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Most medication errors happen as a result of simple clerical mistakes, either a prescription being written improperly or filled improperly. This case was no different. Here, an elderly woman in an Allegheny County hospital was being discharged after undergoing routine abdominal surgery. For some unknown reason, and due to a clear staff error, the computer… read more
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A 55-year-old woman from Johnstown, Cambria County, developed a large hemorrhage in her leg as a result of receiving too much of the blood-thinning drugs, heparin and Coumadin. The hemorrhage in her leg resulted in damage to the femoral nerve, which caused her left leg not to function normally. We filed a medical malpractice claim… read more
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An elderly woman from Erie died as a result of bleeding in her brain (the medical term is hemorrhagic stroke) as a result of being given the drug TPA. We filed a claim on the grounds that the hospital never should have administered TPA to her. We obtained a significant six-figure recovery on behalf of her estate.
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A 51-year-old man from Altoona who was already in the hospital after suffering a heart attack died from a second heart attack after he was mistakenly given a huge overdose of the drug Thorozine. Due to mistakes by the nursing staff and the hospital pharmacy, the patient received a dosage three times what was appropriate,… read more
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An 80-year-old man from Pittsburgh was on a regular medication called Coumadin, which is a blood thinner. His prescription was filled at a local pharmacy. The pharmacy made a mistake and gave him a dose of Coumadin that was more than double the strength he was supposed to receive. As a result, he developed severe… read more
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A woman from Uniontown was in a Pittsburgh hospital with fractures of the tibia and fibia (lower leg) following an automobile accident. After undergoing surgery for those fractures, she was given antibiotics to protect against possible infection. One of those antibiotics was Gentamicin. However, the doctors gave her too much of the drug, and she… read more
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Antibiotics are often referred to as modern day “wonder drugs” as they have certainly helped to eradicate many infections which otherwise would cause great harm. However, in recent years there has been much concern in the medical profession about the overuse of antibiotics because those drugs have their own side effects. We recently encountered one… read more
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A school teacher from Bethel Park suffered a devastating stroke when she was mistakenly given the wrong drug in the emergency room at a local hospital. The patient was supposed to be given a drug to lower her blood pressure, but instead, she was given a medication that raised her pressure. As a result, she suffered a… read more
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