Delayed Diagnosis

Pittsburgh Medical Malpractice Lawyer For Victims Of Delayed Diagnosis

In the health care profession, time matters. A misdiagnosis or delay in diagnosis means valuable time is lost — time that could have been spent effectively treating patients suffering from serious illnesses and health emergencies.

Failure To Diagnose Stroke Lawyer For Medical Negligence Victims

An acute ischemic stroke is a medical emergency. Only a narrow window of time exists — often within three hours of the onset of the stroke — to effectively treat stroke victims.

When misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis prevents doctors from treating a patient for stroke, the damage can be profound. Patients often find their lives changed forever, and families may face the loss of a loved one.

At the Pennsylvania law office of Caroselli, Beachler & Coleman, L.L.C., we hold doctors accountable for medical malpractice that affects stroke victims. When hospitals or doctors and other health care professionals act negligently, we take action by bringing lawsuits in our state’s courts.

Many different types of medical negligence may affect the treatment of stroke:

• Failure to effectively monitor nursing home residents for signs of stroke
• Failure to identify clear signs of stroke, including prolonged fatigue, disorientation and one-sided weakness
• Failure to conduct or properly review diagnostic tests, including blood tests, CT and MRI brain scans
• Failure to diagnose intracranial hemorrhage
• Failure to administer thrombolytic drugs to persons with acute ischemic stroke

Misdiagnosis And Delayed Diagnosis Injury Attorney For Victims Suffering From Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary embolism is a blockage of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches that usually occurs when a blood clot from a vein becomes dislodged from its site of formation and travels — or embolizes — and blocks the blood supply to one of the lungs.

Because a pulmonary embolism blocks major blood vessels, it is potentially life-threatening. If not caught in time due to delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis, it can quickly cause irreversible damage or death.

Delayed Diagnosis Attorney For Medical Malpractice Victims

When a doctor misses the signs of a heart attack or cardiac arrest, he or she misses a critical period of time when effective action can be taken. While many heart attack victims never make it to a doctor’s care in time, those who do trust that a trained health care professional will observe the signs, run proper tests, make a correct diagnosis and start treatment — immediately. Cardiac arrest or the stopping of the heart and blood circulation can occur during a heart attack, causing permanent injury or death.

If you believe that your doctor’s failure to diagnose a heart attack was medical malpractice, contact an attorney to talk about your options. Even if you are not sure, you owe it to yourself and to your loved one to explore the possibility of negligence.

Misdiagnosis or Mistreatment Of Cancer

When a patient has a commonly diagnosed type of cancer, there is often only a narrow window of time in which the cancer must be detected and treated.

At the Pennsylvania law office of Caroselli, Beachler & Coleman, L.L.C., our attorneys represent patients who have been affected by cancer misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis, as well as the surviving families of cancer victims. Our clients have been affected by many different types of cancer:

• Lung cancer
• Breast cancer
• Liver cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Colon and prostate cancer
• Cervical cancer
• Leukemia
• Skin cancer or melanoma
• Bone cancer or sarcoma

Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer For The Injured

Victims of a closed head injury — like a concussion — often experience changes in personality, emotional changes and short-term memory loss. If a medical provider fails to recognize these symptoms, serious injury may occur.

Neurologists, psychologists and other medical professionals who miss the clear signs of brain injury put patients’ lives in jeopardy. At Caroselli, Beachler & Coleman, L.L.C., we hold them accountable for their errors and for the harm caused by their failure to diagnose a brain injury.

We represent the victims of many different types of brain injury, from mild brain injury to some of the most severe traumatic brain injuries:

• Concussions
• Skull fractures
• Internal bleeding and bruising
• Swelling of the brain

Even a minor head injury can have a significant impact on your life. Studies have shown that overstimulation of an injured brain by intellectual or emotional stress causes the brain to react by not healing itself. These studies reveal that students who do not know they have concussions and keep normal school schedules take a longer time to recover than students who are placed on reduced schedules.

Further statistics show that patients who have had a significant closed head injury are at risk of developing early dementia and Alzheimer’s. Regardless of the nature of your brain injury or the brain injury of a loved one, taking legal action can be critical to improving your quality of life.

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

An abdominal aortic aneurysm — the weakening of the wall of the aorta — is an especially dangerous medical condition. The aorta wall bulges and can burst. Because of the large volume of blood carried by this vessel, a rupture can have life-changing consequences or even result in death.

When medical negligence prevents doctors from effectively treating abdominal aortic aneurysm (known as the “Triple A” or AAA), the results can be especially devastating for patients and their families. At the Pennsylvania law office of Caroselli, Beachler & Coleman, L.L.C., we hold doctors accountable.

Our lawyers have been successful in bringing medical malpractice lawsuits in Pennsylvania courts, taking action against a broad range of negligence:

• Surgical errors that damage the abdominal aorta
• Failure to do necessary testing, including X-rays, CT scans, MRIs and other radiological testing, to determine if an AAA has occurred and is large enough to pose a danger
• Failure to refer patients to specialists when required

Contact Us

Regardless of the nature of your experience, if you have suffered a life-changing injury or the death of a loved one, talk with our attorneys about your options. Contact the lawyers at the Pittsburgh law office of Caroselli, Beachler & Coleman, L.L.C., by calling us at 412-391-9860 in Pittsburgh or Western Pennsylvania, or toll free at 866-466-5789. You may also complete our online contact form. Initial consultations are free and confidential.