Aug 20, 2025 | By Victor Poulos | Read Time: 5 minutes | Medical Malpractice

Lesiones y complicaciones por infiltración intravenosa

Las vías intravenosas se utilizan habitualmente para administrar líquidos, medicamentos o productos sanguíneos, pero conllevan riesgos, como las complicaciones por infiltración intravenosa. Los signos de infiltración intravenosa son hinchazón, enrojecimiento, inflamación y dolor alrededor de la vía. Si no se identifica y trata a tiempo, la infiltración intravenosa puede provocar complicaciones graves. Siga leyendo para saber más sobre el significado de la infiltración intravenosa,...

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Aug 20, 2025 | By Victor Poulos | Read Time: 4 minutes | Medical Malpractice

Legal Steps After a Misdiagnosis Incident

A wrong diagnosis can change everything about your medical care. It can lead to months of treating a condition you don’t have, dealing with symptoms that continue to worsen, or undergoing medical procedures that didn’t need to happen. By the time the correct diagnosis comes, the damage is often already done. Misdiagnosis is one of the most serious forms...

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Aug 12, 2025 | By Victor Poulos | Read Time: 4 minutes | Medical Malpractice

Understanding “Never Events” in Surgery

Some surgical errors are so serious that the medical community agrees they should never happen. But in operating rooms across New Mexico, patients still suffer injuries because a hospital fails to follow basic safety steps or standard procedures. At Poulos & Cavazos, we help families find out why. Many of our clients come to us after surgery with the...

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Aug 12, 2025 | By Victor Poulos | Read Time: 4 minutes | Medical Malpractice

Misdiagnosis vs. Delayed Diagnosis: Know the Difference

When medical care goes wrong, the terms delayed diagnosis vs misdiagnosis usually come up. To a patient, both experiences can feel the same. You trusted your doctor, but they missed something important. Now you’re facing new treatments, more serious health problems, or a more prolonged recovery because the correct diagnosis came too late, or never came at all. These...

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Aug 11, 2025 | By Victor Poulos | Read Time: 4 minutes | Medical Malpractice

Top Conditions Often Misdiagnosed by Doctors

When something doesn’t feel right, most people turn to medical professionals to find answers. A correct diagnosis can bring peace of mind and a clear treatment path forward. But when doctors get it wrong, the results can be painful, confusing, and sometimes life-altering. Misdiagnosis is a dangerous medical error that patients face. The condition often goes untreated, symptoms worsen,...

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Aug 10, 2025 | By Victor Poulos | Read Time: 4 minutes | Medical Malpractice

When Misdiagnosis Becomes Medical Negligence

Most people trust that when they visit a doctor, they’ll leave with clarity, answers, and the right treatment plan. But when that trust is broken—because a diagnosis is missed, delayed, or simply wrong—the consequences can be serious or even life-threatening. It’s common to ask, What if a doctor misdiagnosed me? And is misdiagnosis considered medical malpractice? The answer: It...

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Jul 16, 2025 | By Victor Poulos | Read Time: 5 minutes | Medical Malpractice

¿Qué ocurre si un cirujano comete un error?

Surgeons are some of the most highly-trained and highly-paid doctors. However, they are still human, and humans make mistakes. Often, a surgical error results in a patient experiencing severe injuries that may have a lasting impact on their life. If a surgeon makes a mistake, the patient may suffer harm that qualifies as medical malpractice if negligence is involved....

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Jul 16, 2025 | By Victor Poulos | Read Time: 4 minutes | Medical Malpractice

6 causas comunes de reclamaciones por negligencia médica

It probably comes as no surprise to know that medical professionals can make grave mistakes. Some of these mistakes involve negligence, which is one of the common causes of medical malpractice, opening the door for a medical malpractice claim. Victims can suffer lifelong consequences when these mistakes happen. In severe cases, victims may even pass away due to the...

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Apr 25, 2025 | By Victor Poulos | Read Time: 5 minutes | Medical Malpractice

Complicaciones comunes en la UCI que puede sufrir en un hospital 

Cuando usted o un ser querido ingresan en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI), significa que las circunstancias requieren el máximo nivel de atención médica. La UCI proporciona cuidados críticos a pacientes en los estados de salud más frágiles. A pesar de los cuidados avanzados y la vigilancia, pueden surgir complicaciones. Algunos de estos problemas pueden tener efectos duraderos o catastróficos. Comprender las posibles...

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Apr 16, 2025 | By Victor Poulos | Read Time: 4 minutes | Medical Malpractice

Errores en la cirugía de la vesícula biliar en Nuevo México

Las cirugías de la vesícula biliar son mucho menos invasivas que hace años, pero eso no significa que el riesgo de complicaciones haya desaparecido. Incluso los procedimientos rutinarios tienen riesgos asociados. Sin embargo, los riesgos conocidos son diferentes de los errores evitables. Cuando un proveedor médico comete un error que le perjudica a usted como paciente, podría tener derecho a presentar una reclamación por negligencia. Es comprensible que los posibles clientes...

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