Archive: Misdiagnosis

It may come as a shock to many Americans that hundreds of thousands of patients a year die or are permanently disabled after misdiagnosis by doctors. Medical misdiagnosis occurs when a patient goes to the doctor or Emergency Room with…

Misdiagnosis can occur when a doctor, hospital, or other medical facility provides negligent care that leads to incorrectly identifying the patient’s medical condition. A 2022 report, published by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research…

When an illness is misdiagnosed in children it can be very troubling for parents and cause serious injury to a child. A medical misdiagnosis can prevent treatments that could have resolved the illness before it got worse. According to a…

A medical misdiagnosis may deprive a patient of necessary treatment or prompt unnecessary treatments that cause harm. Serious conditions such as cerebral palsy (CP) require early diagnosis for best outcomes so a cerebral palsy misdiagnosis can be very harmful. Cerebral…

Pediatric doctors are heroes, treating children for illnesses every day but they are not immune to misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis; problems that also affect thousands of adult patients each year. When it comes to diagnosing infants and young toddlers, the…

One of the most important functions that a doctor provides is to diagnose medical conditions when presented with symptoms. A patient rightfully expects their doctor, nurse practitioner, or other health care provider to provide competent care, including an accurate diagnosis….

Simply put, an aortic dissection (AD) is a tear in the inner layer of the large blood vessel branching off the heart (aorta), caused by some kind of trauma. There are approximately 2,000 new cases each year in the United…