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Risk of NSAID Use in Patients Receiving Antithrombotic Therapy After Myocardial Infarction
The use of NSAIDs was associated with increased risk of bleeding and excess thrombotic events, even after short-term treatment.
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Risk of NSAID Use in Patients Receiving Antithrombotic Therapy After Myocardial Infarction
The use of NSAIDs was associated with increased risk of bleeding and excess thrombotic events, even after short-term treatment.
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Jury gives $5.7 million verdict for failure to diagnose liver cancer
The patient, a 51-year-old woman, was concerned about enlarged lymph nodes and the possibility that she had lymphoma. She sought treatment at a local medical center in September 2007.
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Ignored symptoms of a pending stroke results in $6.3 million award for stroke victim
After experiencing symptoms of vertigo, the plaintiff went to the hospital and was advised to obtain an MRI. The MRI showed signs of small vessel ischemic disease, which the doctor believed to be normal for the plaintiff, as she was a woman in her 60s with high cholesterol.
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Sentinel events tied to cognitive failures in 2014
Cognitive failure was the root cause of most sentinel events in 2014, according to new statistics from The Joint Commission (TJC). The Joint Commission reviewed 764 sentinel events during 2014.
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Patient safety improving, but still could be better
The overall quality of healthcare and patient safety are improving, particularly for hospital care and for measures that are being publicly reported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, according to the 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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ED doctors most at risk for diagnosis-related claims
Emergency medicine physicians are more prone to be sued for diagnosis-related issues than many other specialists because they treat patients who are unknown to them and who have a broad range of clinical problems, according to a recent study.
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Wet floor isn’t malpractice — time limit doesn’t apply
Malpractice filing deadlines don’t apply to patients who slip on a wet floor. That was the message from the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana, CA, which recently reinstated a lawsuit by a woman who was injured in West Anaheim Medical Center while walking back to her bed from the bathroom.
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Wrong dose results in record CO med mal verdict
Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora has been ordered to pay $17.8 million for a medication error, the largest medical malpractice verdict in Colorado history.
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Whistleblower leads to $85 million settlement
The Stark law settlement announced involving Halifax Hospital Medical Center in Daytona Beach, FL, stemmed from a whistleblower complaint filed by the hospital’s compliance officer and physician services director, who will receive $20.8 million of the $85 million settlement.