Failure to Diagnose Compartment Syndrome Injury Attorney

Missed Or Misdiagnosis for Compartment Syndrome

When a person has an acute compartment syndrome, it is always a surgical emergency that may be fatal or result in an amputation for that individual. Lower extremity compartment syndrome, with the legs especially, is often associated or referenced with trauma, crushing limb injuries, vascular injuries or penetrating traumas. This can happen too with diabetes mellitus and with bleeding disorders.

Compartment syndrome can affect the legs, buttocks, thigh or foot, and have the same or similar pathology. A physical examination is important to have at this stage, when a compartment injury is suspected. The diagnosis for a compartment syndrome injury will be made with the use of intramuscular compartment pressure measurements, a review of the patient medical history, and a review of the blood loss, infection or other issues affecting the area of the compartment syndrome injury.

Medically Managing the Compartment Syndrome Injury

The doctor needs to make a quick diagnosis of a compartment syndrome injury, to help give the person the best chance at a recovery from these traumatic types of injuries. Many times, the compartment syndrome injury is missed as a diagnosis, or is misdiagnosed by a doctor. When making this life-or-death diagnosis, it is important that the medical and healthcare professionals use an appropriate evaluation tool, such as the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocols for identifying and working to treat any of the patient’s life-threatening injuries after a traumatic accident.

Any time a patient has had a trauma with prolonged crushing injuries, the person should always be reviewed for compartment syndrome injury. Many of these types of injuries have serious damage to the skin, bone and muscle, as a result of the trauma of the accident. There are often many serious associated injuries to a compartment syndrome injury, such as:

• Vascular injuries
• Crushing syndromes
• Traumatic rhabdomyolysis
• Cellular necrosis
• Increased myoglobin
• Increased potassium
• Acidosis
• Kidney failure
• Urea concentrations
• Tubular necrosis
• Renal dysfunction
• Bleeding from injured tissues
• Open wounds
• Shock
• Tissue thromboplastin
• Multi-organ failure
• Sepsis
• Ongoing pain
• Disseminated intravascular coagulation
• Cardiotoxicity
• Potential loss of limbs
• Neurological issues and complications
• Death

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Wrong Diagnosis for Compartment Syndrome Resulting in Amputation

If a person suffers a compartment syndrome injury, then the skin and muscle will start to die if not treated quickly after this traumatic type of an injury. When it is not found as a diagnosis, failure to diagnose can be a life-or-death situation for the person who suffers this injury.

For example, if a diagnosis is missed for compartment syndrome injury, then the limb or area with the trauma is not being treated for the injury. This part of the body will experience many serious symptoms, including:

• Pain
• Nerve damage
• Swelling
• Tenderness
• Discoloration
• High urea levels
• Serum levels
• Motor damage
• Sensory damage
• Numbness
• Increasing pain
• Tenderness
• Writing in pain
• Tenderness
• Unrelenting pain
• Loss of sensation
• Tender swelling
• Serious nerve damage
• Sciatic nerve pain
• Motor dysfunction
• Discomfort in the joints

It is not too late to talk to us about your compartment syndrome injury. If you can give us a call today, we can get the ball rolling to the recovery that you need for your injury. You will undoubtedly need to talk to a lawyer on our team now about your personal injuries, traumatic accident that you experienced to get those injuries and the medical bills that you are receiving now as a result of the injuries. We will also discuss your failed or missed diagnosis for your compartment syndrome injury.

This will be an important time for you to call us regarding your experience with a compartment syndrome injury. When you call us, your team attorney will review the particulars of your case, and tell you the next steps that you will want and need to take to get a full recovery for your compartment syndrome injury. Call today!

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Can I Sue for Failure to Diagnose Compartment Syndrome Injury?

Yes, of course, we can sue for compartment syndrome injury and the failure to diagnose this serious condition after a traumatic and serious injury from an accident. We will be ready to talk to you whenever you give us a call. Other people will tell you that our Los Angeles case lawyers can file a lawsuit for you, and they have been very happy with their results. You can be sure that we are there for you, and are ready to get down to business with your personal injury claim for a compartment syndrome injury that was missed on the diagnosis.

Free Second Opinion

You are entitled to a free second opinion, and we are here to give it to you. We know that you want help right now for your compartment syndrome injury. We are always here to talk to you in the strictest of confidence, regarding your injury. We offer to you an attorney with expertise in handling serious and life-threatening missed and failure to diagnose cases and claims. You can call and talk to us about your compartment syndrome injury. We will work with you and you can sit down with a lawyer with a specialty in dealing with the big insurance companies that are gatekeepers to settling out these types of cases.

Did you know, that we have lawyers who can help with your compartment syndrome injury? Well, we do, and when you call, you will be treated very well, and will talk with an experienced attorney in Los Angeles from our law firm. We are ready to discuss your case for compartment syndrome injury, even if you have had complications with your care or diagnosis, we are ready to sort it out for you.

Call for a Free Consultation

You can call us now for a free consultation if you have had complications for a compartment syndrome injury. We are here for you, and are ready to talk to you about the serious personal injuries that you have sustained related to your accident, trauma or other injuries with a compartment syndrome injury. We will keep your case as a top priority in our law firm, but you have to call us first. Nothing will happen until you give us a call. It is easy, just pick up your smartphone and dial the number to our law firm. We are here for you in your time of need, and are ready to help you with the next steps to getting you the money in recovery compensation that you deserve for a misdiagnosed compartment syndrome injury.