Sepsis misdiagnosis can and does occur in the emergency department and in similar situations like urgent care clinics (UCC). How, though, how does sepsis misdiagnosis
A patient may be hospitalized for many different conditions that do not involve sepsis. Unfortunately, while there it is not unusual for him or her
If you have never heard of sepsis before, count yourself lucky. September is Sepsis Awareness Month, and the World Health Organization has recently published its
As I recently wrote pneumonia is a deadly disease. Because of this, the diagnosis must be made promptly to give the patient the best chance
Pneumonia (as described here) can be deadly, but in the vast majority of situations, timely diagnosis and intervention can avoid serious complications. However, when pneumonia
Pneumonia is an infection in the lungs that cause the tiny air sacs called alveoli to become inflamed and fill up with fluid or pus.
When a patient is diagnosed with prostate cancer, depending on the patient’s age, the characteristics of the cancer, and other factors, a urologist may recommend
Prostate cancer misdiagnosis cases occur when a doctor has or should have the information necessary to make a diagnosis of prostate cancer and fails to
The prostate is a gland about the size of a ping pong ball men have which sits between the bladder and the penis, and just
Each year in the United States, the FDA receives more than 100,000 reports of suspected medication errors. Medication errors can occur when the drug is
