patient safety

  

Failure to treat hydronephrosis leads to permanent kidney damage

Internists must consult a urologist to treat this serious condition

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Pediatric intensive care unit medical malpractice

PICU care generally requires continuous monitoring by registered nurses and immediate physician notification where there's a negative change

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Sodium, porphyria, and medical malpractice

After multiple physician appointments, an ER doctor made the right diagnosis

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Nurses are more than the eyes and ears of doctors

Nurses are trained health care professionals that owe independent duties to their patients

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What you should know about pediatric medical malpractice in hospitals

There may be a different standard of care between children's and general hospitals, but pediatric medical malpractice happens at both

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Breast injury, necrosis surgical malpractice

Breast procedures can lead to tissue and nipple death when doctors and nurses don't take proper precautions

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Dermatology medical malpractice and malignant melanoma

There are more skin cancer diagnoses each year in America than for all other cancers combined

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Operating room and surgical fire medical malpractice

Around 600 patients annually are injured by surgical fires in the U.S.

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Nurses play an important role, which is why their medical malpractice can be so harmful

Nursing licensure creates independent duties that nurses owe to their patients

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Closed-loop communication prevents critical lab, radiology results from going unnoticed

Up to 62% of lab work and 35% of radiology studies lack any follow up

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