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Being involved in a serious motor vehicle crash in Oregon can lead to severe injuries. However, these injuries are not always noticeable immediately. Even if emergency medical providers check you over and clear you after the accident, you should still follow up with...
Most pregnant women think they will be able to go through labor and delivery without any serious complications. While that’s what usually happens, there are times when life-threatening issues occur. One potentially fatal problem that can occur when a woman is pregnant...
It’s very clear that a misdiagnosis is a serious medical error that could even have fatal results. For instance, maybe the doctor misread certain charts or scans and told you that your results were fine when they actually indicated that you have an aggressive type of...
Surgery is a major trauma to your body, even if the procedure itself is minor. Any time a doctor must cut your body open, your body will need time to heal and recover. Depending on the nature of your injuries, your recovery can be lengthy and painful, and it is...
Most Oregon parents eagerly await the birth of their child with hopeful feelings toward the future. While childbirth can be unpredictable, most babies are born without serious issues. But when a birth goes wrong and the baby or mother has an injury, the entire family...
The last thing any patient wants to see is poor hygiene in a hospital. Many patients are very ill and vulnerable and poor hygiene in the hospital is likely to make their condition worse. Hospitals must have regular cleaning protocols in place as well as devices such...
Technically, a doctor could misdiagnose any condition. Yet they get some wrong much more often. Even though statistics on the most commonly misdiagnosed conditions have been available for years, doctors and hospitals should know to take extra care around certain ones....
Placental abruption is a severe condition that occurs after 20 weeks gestation. The baby and mother are both in danger when this happens because the placenta separates from the uterus before birth. The separation can be partial or complete. Certain factors have been...
When you go to the doctor, you do so with the expectation that you will have a positive experience with the medical professionals you encounter. You have the right to expect that they will treat you with respect and dignity, and that the care you will receive meets a...
The risk that someone will experience a medical error increases with age – but why? Broadly speaking, geriatric care is usually characterized by the presence of multiple chronic conditions, a complex interplay of various medications and the physiological changes...