Recent Posts Tagged With 'misdiagnosis'

• Overmedicated and misunderstood: Appropriate care for the elderly

  Posted on Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 at 16:44 in medical error, misdiagnosis, geriatrics, schulman, hospice care, overmedicated, appropriate care

  Candy Schulman's story: July 2, 2009To the Editor:My 96-year-old mother, who died two weeks ago, had difficulty finding physicians trained in geriatric medicine, even though sh...

• A Sea of Broken Hearts: Fatal errors in a young athlete’s medical treatment

  Posted on Sunday April 5th, 2009 at 21:32 in misdiagnosis, hero, medical errors, cardiac arrhythmia, john james, potassium depletion, sea of broken hearts, acquired long qt syndrome, patient bill of rights, hallisey, john alexander james

  Dr. John James tells the heart-breaking story of his son's medical treatment:I lost my 19-year old son several years ago in Texas due to multiple medical errors. He had collapsed while running, self-recovered, but was taken by ambulance to a hospital...

• With significant potential financial gain: Unnecessary cardiac surgery

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 20:34 in misdiagnosis, fbi, rogan, second opinion, unnecessary surgery, corapi, angiogram, inappropriate surgery, california medical board, payment reform

  Father John Corapi went to Dr. M. for a diagnosis, and the doctor recommended surgery. Father Corapi then got second, third, fourth and fifth opinions, all of which disagreed with Dr. M.'s diagnosis and recommendation for cardiac surgery. He was so...

• Remind your daughters: Mariana Bridi da Costa's misdiagnosed fatal infection

  Posted on Saturday January 24th, 2009 at 09:33 in misdiagnosis, urinary tract infection, kidney stones, uti, fatal medical error, septicemia, hospital-acquired infection, roan, pseudomonas, bridi

  The 20-year-old Brazilian beauty queen Mariana Bridi da Costa died early this morning in the hospital. She had had a urinary tract infection (UTI), which was initially misdiagnosed, delaying the routine antibiotic treatment that probably would have ...

• Eric has been reading a lot: Medical schoolitis and cyberchondria

  Posted on Tuesday November 25th, 2008 at 14:53 in misdiagnosis, microsoft research, zebras, markoff, cyberchondria, horvitz, medical schoolitis, second year syndrome

  Eric Horvitz is an artificial intelligence researcher at Microsoft Research. He remembers, years ago, while in medical school, "sitting on a cold seat with my legs dangling off the examination table," convinced that he was suffering from a rare and ...

• We can still do some good: Public learning from a fatal misdiagnosed aortic dissection

  Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 17:09 in lawsuit, medical error, misdiagnosis, settlement, fatal error, ritter, aortic dissection, kahle, methodist hospital, juster

  This story was the subject of a particularly popular seminar at the conference today of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management in Boston. It was so popular that the room was filled to capacity, leaving many others outside – like me. ...

• I had gone to the doctors too many times: Patient's research for misdiagnosed restless legs syndrome

  Posted on Tuesday September 30th, 2008 at 20:48 in misdiagnosis, kaiser, restless legs syndrome, premenstrual syndrome, adult growing pains, whatisrls.org, parker-pope

  Often patients begin doing health research because their own doctors don't seem to have the right answers. All her life, Lynne Kaiser, 44, of Plano, Texas, suffered from leg pain and poor sleep; her gynecologist told her she had "extreme PMS." But ...

• Despite the antibiotics: Strep throat and a missed diagnosis

  Posted on Sunday September 14th, 2008 at 08:53 in misdiagnosis, sanders, strep, lab test, throat culture, missed diagnosis, strep test, lemierre’s disease, fatal misdiagnosis, azythromycin

  "I – can't - breathe," the boy gasped. There was panic in his voice and face. He moved restlessly in his hospital bed, tugging at the clear plastic mask that covered his mouth and nose. It was unusual for a 17-year old boy to be in the pediatric...

• Thrilled to be a pitcher and not a patient: Carl Pavano's shoulder misdiagnosis

  Posted on Monday September 8th, 2008 at 11:43 in baseball, misdiagnosis, pavano, athlete, second opinion, tendonitis, elective surgery, kepner, tommy john surgery, reconstructive elbow surgery

  The scar still looks fresh, 15 months later, on the inside of Carl Pavano's right elbow. Usually, after Tommy John surgery, it settles into a flesh-colored zipper, visible but not so obvious. Carl is actually progressing quite well.As he comes to th...

• Is it better to bring 8,000 individual cases?: Pathology errors in breast and prostate cancer biopsies

  Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 20:23 in lawsuit, misdiagnosis, pathology, class action suit, multiple errors, biopsy, breast cancer misdiagnosis, prostate cancer misdiagnosis, pathology error

  Patients impacted by a misdiagnosis and the quality of service at the Miramichi Regional Hospital will file a class-action suit on Tuesday.Halifax lawyer Raymond Wagner will file the proposed lawsuit in Miramichi on Tuesday. It is available to any pa...

• I got my mother back: Overuse of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes

  Posted on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 at 22:19 in dementia, side effects, medication error, misdiagnosis, drug error, hypothyroidism, tarkan, risperdal, aricept, lamascola

  Last fall, Theresa Lamascola of the Bronx, suffering from anxiety and confusion, was put on the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. When she had trouble walking, her daughter took her to another doctor, who found that she had unrecognized hypothyroidism, ...

• A buffer and enabler for the patient: VIP care

  Posted on Tuesday June 10th, 2008 at 09:54 in misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, esophagus, inappropriate tests, vip care, mcevoy

  Dr. Victoria McEvoy on VIP care:One Emergency Room doctor told me recently about a VIP patient who came to the ER complaining of chest pain. The patient's visit triggered a cascade of events at the hospital administration level. The "VIP Office" se...