Brooklyn Medical Malpractice Lawyer

What is Medical Malpractice?

Medical malpractice refers to cases where a medical professional’s negligence results in substandard treatment, causing harm, injury, or death to the patient. Medical malpractice comes in many forms and can occur during treatment. To qualify as a legal issue, the medical professional must have acted incompetently, resulting in injury or death.

What Are Examples Of Medical Malpractice?

Examples of medical malpractice include:

• Missed diagnosis. The physical failed to recognize signs and symptoms of a medical condition.
• Wrong diagnosis. A physician incorrectly diagnoses a patient. This can result in no treatment or inappropriate treatment.
• Delayed diagnosis. A physician fails to diagnose a medical condition promptly, resulting in the condition worsening. A delayed diagnosis can make the condition difficult to treat.
• Over-diagnosis. An over-diagnosis involves a medical professional diagnosing a patient with a condition they don’t have. This may lead to unnecessary testing or treatment.

Examples of surgical mistakes include:

• Causing nerve damage
• Performing the wrong procedure
• Amputating the wrong limb or digit
• Leaving a surgical instrument inside the patient’s body

Examples of medication errors can include:

• Prescribing a medication that interacts with another medication the patient is currently taking
• A delay in the administration of critical medication
• Administering medication using the incorrect route
• Mislabeling medication
• Failing to adjust the dosage of medication for a patient with hepatic or renal impairment
• Administering the incorrect dose of medication
• Dispensing the wrong medication

Anesthesia errors can include:

• Failing to track the vital signs of a patient when they are receiving anesthesia
• Administering too little or too much anesthesia
• Inadequate monitoring of the patient’s consciousness when sedated, resulting in the patient’s awareness under anesthesia
• Delayed recognition of complications while the patient is receiving medication
• Failure to maintain airway during anesthesia or to intubate a patient during anesthesia
• Administering the wrong dosage of anesthesia or the wrong type of anesthesia
• Failure to communicate with the patient concerning the benefits and risks of anesthesia

• Improper use or delayed order of a C-section
• Medication misuse
• Failure to monitor for fetal distress
• Incorrect use of vacuum extraction or forceps
• Failure to diagnose or treat an infection in the infant or mother