Maternal Infections and Medical Malpractice in New York
According to statistics, roughly 150,000 infants are born with birth defects every year in the United States. About 3% of all children born in the country have a major malformation at birth.
FAQs about Birth Injury Claims in New York
According to statistics, 1 in 9,714 births in the United States include a birth injury. About 28,000 birth injuries are reported each year across the country. It is estimated by the National Healthcare Quality Report that out of 1,000 birth injuries, 5.08 occurred in female infants while 6.68 occur in male infants.
FAQs about Emergency Room Malpractice in New York
In the United States, 136.3 million visits to hospital emergency departments occur each year. Of these, 40.2 million are injury-related. 16.2 ED visits result in hospital admission every year. 2.1 million people are admitted to critical care annually after an ED visit.
What You can do in Case of Pediatric Cardiac Malpractice
A study carried out US-based researchers between December 2004 and August 2007, identified 87 pediatric echocardiographic diagnostic errors. Out of these, 30 percent were errors that were minor in severity and did not pose a risk to the child’s treatment and healthcare management.
Hypoxia and Medical Malpractice in New York
Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy occurs in 1 to 3 per 1,000 live full-term births. Of the newborns affected by this condition, 15% to 20% will die while they are in the postnatal period.
Orthopedic Injury and Medical Malpractice in New York
According to statistics, 2,068,349 patients suffered a traumatic injury in 2006, and roughly 47% of these sustained an orthopedic injury. According to sub-specialized orthopedic traumatologists, 25.7% of all trauma patients need an orthopedic traumatologist, while general orthopedists stated that 13.5% of all patients suffering from trauma require an orthopedic traumatologist.
The good, the bad and the ugly: A look at fetal heart rate monitoring
In hopes of helping medical professionals identify problems faster, a number of technological advancement have been made over the last few decades. One of these advancements is the fetal heart rate monitor.
Wrongful Death of a Fetus and Medical Malpractice in New York
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.98 million births in the United States in 2015. In 2014, the number of births in the country was 3,988,076. This means that the birth rate was 12.5 per 1,000 people. The fertility rate for the same year was 62.9 per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44.
New Bill Passed to Help Patients with Neurological Birth Defects Win Compensation
Each year, a number of babies are born across the United States with serious birth-related neurological injuries caused by medical negligence or malpractice. Out of every 1,000 babies that are born in the US, 6 to 8 are born with some type of birth injury.
New York RNs may be best suited for medication reconciliation
A study completed in Missouri indicates that while RNs and LPNs are both often tasked with medication reconciliation, RNs appear to be better at handling this job. Medication reconciliation is when a medical professional goes over patient data about what medications have been prescribed. The goal is to find any errors that may lead to an adverse event for a patient.