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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...
In a medical malpractice case, a patient is accusing a medical professional of acting negligently or recklessly and causing harm. An example of this could be a doctor who makes a misdiagnosis or a nurse who gives a patient the wrong medication. When things like this...
The birth of your child should be a time of celebration and joy, not confusion, grief and uncertainty. If your baby suffered any type of injury during the birth process, you and your family may wonder how this event will affect all of you and what life will be like...
A delayed diagnosis is much different than a misdiagnosis, although both can be highly detrimental to someone’s health. With a misdiagnosis, the patient may never get proper treatment or they may need to go to another medical professional. With a delayed diagnosis,...
Shoulder dystocia is a serious and sometimes unpredictable complication of the birthing process that may occur during labor and delivery. It happens when, after the delivery of a baby's head, one of the baby's shoulders becomes lodged behind the mother's pubic bone....