Delayed Stroke Diagnosis and LIS Lawsuits
There is a question that many families of locked-in syndrome patients ask themselves, usually late at night, long after the hospital lights have dimmed and the machines have settled into...
How Imaging Errors Contribute to Stroke Misdiagnosis
Overview of Stroke Imaging Modalities and Potential Issues Every minute of delayed treatment destroys roughly 1.9 million neurons, according to Stroke. Accurate stroke diagnosis depends on selecting the right imaging...
Why Strokes Are Frequently Misdiagnosed in Emergency Care
Common Factors That Contribute to Misdiagnosis Stroke misdiagnosis is rarely the result of a single error. More often, it reflects a combination of factors that can complicate clinical judgment in...
Understanding Patient Rights After a Stroke Misdiagnosis
Patients’ Rights After a Failure to Diagnose a Stroke After a stroke is misdiagnosed, patients and their families are often left trying to make sense of both the medical outcome...