Of these types of malpractice, the leading cause of claims is a misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose. When doctors misdiagnose patients or fail to diagnose them correctly, the patients may miss out on treatments that could have saved their lives. When diagnoses are delayed, the patients’ conditions may have worsened in the meantime. If patients are diagnosed with the wrong conditions, they may receive unneeded treatment that causes them harm.

Medication and anesthesia mistakes are also very common. Medication mistakes may happen when doctors fail to check for potential interactions with other drugs that you are taking. They may also occur when nurses administer doses of prescribed medications much higher or lower than what was prescribed. Anesthesia errors are less frequent, but they can be very dangerous. If patients receive too much anesthesia, they may die.

Some types of surgical errors are fairly common such as doctors leaving surgical instruments inside of patients after the surgeries are completed. Patients may be burned by some of the instruments that are used. In rare cases, electrical fires from certain types of surgical equipment may happen. While wrong-site and wrong-patient surgery errors are fortunately rare, they can leave patients with lasting disabilities or cause them to die.

The medical malpractice lawyers at the Law Offices of Craig L. Cook are equipped to handle these types of medical malpractice claims and many others. Upon reviewing your medical documents, we can give you an honest assessment of your potential claim. If we accept your case, we will work to secure damages to fully compensate you for your losses. We may also seek punitive damages against the negligent doctors or hospitals to deter them from engaging in similar behavior in the future.