4 Common Medical Malpractice Claims
Healthcare professionals are people, and people make mistakes. This leads to thousands of medical malpractice victims every year.
Tragically, medical malpractice is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, behind heart disease and cancer. Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare professional fails to meet the standard of care while treating a patient, resulting in major injury, trauma, or death. Many different scenarios give rise to medical malpractice. Healthcare professionals are people, and people make mistakes. This leads to thousands of medical malpractice victims every year.
Below are a few common categories of medical malpractice cases. If you or a loved one went through one of these situations, call our experienced medical malpractice lawyers in Maryland or Washington, D.C. for help . We offer FREE consultations and can help victims and their families recover compensation for their losses.
Common Medical Malpractice Claims
Inaccurate Diagnosis
It is obvious that an inaccurate diagnosis poses a significant risk to the patient. An inaccurate diagnosis claim can involve an individual being diagnosed and treated for the incorrect illness or condition or a sick patient being cleared as healthy and not receiving treatment. An inaccurate diagnosis also includes a doctor diagnosing a healthy individual is ill, which puts patients through unnecessary treatments and expensive hospitalizations. No matter what, an inaccurate diagnosis prevents a patient from getting the correct and necessary treatment they require.
Delayed Diagnosis
A delayed diagnosis is similar to a misdiagnosis in that a patient’s initial diagnosis is incorrect. With a delayed diagnosis , the patient eventually gets an accurate diagnosis, but the condition worsens in the interim. Unfortunately, it’s often only after a patient’s condition worsens that the initial diagnosis is questioned. The longer it takes before an accurate diagnosis occurs, the greater the possibility of the patient suffering pain and injury.
Errors with Medication and Prescriptions
Another common type of medical malpractice claim is medication/prescription errors . In addition to not being effective at treating the patient’s condition, administering, or prescribing the wrong medication or dosage could cause the patient to experience dangerous and life-threatening side effects. Sometimes, the pharmacy does not fill the prescription correctly, and other times, the doctor prescribes the incorrect dose or medication.
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Do you believe that you or your loved one has suffered as a result of medical malpractice? You need to talk to an experienced team of local lawyers today.
The lawyers at Cardaro & Peek, LLC have the experience and resources necessary to investigate and litigate all types of medical claims throughout Maryland and Washington, D.C. Cardaro & Peek, LLC has medical personnel on staff and has access to nationally recognized, board-certified physicians and other experts, to assist in the investigation, analysis, and prosecution of all types of medical malpractice claims. If you or a loved one have experienced malpractice, give us a call at 410-752-6166. Please visit our website www.cardarolaw.com and follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn for more information.
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