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Medical Malpractice
Failure to Diagnose
Failure to Treat
 
Failure to Diagnose, Treat Hyperbilirubinemia Results in
$900,000.00 Recovery
 

Attorney - John Blume
Summer 2003

Blume Goldfaden partner, John Blume, recovered $900,000 on behalf of a family whose 8 year old son suffered brain injury after his physicians failed to timely diagnose and treat hyperbilirubinemia. Hyperbilirubinemia , or a high level of bilirubin in the blood can be due to an overproduction and/or under excretion of bilirubin. Extremely high levels can be harmful, causing brain damage. The condition can effectively be treated, if caught early enough, by photo therapy.

 
Medical Malpractice
Failure to Diagnose
Failure to Treat
Hyperbilirubinemia
Jaundice
Brain Injury

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