Medical Malpractice

• Malignant Hyperthermia Kills Florida Teen During Surgery

  Dan Frith | March 28, 2008 6:06 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  You have already probably heard the sad story about the Florida teenager who died due to complications from anesthesia during corrective breast augmentation surgery. Stephanie Kuleba, age 18, was having outpatient corrective breast augmentation surgery last week in the offices of Dr. Steven Schuster in Boca Raton when she developed the symptoms of malignant hyperthermia after receiving...

• Too Many Malpractice Lawsuits or Too Much Malpractice?

  Dan Frith | April 02, 2009 3:15 PM | 4 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We've listened to George Bush, various national, state, and local medical organizations, and the insurance industry cry long and hard about the need to reform medical malpractice laws in the United...

• Stephanie Kuleba: Autopsy Cofirms Malignant Hyperthermia

  Dan Frith | June 06, 2008 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I posted two blog articles (March 28 and 31) on the tragic death of 18 year old Stephanie Kuleba. Ms. Kuleba was more than an hour into asurgery to correct inverted nipples and breast asymmetry when...

• New Study Shows Incidence of Medical Malpractice Still Widespread

  Staff Writer | May 03, 2006 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  A new study by Health Grades released in April 2006, reports that 250,246 Medicare patients were killed by potentially preventable medical errors in hospitals over a three year period. In a previous report, Health Grades estimated that within the entire patient population, not just Medicare patients, there were 575,000 preventable deaths caused by medical errors over a three year period. This...

• FDA to investigate medical patches including Orthro-Evra birth control patch

  Staff Writer | April 27, 2006 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The Food & Drug Administration announced last month that it will launch a "exhaustive review" regarding the safety of medical patches, including the Orthro-Evra birth control patch and a Fentanyl pain patch, both of which are manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. Drug companies of late have been producing more and more medical patches and researchers are concerned that medical patches may become...

• Got MRSA!

  Dan Frith | March 24, 2009 10:44 AM | 8 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I know it is not a good idea to play on the marketing phrase, Got Milk, but I just couldn't help myself. My reasoning is that it seems as if MRSA is as common today as cow's milk. Most people know...

• Cap on Medical Malpractice Awards in Virginia is Unfair

  Dan Frith | June 08, 2008 2:27 PM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA

  Okay, all of you so-called "tort reformers" out there reading this blog. Please tell me how Virginia's law which severely limits recoveries in medical malpractice cases is fair. You see,if one of...

• Pediatrician: Mentor or an abusive voyeur?

  Dan Frith | June 04, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  This headline from a Washington state newspaper will certainly catch your attention! The story is about prominent pediatrician, WilliamSchnall, a "Jekyll-and Hyde" doctor who systematically groomed...

• Wrong Site Surgery

  Dan Frith | May 16, 2008 6:34 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Wrong site....Wrong patient....Wrong procedure! Anyway you cut it (pun intended)....it is bad news for the patient! Recently reviewed data in Pennsylvania shows that a near miss or actual...

• Teleradiology Mistakes Can Kill You!

  Dan Frith | May 02, 2008 9:59 AM | 3 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Teleradiology, what is it? It is the electronic transmission of radiological patient images, such as x-rays, CT's and MRI's, from one location to another for the purposes of interpretation and/or...