Shoulder dystocia is a painful birth injury that can hurt both mothers and their babies. While shoulder dystocia is fairly uncommon in Texas, it still occurs during some births. There are several risk factors for shoulder dystocia. When doctors think that it might...
Risks of sepsis in medical malpractice
Sepsis is a severe and potentially life-threatening infection caused by a wide variety of common bacteria. Since sepsis is so serious, it is important to know the sepsis symptoms and risk factors. Sepsis symptoms Symptoms of sepsis typically begin with the patient...
Vitamin B1 deficiency can result in severe health complications
People in Texas know that the key to good health is a well-balanced diet and a regular exercise plan that they stick to. People who seek out medical intervention, when it comes to weight loss, have to be particularly careful because they need to make sure that they're...
Medical Malpractice Can Change Lives Forever
Medical malpractice is an issue for patients in Texas as it is for patients all around the country. A 35-year-old woman went to the hospital after experiencing dehydration and vomiting after getting gastric bypass surgery. When she arrived at the hospital, her surgeon...
Radiology errors could cost you serious health consequences
When you suffer from an injury or illness, you rely on the medical personnel attending to your care to determine what is wrong and how to treat it. Doctors and surgeons often rely on radiological tests to provide you with an accurate diagnosis. This probably makes a...
Negligence can cause this life-threatening illness
When you enter a Texas hospital to undergo surgery, you know you are at risk. You also assume that the medical care providers who will be tending to your needs will keep your best interests at heart and conduct themselves according to the highest level of accepted...
Post-sepsis syndrome: Surviving sepsis may only be the first step
You may not even remember much about your stay in the intensive care unit. You may have woken up in a normal hospital room to find that your stay in the ICU gave you a life-threatening case of sepsis. Doctors may have told you that they treated you for this severe and...
Sepsis is a serious risk in Texas hospitals
Like many people, you were probably nervous before your surgery. Whether it is a routine procedure or a life-saving operation, surgery is often frightening and its recovery painful. Your doctor may have reviewed the risks and explained what to expect in the days and...
Hospitals are full of potentially deadly infections
Few people like to go to the hospital, and if you've ever been to a hospital either visiting or as a patient, you might have feared that you could get sick just from being there. The sad reality is that you could contract a bacterial or viral infection in a hospital...
Death can result from a failure to timely diagnose sepsis
When you entrust the life of your loved one to a surgeon, you expect him or her to receive the best care possible. A successful surgical procedure gives you a sense of relief -- until your loved one's condition takes a turn for the worse. The doctor told me my family...
