy lasts 38 weeks. If a baby is delivered in less than 37 weeks of pregnancy, it is classified as preterm birth. If an infant is delivered before 26 weeks, he or she will likely have ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The National Institute of Health places the number of deaths from medical malpractice each year around 225,000, making it the third leading cause of death in the United States, following heart attacks ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Two types of birth injures may occur during the birth delivery process, injuries from a lack of oxygen to the brain and injuries from trauma. Both types of injuries can result in birth paralysis. An ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Hypoxia or Birth asphyxia occurs when an infant does not receive an adequate supply of oxygen before, during, or immediately following birth. Although many babies receive a smaller supply of oxygen ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Medical negligence is the act or omission in treatment of a patient by a medical professional, which deviates from the accepted medical standard of care. Examples of what is medical malpractice or ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Hospital employees are not reporting most errors, accidents, and events that lead to serious harm to Medicare patients. The study released by the inspector general of the Department of Health and ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The National Institute of Health places medical malpractice deaths as the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Death from heart attacks and cancer rank number one and number two respectively. ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Elder abuse and nursing home negligence is happening at an alarming rate. Nursing home abuse not only causes unnecessary pain and suffering to the elderly, but the families of the victim as well. The ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
The decision to end life care and turn off life support for a family member is a heart-wrenching situation nobody wants to encounter. Nurses, doctors, and medical staff confront a variety of ethical ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
Every child develops mentally and physically at a unique pace. If you are noticing your baby or young child is developing slower than other children, such as a delay in crawling, walking, talking, ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Dr. Bruce Fagel
In 1975, with the help of strong lobbying effort by doctors and medical professionals, the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act or MICRA was passed. Prior to the passing of this legislation, doctors ...
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