Sentences with phrase «deaths involved patients»

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating patient deaths following an obesity - fighting procedure which involves the use of balloons that fill up inside the stomach and remain for about six months.

They used data involving approximately 200,000 patients from three HMO Research Network sites as well as data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and the National Health Interview Survey linked to the National Death Index.

Moreover, the worse the hospital - acquired anemia — or the more blood lost — the higher the risk of death or readmission, even after adjusting for other important factors, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers reported in a study involving 11,000 patients cared for in six hospitals.

We also performed subgroup meta - analyses by type of prevention (primary v secondary: in this study, trials involving healthy populations or patients with any specific disease except for cardiovascular disease were classified as primary prevention trials, and trials involving patients with cardiovascular disease were classified as secondary prevention trials), type of supplement by quality and dose (each supplement, vitamins only, antioxidants only, or antioxidants excluding vitamins), type of outcome (cardiovascular death, angina, fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischaemic attack), type of outcome in each supplement, type of study design (randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial v open label, randomised controlled trial), methodological quality (high v low), duration of treatment (< 5 years v ≥ 5 years), funding source (pharmaceutical industry v independent organisation), provider of supplements (pharmaceutical industry v not pharmaceutical industry), type of control (placebo v no placebo), number of participants (≥ 10000 v < 10000), and supplements given singly or in combination with other vitamin or antioxidant supplements by quality.

«Many patients hear «heart failure» and immediately think «heart transplant» or «death,»» says Dr. Tabtabai, who was not involved in Owens» treatment.

Yet another study, a meta - analysis of seven clinical trials involving about 1,150 patients with bleeding ulcers, found that higher doses of proton pump inhibitors did not reduce the risk of additional bleeding, need for surgery, or death more effectively than lower doses did.

Medical malpractice is professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient, with most cases involving medical error.

When the medical specialties involved in a patient's care make mistakes that cause further injury or death, the cost to the victim and their loved ones is overwhelming.

Maya also takes cases in involving orthopaedic injuries and other health conditions, surgical errors, complications of vaginal and rectal mesh implants and cases involving the death of the patient.

$ 1.4 Million — Settlement of medical malpractice action involving failure to monitor hospital patient resulting in death

Carr Maloney has extensive experience defending nursing homes and assisted living facilities in cases involving claims of wrongful death, failure to give proper care and attention to patients (including the elderly), patient abuse and neglect, simple negligence, failure to diagnose, and negligent hiring, supervision and retention, among others.

Defended a prominent neurological surgeon in a death case, involving the failure to take the patient to surgery for a brain bleed.

Our Georgia medical negligence lawyers have seen many cases where medication errors involving prescription or over-the-counter drugs cause serious injuries or wrongful death to trusting patients.

Medical malpractice is an act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient, with most cases involving medical error.

Ms. Tomasco summarized the facts of the Escobar case, which involved the death of a teenage patient who had been treated by unlicensed providers, and how it wound up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

2008 - Medical Malpractice Obtained a jury verdict for $ 800,000.00 in a medical malpractice wrongful death case involving the failure to monitor a patient on Coumadin.

$ 800,000 jury verdict — wrongful death medical malpractice case involving the failure to monitor a patient on Coumadin.

The innocent patient, unaware of the dangers and risks involved, may experience lifelong illnesses, severe permanent injuries, continual pain, organ damage, heart impairment, stroke or even death.

Konasiewicz left a trail of medical incompetence in Minnesota that has resulted in nine medical malpractice lawsuits, some involving patient deaths, as well as a public reprimand by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice.

Andrew's experience includes representing doctors, nurses, hospitals & patients in matters of complex litigation involving areas of medical / dental malpractice, as well as personal injury / wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, construction site injury, general / premises liability, insurance coverage issues, corporate contracts & commercial litigation.

In a study of eight trials involving 25,570 patients, researchers found that cancer deaths among those who took aspirin in doses as low as 75 milligrams a day were 21 percent lower during the studies and 34 percent lower after five years.