Helping victims of Anesthesia Complications and Mistakes in California, Steven J Weinberg, Trial Lawyer, 30 years experience

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Casesr

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a disorder involving the development of a clot in a deep vein in the body. Without proper protection by way of preventive measures or diagnosis and treatment these clots have the potential to travel to the lungs causing a pulmonary embolism which can be fatal. There are certain well known risk factors that doctors must be aware of. The risk factors include, any type of General Surgery, Orthopedic surgery such as total hip replacements and total knee replacement , trauma (including fractures), and prolonged immobility such as bed rest, all increase a patient's chances of developing a DVT. Prophylactic measures for prevention of DVT should be ordered by doctors in these type cases. Here is some useful information regarding DVT and DVT prophylaxis from Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics.


	SETTLEMENT - $3,500,000 – MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, PRENATAL USE OF BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION BY MOTHER. The injured child, now age 5 suffers from severe kidney damage, developmental delays and growth retardation because his mother was given Lotensin, a blood pressure medication during her pregnancy, and her obstetrician did not tell her to stop taking it or advise her of the risks of kidney damage to her unborn child if she continued to take it. The settlement will provide payments to the child during his lifetime totaling $3,500,000.00 Read more > SETTLEMENT - $1,750,000.00 - Riverside -California Medical Malpractice -2 year old girl suffers brain damage as a result of doctors failure to diagnosis spinal meningitis. Read more > SETTLEMENT - $1,650,000.00 - San Bernardino - Medical Malpractice of a Neurosurgeon resulting in paraplegia of a 35 year old woman. Read more > VERDICT - $2,200,000.00 - Orange County - Medical Malpractice during a tonsillectomy against the Anesthesiologist and Hospital resulted in mild brain damage to a 5 year old boy. Read more >

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