Pulmonary embolisms affect 370,000 patients per year and may cause up to 100,000 deaths per year. Patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism may be managed as an outpatient with direct oral anticoagulant therapy if they have no patient characteristics that place them at higher risk of death. Those with known risk factors require hospital admission and […]

Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, an expert in physical medicine, rehabilitation, and wound care, and Chief Medical Officer of Injury Care Solutions Group, states, “Access to life-saving reconstructive surgery for Stage III and Stage IV pressure injuries has been cut by the Federal Government.” Code of Federal Regulations 42 U.S.C. § 1395ww(m)(6)(A):“Under this dual-rate structure, generally […]

Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, expert in physical medicine and rehabilitation and Chief Medical Officer of Injury Care Solutions Group, says, “Hernia mesh litigation is likely to continue indefinitely, or at least until the last polypropylene mesh device is surgically removed. Reported injuries include intra-abdominal sepsis, bowel obstruction, post-operative soft tissue infections, latent or delayed infection, […]

Injury Care Solutions Group is a resource for both plaintiff and defense attorneys that offers expert services and litigation support and leverages the experience of its founder, Greg Vigna, MD, JD, a retired physician who is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation with over twenty years of clinical experience, a testifying expert based on his […]

Dr. Greg Vigna, Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Life Care Planner, states, “I’m a life-long 49ers fan, season ticket holder, and a huge fan of George Kittle. I am not ashamed to say that the best day of my life was watching Super Bowl XXIV, as Joe Montana, John Taylor, and others trashed the […]

Raw milk and sprouts pose increasing risks of Listeria and other pathogens, contributing to outbreaks that highlight weaknesses in U.S. food supply practices 38 people hospitalized and 12 dead is a reminder that the US Food Supply has weak points, such as producers and distributors that are insufficiently cleaning, monitoring, and educating workers.” — Greg […]

A quarter of the United States population do not engage in any leisure-time physical activity and only 20% engage in regular, sustained leisure-time physical activity.  Physical activity is   defined as “any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure”.   Exercise is “physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive” for the purpose […]

“Food safety from the catastrophic complications of Guillain-Barre Syndrome caused by the Campylobacter jejuni food borne illness may become a real risk to the United States going forward with cuts of funding to the CDC, the USDA, and the FDA”…Greg Vigna, MD, JD The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) is a collaboration between the […]