A study carried out US-based researchers between December 2004 and August 2007, identified 87 pediatric echocardiographic diagnostic errors. Out of these, 30 percent were errors that were minor in severity and did not pose a risk to the child’s treatment and healthcare management.
Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy occurs in 1 to 3 per 1,000 live full-term births. Of the newborns affected by this condition, 15% to 20% will die while they are in the postnatal period.
New York residents who may be concerned about the medical care that they or their loved ones receive in a hospital may be interested in the results of recent research conducted by physicians. According to the research, there has been a striking uptick in the number of medical malpractice legal cases that stem from patients being found deceased in their beds.
According to statistics, 90% of all gallbladder removals in the United States are performed laparoscopically. Also known as Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, and lap choly for short, gallbladder laparoscopy was first performed in 1987 and since then, there has been a significant increase in the number of people who get their gallbladders removed.
According to statistics, 2,068,349 patients suffered a traumatic injury in 2006, and roughly 47% of these sustained an orthopedic injury. According to sub-specialized orthopedic traumatologists, 25.7% of all trauma patients need an orthopedic traumatologist, while general orthopedists stated that 13.5% of all patients suffering from trauma require an orthopedic traumatologist.
