Failure to Diagnose  

Oklahoma City Misdiagnosis Attorneys

Doctors and other health care professionals are expected to follow standard treatment protocols when diagnosing or treating a patient. When certain symptoms or disorders are evident, doctors should undertake measures to identify the cause in order to properly diagnose an illness or condition. At the law office of Nix & McIntyre, our lawyers expose negligence and departures from the required standard of care on the part of physicians. Working with established medical experts and specialists, our office reviews a patient's medical charts, test results, and symptoms in order to identify warning signs a doctor should have noticed and responded to. Our attorneys also subpoena video footage of operating, emergency, and delivery rooms in order to determine if a doctor or attending staff failed to respond to symptoms once they became apparent.

Before speaking to an insurance agent or HMO about your injury, contact medical malpractice lawyers at Nix & McIntyre today. We will review your case to determine if you have a cause for action and explain the legal options to you.

Negligence and a Failure to Diagnose

The law office of Nix & McIntyre represents clients in cases involving the following kinds of failure to diagnose:

•  Meningitis
• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Diabetic seizure
• Cancer
• Shock
• Bacterial infection
• Food poisoning
• Organ failure
• Internal bleeding

Determining When Negligence is Involved - Evaluating Your Case

Under the terms of the new laws governing torts, a preliminary finding of medical negligence must first be established before a medical malpractice case can proceed. At Nix & McIntyre, our attorneys assemble a team of medical experts in order to thoroughly review the decisions and actions of doctors and attending staff.

While certain complications can occur when unavoidable consequences interfere with proper medical treatment, failure to run certain tests, pursue diagnostic possibilities, or administer preventative treatment constitutes negligence when standard treatment protocols recommend doing so.

Getting the Answers You Need - Contact Nix & McIntyre Today

If your doctor failed to correctly diagnose your illness or condition, you may have grounds for civil litigation. Since serious medical complications can arise from a failure to diagnose certain illnesses in a timely fashion, many injury victims face additional medical treatment, surgery, disability, and a loss in quality of life. To recover damages for your expenses and pain and suffering, contact failure to diagnose attorneys at the law office of Nix & McIntyre today.