{"id":89,"date":"2016-11-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/a-failure-to-explore-other-possible-diagnoses-leads-to-tragedy\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:08:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:08:59","slug":"a-failure-to-explore-other-possible-diagnoses-leads-to-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/a-failure-to-explore-other-possible-diagnoses-leads-to-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Failure to Explore Other Possible Diagnoses Leads to Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/medical-malpractice\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Medical malpractice<\/a> | November 23, 2016<\/p>\n<p>It shouldn\u2019t have been hard to figure out that there was something seriously wrong with the 50-year-old man who presented in Winfield\u2019s Central DuPage Hospital one night back in 2012. He was suffering from a headache, neck pain, vomiting, and disorientation.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s unclear what exact diagnosis the doctors at the hospital gave him, they only prescribed pain medication and sent him on his way. Had they done a simple CT scan and asked a neurologist to weigh in, the hospital would have likely discovered that the source of his pain and symptoms was a devastating brain bleed that led to a stroke two days later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/a-failure-to-explore-other-possible-diagnoses-leads-to-tragedy\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading A Failure to Explore Other Possible Diagnoses Leads to Tragedy\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical malpractice | November 23, 2016 It shouldn\u2019t have been hard to figure out that there was something seriously wrong with the 50-year-old man who presented in Winfield\u2019s Central DuPage Hospital one night back in 2012. He was suffering from a headache, neck pain, vomiting, and disorientation. 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