Blood Clot Expert Witness

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Toombs v. Acute Care Consultants, Inc. Citation: 2014 Ga. App. LEXIS 183 In this medical malpractice lawsuit, the plaintiff asserts the treating physician acted negligently in treating her husband. The…

This case involves a male infant with no family history of hemophilia whose parents elected to have him circumcised. Following the circumcision, the infant continued to bleed from his circumcision and heel stick sites. The infant’s parents brought this to…

This case involves a 62-year-old female patient who was admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with Guillan-Barre Syndrome. Because the patient was assessed at a high risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolus (PE), the patient was…

This case involves a male patient who underwent a reverse vasectomy with the defendant urologist. During the several days following the procedure, the patient kept experiencing increasing pain, discomfort, and incontinence. Each time he called the urologist, the patient was told…

This case involves a 60-year-old male that was prescribed testosterone for 6 months. He was found to have a pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis at the end of the 6 months. Testing was done which showed he had developed…

This case involves a 52-year-old male patient in the recovery unit following an ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation. When the patient met the appropriate recovery criteria, his sheath was removed. Upon removal, the patient’s blood pressure began to drop drastically.…

This case involves a 10-year-old female patient with Down syndrome that underwent a surgical procedure to repair a hole between her heart chambers and regulate her blood flow. She underwent a subsequent open-heart procedure to remove scar tissue from a stenotic mitral…

This case involves a 36-year-old pregnant woman who had experienced debilitating headaches throughout her pregnancy. She was admitted to the hospital due to preeclampsia. Prior to the delivery, the patient continued to have excruciating headaches. The patient had a normal…

This case involves an overweight middle-aged male smoker with a history of hypogonadism who was prescribed testosterone medication. 7 months later, the patient developed swelling and tenderness in his extremities. He presented to the emergency room and was found to have deep…