Making diagnoses isn’t always easy for doctors in New York and across the U.S. For example, 33 percent of patients were misdiagnosed with asthma in a recent study. Other ailments that are commonly misdiagnosed include lupus, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Diagnoses can sometimes be difficult because many conditions cause similar symptoms.
In the United States, 136.3 million visits to hospital emergency departments occur each year. Of these, 40.2 million are injury-related. 16.2 ED visits result in hospital admission every year. 2.1 million people are admitted to critical care annually after an ED visit.
It can be frightening to witness an epilepsy seizure. Your loved one will become unresponsive, experience convulsions and sudden body stiffness; and after that they may not recall the incident at all. Epilepsy is caused due to abnormal electrical signals in the brain.
A vineyard tour turned tragic last summer when a limousine driver attempted to make a U-turn on State Route 48 in New York. The limousine was hit by a drunk driver. Four of the women in the limo sustained injuries, including the bride-to-be, and the drivers of both vehicles were hurt. In addition, four women were killed. The case resulted in both criminal charges against the limo driver, as well as civil lawsuits filed by injured women and the families of the women who were killed. While the driver contested the criminal charges, his defense attorney admits there may be civil liability. It is important
Every day in New York and throughout the United States, employees go to work and do not know if they will come home safely at the end of the day. In tragic cases where employees are hurt or killed on-the-job, a New York workers’ compensation law firm can help the injured worker or his surviving dependents recover appropriate benefits for medical costs, disability or death. Certain employees are at far greater risk than others of suffering a serious or fatal injury. This enhanced risk exists because of the industry that these employees work in. Just recently, Business Insider provided insight into 10 of the most
One study in the US shows that whiplash injuries are common with rear-impact automobile collisions, and nearly 25 percent of all injury claims paid annually are due to whiplash injuries. Whiplash injuries also cost the economy quite a bit. It is estimated that whiplash injuries caused due to rear impact collisions cost the US approximately $2.7 billion each year. That is not something to write home about! What is a Whiplash Injury? Whiplash injury is a kind of neck injury that you sustain when your head suddenly jerks forward and backward. It is so called as the motion is similar to the cracking of a
Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy occurs in 1 to 3 per 1,000 live full-term births. Of the newborns affected by this condition, 15% to 20% will die while they are in the postnatal period.
A study carried out US-based researchers between December 2004 and August 2007, identified 87 pediatric echocardiographic diagnostic errors. Out of these, 30 percent were errors that were minor in severity and did not pose a risk to the child’s treatment and healthcare management.
Catastrophic injuries are those that truly change a person’s life and that they will never be able to recover from. According to statistics, cheerleading has the highest rate of catastrophic injuries in sports in the United States. In 2002, there were 24,675 catastrophic injuries in cheerleading, out of which 1.4% was related to concussions. Most of the catastrophic injuries that occur in the US are sports-related. Apart from sports, this type of injury can be a result of car accidents, workplace accidents, fires, surgical errors, etc. Getting Legal Assistance for Catastrophic Injury Claims A catastrophic injury can change a person’s life forever. Although they may
New York residents who may be concerned about the medical care that they or their loved ones receive in a hospital may be interested in the results of recent research conducted by physicians. According to the research, there has been a striking uptick in the number of medical malpractice legal cases that stem from patients being found deceased in their beds.
