Kansas Stroke Lawyers

As a patient, we entrust our physicians to care for us and treat us. We see them as healers and depend on them to treat any problems that may arise throughout our lives. But what happens when it's the doctor making you sick and causing your health to fail instead of improve?

There are many types of medical malpractice and it can happen in any field of medicine. From a nurse to a surgeon, medical malpractice is rampant. Our hospitals are understaffed and patients are not receiving the proper care. Our demand for more nurses and doctors puts pressure on our society to supply that demand, resulting in under-trained and un-certified medical staff entering our health care systems.

A stroke is defined as a rapid development of the loss of brain functionality due to an interruption to the blood flow to the brain. There are many causes of a stroke including thrombosis, embolism or hemorrhage. A stroke can cause serious and permanent neurological damage or even death, if it is not treated immediately. Stroke is the third leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the United States today. It is predicted that stroke will become the leading cause of death worldwide.

A stroke can be caused by many different factors, including:

• Old age
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
• Diabetes mellitus
• High cholesterol
• Cigarette smoking
• Atrial fibrillation
• Migraine with aura
• Thrombophilia

Sometimes, though, a stroke is caused by someone else's negligence. A physician can cause stroke in patients in several ways. Some of the more common ones are misdiagnosis, surgical errors or dangerous pharmaceuticals.

If a doctor fails to diagnose a patient or does not do proper testing for a patient, then a stroke can occur. Many surgeries have resulted in stroke, including plastic surgery. A routine rhinoplasty can cause stroke just as well as brain surgery.

If you or a loved one have been the victim of medical malpractice that has caused stroke, please call one of the skilled Kansas cardiac negligence attorneys at Prochaska, Giroux & Howell, for your free consultation.