Category: Medical Malpractice

Sepsis Update: Study Shows Prognosis Worse in Patients With Hospital-acquired Sepsis

lukej June 14, 2023 No Comments

Study reveals alarming trends in hospital-acquired sepsis and advocates safer medical solutions. Although comprising only 11.3% of severe sepsis hospitalizations, HA-SS (Hospital Acquired Severe Sepsis) posed significant healthcare burdens, accounting…

COVID-19: Acute Strokes in the Young…Vasculitis vs. Hypercoagulability

lukej May 30, 2023 No Comments

Physicians on the front lines are identifying patients with minor disease with stroke and skin changes consistent with vasculitis and hypercoagulability. United States physicians on the front lines including rheumatologist…

Vigna Law Group: Enterococcus bacteremia…where was the ECHO?

lukej May 11, 2023 No Comments

VLG: A national neurological injury and malpractice injury law firm, is investigating case of septic emboli strokes and heart valve damage. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, a physician Board Certified in…

Hospital Acquired Blood Infections: PICC Lines as Dangerous as Central Lines

lukej May 5, 2023 No Comments

Study finds similar infection rates between PICC lines and central venous catheters in hospitalized patients “When placed in hospitalized patients, PICCs are associated with a risk of central line-associated bloodstream…

Stroke: Every 15 Minutes Matters…Medically and Legally

lukej March 31, 2023 No Comments

The Journal of the American Medical Association proved that faster time to treatment has been showed to have better long-term outcomes. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) a…

Vigna Law Group Announces PICC Line Legal Help Desk for Blood Clots and Infections

lukej March 13, 2023 No Comments

“Since 2013 there have been safer designs that are available that have added coating that leads to significantly reduced blood clots that lead to occlusion of the catheter and blood…

Physicians’ Absence in Emergency Room NP Decision-Making

lukej February 21, 2023 No Comments

Study reveals that NP’s in the ER use more resources and achieve less favorable outcomes compared to physicians, emphasizing the importance of experience “We find that, compared to physicians, NPs…

Catheter-related Boodstream Infection While On Home TPN: Minimal Symptoms Not Uncommon

lukej February 19, 2023 No Comments

Patients are being discharged on home nutrition by TPN by way of PICC lines and Ports. The most common serious complication is line sepsis or blood clots. “In the non-specifically…

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