MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS IN MIAMI

Misdiagnosis: Diagnosing a patient of a deadly disease such as cancer when the patient does not have one; performing life-altering surgeries that were not required; and other such types of cases.

Failure to diagnose: Failure to pick up breast cancer in mammogram readings; failing to pick up cancer in pap smears, failing to properly conduct necessary follow-up testing to rule out dangerous illnesses, such as cancer, thereby extending the period of illness unnecessarily; and other such types of cases.

Emergency room negligence: Failure to timely and properly diagnose a dangerous condition such as appendicitis, leading to rupture; failing to timely diagnose a heart attack or stroke, leading to further morbidity or death; failure to admit a patient when their medical condition required it, leading to further morbidity or death; failure to properly test, perform X-ray, CT-scans, or other diagnostic tests, when the standard of care requires it, leading to a patient's further morbidity or death; and other such types of cases.

Surgical errors: Fatally piercing a certain body part when performing surgery on other ailing parts or mistakenly amputating a limb for another; failing to monitor the oxygen-enriched environment leading to operating room fires; leaving surgical instruments or other foreign materials in a patient's body; failing to properly monitor a patient under the effects of anesthesia leading to permanent brain damage or death; over-dosage or inappropriate dosing of anesthesia leading to further morbidity or death; and other such types of cases.

Birth injury: Negligent handling or mishandling of birth deliveries, injuring the mother or baby; failing to monitor fetal strips, leading to brain injury of the baby; improper administration and/or improper dosing of medications, leading to brain injury; incapacity or death; and other such types of cases.

Wrong prescription or negligent administration of medication by injection or IV: Wrongful administration or over-administration of a prescription medication; chemotherapy or radiotherapy that causes the patient further morbidity or death; failure to properly administer injections, whether by IV or intramuscular injection, causing extravasation, RSD (reflex sympathetic dystrophy), or CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome); and other such types of cases.

Failure to monitor: Nurses or other hospital employee's failure to properly and regularly monitor a patient in their care and failure to properly respond to life-threatening emergencies, resulting in further morbidity or death, and other such types of cases.

Nursing home: Negligent care leading to bedsores, pressure sores, malnutrition, and dehydration; assault leading to further morbidity or death; failure to follow all precaution guidelines leading to falls; failing to properly evaluate, diagnose, and treat a patient who sustains a fall leading to further morbidity and/or death; and other such types of cases.

Others: Failure to render the appropriate standard of care resulting in conditions such as RSD (reflex sympathetic dystrophy), cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, paralysis, strokes, head injury, heart disease, heart attack; doctor negligence; nursing malpractice; dental malpractice; negligently administered injections or medications; and other such types of cases.