Medical Verdicts

Medical Verdicts

No tests ordered, despite baby's yellowing skin ... Amputation blamed on tardy Dx of compartment syndrome

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Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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Medical Verdicts

CT scan wasn’t ordered, diagnosis was delayed...Stroke symptoms blamed on food poisoning...

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Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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Medical Verdicts

Would a colonoscopy have made a difference? ... Suicide blamed on failure to diagnose bipolar disorder

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Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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Failure to biopsy “cyst” delays cancer diagnosis...Did history of headaches hinder a thorough evaluation?

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Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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Responsibility for delayed Dx cuts both ways ... Missed pulmonary embolism proves fatal ... more

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Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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Birth control prescription blamed for stroke...Removal of mole without follow-up leads to death...more

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Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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Back pain, then sudden death...Increase in morphine dose has fatal results...more

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Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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Excessive opioids blamed for respiratory arrest…A rising PSA, but no evaluation…A hemorrhoid…or something else?

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Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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Student in “excellent” health collapses on basketball court … Abnormal EKG with no follow-up concludes with fatal MI…more

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Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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Delay in diagnosing blastomycosis cuts a young life short...A drug overdose, with plenty of blame to go around...more

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Jeffrey L. Susman, MD

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Improperly treated C difficile leads to total colectomy...more...

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