Forms of Medical Negligence

Forms of Medical Negligence

Forms of Medical Negligence

One of the most difficult aspects of a doctor's jobs is taking a set of symptoms and diagnosing the illness or injury causing them. In many cases, several different illnesses may result in similar symptoms, but will require very different treatment. For this reason, it is necessary that, if a doctor has doubt regarding a diagnosis, further testing should be done.One of the most common and dangerous forms of medical negligence relates to heart attack diagnosis, or coronary artery disease.

Coronary artery disease is a condition that could not show symptoms for several years, yet can ultimately result in a massive heart attack and death. Often times, the first manifestation of an impending heart attack will be chest pains, which can be misdiagnosed as strained muscles or something similar.Sometimes, a sickness or injury becomes more and more tough to treat as time goes on. It is normally critical that a doctor diagnose an illness or injury in an appropriate amount of time, so that treatment can be administered and the patient made well.

A common example is a case of cancer. If cancer is diagnosed in early stages, then the patient stands a much greater chance at recovery than if it is allowed to spread. Diagnosis of cancer is possible early on if the doctor is given a chance to examine the patient, such as at a routine check up, or a visit to the hospital for some potentially related symptoms. If the physician does see the patient, and fails to diagnose potential symptoms of cancer, then the patient might be sent home and the cancer is going to be allowed to spread. Whether or not this is negligent treatment depends on the circumstances of the case.

Surgical errors are a common form of medical negligence and often involve a doctor accidentally cutting or cauterizing an internal organ or tube, which can be thought as a negligent act if careful performance would have prevented it.

Common injuries caused by surgical errors have to do with foreign fluids, just like urine, bile or feces, entering the abdominal cavity through a cut unintentionally made during a surgical procedure. This often results in severe infections and sepsis shock which can lead to a patients death.Another form of surgical errors that may lead to medical negligence is known as wrong site surgery and is exactly what it sounds like. There are already cases reported of patients needing an arm, leg, hand, finger or other appendage amputated, and a mistake prior to surgery leads to the wrong appendage being amputated.

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