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312.883.6907We trust radiologists to interpret different types of scans and medical imaging to provide diagnoses or opinions that guide treatment and save lives. But one diagnostic error or missed diagnosis can have life-altering consequences for patients. If you have been a radiology error victim, you may have grounds to file a radiology malpractice lawsuit. When
Healthcare providers throughout Illinois have a legal duty to treat patients within an accepted standard of care. When healthcare professionals fail to timely diagnose a disease or make other medical errors, patients can suffer harm. Sometimes, a patient may have a serious health condition that requires a prompt and proper diagnosis and treatment to prevent
Considered some of the most serious injuries a person can sustain, brain injuries are life-changing in many ways. Whether being unable to return to work, requiring lifelong medical care, or other related situations, victims of these injuries and their families face a world they never expected to encounter. Unfortunately, the majority of brain injuries occur
Your children are your primary care and responsibility and you do your best to protect them. The recklessness, negligence, and inattention of others is an ever-present threat to your babies. And it only takes one such person to forever change the life of your child and your family for the worse. A traumatic brain injury,
Did you know that there are more than 10 million Americans in this country that are over the age of 65? What’s even more shocking is that 1.5 million of those people live in a nursing home or extended care facility. While it’s always best to have your loved ones at home with you, there
If someone you care about deeply has recently passed away, the pain and anguish that you feel is often unbearable. Those feelings can often be compounded when the death itself was the result of negligence of one sort or another at the hands of another individual or entity. This is why Illinois has quite a
Unfortunately, during childbirth, a newborn baby can have certain risks in terms of suffering injuries. The mother can also become injured during delivery. Depending on the circumstances of the mother’s labor and childbirth, the doctor may choose to use a certain method to help in assisting the birth. While any type of delivery can carry
When a child is being born, it’s critically important for medical staff to accurately document umbilical cord blood gases because that information is used to get a clear understanding of the acid-based balance of the baby. This data is acquired at the moment the umbilical cord is clamped. There is a continuous and accelerating
Patients that suffer from an aortic dissection must receive medical care immediately because it’s known to be a serious medical condition that requires urgent diagnosis and treatment. An aortic dissection is a tear in the inner lining of the aorta and it’s classified by two types: A and B. If someone is diagnosed with a
Endometrial cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the inner lining or endometrium of the uterus. It accounts for nearly 90 percent of all uterine cancers. Each year, more than 60,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with endometrial cancer, and each year, more than 12,000 women will die from it. Endometrial