Legal pearl
Legal pearl
10/22/2024
Ann W. Latner, JD
A court determines whether a patient-physician relationship is created when the treating doctor consults with an on-call doctor.
10/22/2024
legal pearl
Brain scan
legal pearl
03/07/2024
A jury recently found an emergency department (ED) physician and radiologist liable for failing to diagnose a brain-stem stroke in a patient who was subsequently left with “locked-in syndrome,” which is...
03/07/2024
Nutritional Pearl
Nutritional Pearl
04/16/2023
Your patient is a 56-year-old woman with a family history of dementia. She asks you if her coffee intake would increase her risk of being diagnosed with dementia in the future.
04/16/2023
Nutrition
Nutrition
05/24/2022
Your patient is a 59-year-old man with a family history of stroke. He asks you if there are small changes he can make to his diet to decrease his risk of stroke.
05/24/2022
aphasia
aphasia
08/22/2018
Martha sustained an ischemic stroke 3 years ago. According to her caregiver, her primary complication is expressive aphasia.
08/22/2018
stroke
stroke
05/29/2018
Martha sustained an ischemic stroke 3 years ago. According to her caregiver, her primary complication is expressive aphasia.
05/29/2018