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Category Archives: Civil Law

Delirium & Psychosis in the Hospitalized Patient

Assault, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Psych/Mental Health, UncategorizedBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Delirium in criminal cases Hypothetically, there is a case where the defendant was injured in a car accident and being cared for the in the ICU. During his hospitalization, he demonstrates bizarre behavior and is…

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Bruise Dating for Court Cases Can be Tricky

Civil Law, Criminal Law, Missed DiagnosesBy Tara Godoy

 – Transcript of Video – Today we’re going to talk about bruising and the dating of bruises. I get calls on this on a regular basis regarding cases in which the victim has bruises. Whether…

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Traumatic Brain Injury or Mental Illness?

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Child Abuse, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, DUI, General Medical, Homicide, Mitigation, Psych/Mental Health, UncategorizedBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

TBI and Mental Illness What if a defendant commits a crime because of being affected by either an acute brain injury or an acquired or inherited brain disease? This is called the “brain defense.” In…

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Projectile Injury During a Protest

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Policies and ProceduresBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

A Literature Review of “Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review” (Haar, Iacopino, Ranadive, Dandu, & Weiser, 2017) According to a review of worldwide literature (26 articles) between…

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How using a nurse can help you win your case.

Civil Law, Criminal Law, Practice AreasBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

The nurses and doctors at Godoy Medical Forensics offer medico-legal consulting in criminal and civil cases and we can assist you in your case development and at trial. In many cases you do need a doctor…

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5 Things Criminal Attorneys Should Know About…Pressure Ulcers

Civil Law, Criminal Law, Elder/Dependent Abuse & Neglect (Civil), Elder/Dependent Abuse & Neglect (Criminal), General Medical, Homicide, Mitigation, Policies and ProceduresBy Tara Godoy

We’ve been republishing a series called “5 things criminal attorneys should know about …” where we highlight some areas of medicine that often cross into the criminal fields. The topic of Pressure ulcers was not…

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Medical Records Review: Abbreviations

Civil Law, Criminal LawBy Tara Godoy

The last thing I want to cover is abbreviations. Reading a doctor’s handwriting alone is hard enough, and it is so much harder if it’s filled with unknown abbreviations. It is literally impossible to understand…

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Medical Records: Complications & Procedures

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Malpractice, Mitigation, Surgical proceduresBy Tara Godoy

For more information on the hospital course, other documents to look for include: Operative reports: These are generated if the patient undergoes any surgeries, and a separate report will be generated for each operation. Look…

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Medical Records Review: Emergency Dept.

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Emergency Department, EMS, MalpracticeBy Tara Godoy

When performing a medical records review, if you’re looking for a list of injuries, as you commonly are in criminal law, you will look at the emergency department (ED or ER) reports and/or the ambulance…

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Medical Records: Where to Start

Civil Law, Criminal LawBy Tara Godoy

If you’re looking for the “story” of how the patient entered the hospital and what happened while he/she was there, go to the Discharge Summary (Caution: This is different than the Discharge Instructions, which are…

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Do the Right Thing

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Child Abuse, Civil Law, Domestic Violence, Malpractice, Missed Diagnoses, Mitigation, Policies and ProceduresBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Radiologists should follow guidelines developed by the American College of Radiology regarding such things as ambient light levels, monitor resolution and luminance, and certain components of the reports themselves such as differential diagnosis and suggestions for further imaging.…

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Timing is Everything

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Child Abuse, Civil Law, Domestic Violence, Emergency Department, Malpractice, Missed Diagnoses, MitigationBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Experienced radiologists have reviewed an enormous number of images which generates a vast internal database; radiologists have the best chance to assess the timing of pathology such as fractures, strokes, and bleeds by comparing the images to…

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