This case involves an elderly female patient who received a translaminar epidural steroid injection in the cervical spine while taking aspirin. During her consultation with the physiatry physician, the patient was not consulted regarding her aspirin use and was not told that…
This case involves a 35-year-old male patient with a history of low platelet levels who underwent a splenectomy. The patient had a past medical history of obesity and asthma for which he was receiving high dose steroids and immunoglobulins. The patient…
This case involves a 35-year-old female patient who presented with blurry vision in her left eye after a lengthy sinus infection. The patient’s ophthalmologist diagnosed her with a swollen optic nerve and determined that the nerve would heal on its…
This case involves a young man who presented with muscle weakness and difficulty lifting relatively light objects. He was diagnosed with polymyositis and given steroid treatment for the year following his diagnosis. During the course of his treatment, the man…
This case involves a male patient in his mid-forties with a history of asthma and a persistent cough. A chest CT was ordered and an initial pulmonary consultation gave recommendations to add inhaled steroid treatment. The patient seemed fine immediately…
This case involves a woman who consented to have a epidural steroid injection performed; however, the doctor instead performed an interlaminar epidural steroid injection. The doctor performed a procedure the man did not consent to and also negligently performed the procedure.…
A neurology expert witness advises on mother’s claims that an IV placed during Cesarean delivery caused long-term wrist injury. Plaintiff was admitted to defendant hospital for a scheduled Cesarean delivery. Early in the morning of the delivery, an IV was…
This case involves a male patient who had an anaphylactic reaction to cashew nuts. Initial management included Benadryl and steroids.  The patient’s condition deteriorated and the decision to administer epinephrine was made.  The nurse started an IV and the physician gave orders…
This case involves a thirty-four-year-old female who experienced joint stiffness, skin nodules, weight loss, and fever. An x-ray of her hands revealed significant joint deformity and bone erosion. Laboratory work revealed that she had elevated levels of rheumatoid factor, anti-cyclic…
