“Hospital medicine requires both nurses and doctors to understand the serious risks of acute phlebitis from peripheral IVs and to promptly assess and treat complications as they arise,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified in Physical Medicine. Dr. Greg Vigna, national PICC line attorney, states, “Peripheral vein catheters can cause pain with varying degrees of inflammation [...]
“Surgical intervention using flap reconstruction is the mainstay therapy for management of pressure injuries with advanced stages,” states Dr. Shima Bani Assad, MD, General Surgeon. Read Dr. Assad’s article: “Various Flaps Used for Reconstruction of Pressure Injuries: A Narrative Review” published in World J Plast Surg. 2025; 14(1):1-7: https://wjps.ir/files/site1/user_files_c1050c/peyman1234_-A-10-954-2-97aa446.pdf What is the prognosis for a patient [...]
"Patients with hospital-acquired decubitus ulcers cannot be discharged to facilities that lack the capability to perform reconstructive surgery for cure, as this is an unsafe discharge. Hospitalists who authorize such discharges are exposed," states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national bedsore attorney, states, “For decades, physicians [...]
“Clearly, the standard of care as described by the Wound Healing Society advocates for an early two-stage surgical strategy for patients suffering Stage IV hospital-acquired pressure injuries. First, timely debridement with application of a VAC pack, and then flap coverage,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Greg Vigna, national malpractice [...]
“It also found that the presence of certain factors, such as paternal age and history of hypoxia/asphyxia, was associated with more severe ASD symptoms,” states Dr. Abdullah Bozkurt, MD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. What did Dr. Bozkurt report in “Evaluation of Prenatal and Perinatal Risk Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorder According to Disease [...]
“Today, patients who suffer hospital acquired Stage III or Stage IV pressure injuries are in the hospital 39 days less than those who suffered these injuries before 2015,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Greg Vigna, national bedsore attorney, says, “Acute care hospitals are simply discharging patients with serious decubitus ulcers caused [...]
“Most commonly, deep tissue pressure injuries appear on the skin over the coccyx or sacrum, the buttocks, and the heel,” states Ave Preston, RN, CWOCN, University of Pennsylvania Hospital. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national pressure injury attorney, Board Certified PM&R, states, “At the long-term acute care hospital where I practiced, when a patient who was [...]
“We believe that no reasonable physician would choose the Altis sling when informed of what Coloplast knows about its risks," states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national mid-urethral sling attorney. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, malpractice and product liability attorney, states, “In the coming days, several themes will emerge regarding the Altis device, which we allege is the [...]
“P4HB seems to be the safer, alternative design that substantially reduces the risk of mesh infections. In high-risk patients, there is little reason to use polypropylene, and serious injuries can be largely avoided by using P4HB,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national product liability attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, hernia mesh attorney, says, “The Phasix mesh is [...]
“Studies that examine the benefits of superhydrophillic catheters, which reduce blood clots and blood stream infections caused by mid-lines and PICC lines would be welcome, as this study compares one defective product to another,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national sepsis attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national sepsis attorney and product liability attorney, states, “There [...]
