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Yes, a missed ectopic pregnancy can cause serious injuries in North Carolina when delayed care leads to preventable harm. An ectopic pregnancy grows outside the uterus and can rupture a fallopian tube, causing severe bleeding and lasting health problems. Early...
Illness and injury affect everybody from time to time, and a full recovery – even with medical attention – is not guaranteed. A poor outcome, however, is not proof of medical malpractice. Four things must be true for you to have grounds to claim medical malpractice...
Doctors and nurses will make mistakes from time to time. Most of those do not result in a patient suffering serious harm, but a percentage of them do. Some of these that are particularly shocking are known in the medical profession as never events. A never event is...
An emergency room or emergency department can be a chaotic environment. It is often complex, crowded and stressful. Doctors have to make quick decisions based on very little observation of a patient. For instance, if someone's family brings them to the emergency room...
The majority of serious pregnancy complications are preventable with appropriate testing and medical monitoring. Doctors can identify the early warning signs of gestational diabetes or preeclampsia. Their interventions can help keep the mother as healthy as possible...
Sepsis is usually explained as something the body does to itself. Sepsis is a severe, life-threatening reaction to an otherwise ordinary infection, usually driven by a hyper-reactive immune system response. Sometimes, it really is nobody’s fault – but that is not...
You went to your doctor with pain. You told them something was wrong, and for months your doctors dismissed your concerns as nothing serious. Now you are facing an ovarian cancer diagnosis that could have looked very different if someone had listened sooner. If a...
Most pregnant women hope they will have an uneventful pregnancy that ends when they deliver a healthy baby. Unfortunately, not all women experience that. Some women have complications that can endanger them and the baby if they’re not managed properly. One pregnancy...
Learning that your child has a congenital condition can bring many questions. One of the hardest is whether medical providers failed to tell you something during pregnancy or after birth. In some cases, parents may have legal grounds to take action if important...
The birth of a child is a time of joy and celebration. However, some complications during labor and delivery can lead to serious injuries. Not every birth injury is due to medical negligence, but many occur because healthcare providers fail to follow accepted...