Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Explained
Carri Whittemore | Jan 25, 2023 | Medical Issues,[ez-toc] What Is Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy? Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) is a type of infant brain damage. Hypoxic means lack of or insufficient oxygen Ischemic means lack of or insufficient blood flow Encephalopathy is defined as disease or damage to the brain So, HIE refers...
New Report Reveals the Top U.S. Emergency Room Misdiagnoses
Bob Giroux | Dec 20, 2022 | Medical Issues, News, Personal Injury,A new study published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, found that around 5.7% (7.4 million) of emergency room patients in the United States are misdiagnosed. And out of that 7.4...
The Basics of Medical Malpractice in Michigan
Matt Klakulak | Jul 20, 2022 | Medical Issues,What Is Medical Malpractice? Medical malpractice occurs when a patient suffers harm due to a health care provider’s inattentiveness or failure to follow a standard level of care. Doctors, surgeons, nurses, and other individual health care providers can be found guilty of medical malpractice, but...
The Dangers of Nursing Homes
Bob Giroux | May 08, 2021 | Medical Issues,When your elderly parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or other loved one needs support you can’t provide, putting them in a nursing home is an incredibly tough decision for the entire family. Many families hesitate to put their loved ones in nursing homes. Sadly, there’s a...
Understand Your Rights in a Nursing Home
Bob Giroux | May 06, 2021 | Medical Issues,Moving a loved one to a nursing home is an incredibly difficult decision for a family to make. Chances are, you’ve heard far too many horror stories about nursing homes from relatives, ranging from uncooperative staff or outright abuse and neglect. Over the years, we’ve...
Michigan Blood Clot Lawyer
Carri Whittemore | Mar 19, 2021 | Medical Issues,Can I sue for a misdiagnosed blood clot? DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM, WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are potentially life threatening conditions and should be addressed promptly by experienced medical personnel. A pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when a...
A 37-Year-Old Mother’s Death Could Have Been Prevented
Carri Whittemore | Oct 11, 2019 | Medical Issues,Giroux Pappas Trial Attorneys reach settlement in wrongful death suit brought against surgeon and hospital. On behalf of our client we reached a confidential settlement in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case brought against a Cardiothoracic Surgeon and a hospital, regarding the preventable death of a...
Misdiagnosis of Breast Cancer Results in Woman’s Death
Carri Whittemore | Oct 07, 2019 | Medical Issues,Giroux Pappas Trial Attorneys fight for their client after radiologist failed to properly interpret mammogram results Plaintiff received a confidential settlement in a medical malpractice / wrongful death case brought as a result of a radiologist’s failure to properly interpret and report new findings on...
How Long Do I Have to File a Medical Malpractice Claim?
Bob Giroux | Sep 09, 2019 | Medical Issues,All potential civil cases in Michigan are subject to a limitations period within which a lawsuit must be filed or it is barred. These periods of limitations are called “statutes of limitations”. In medical malpractice cases not resulting in death, generally, the statute of limitations...
5 Clues You Have a Medical Malpractice Case
Carri Whittemore | Oct 29, 2018 | Medical Issues,I always recommend to my clients, friends and family members to ask medical professionals a lot of questions to determine if they or their loved one has experienced a Medical Malpractice event. How the doctors and nurses respond will provide hints and clues as to...