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My daughter had an abdominal wall abscess and had surgery. The anesthesialogist was unaware that she had a lung condition(diffuse pneumonic infiltrate) and had sleep apnea. She developed ARDS and died. Do we have a law suit and who is responsible?
My daughter was 31 years old and residing with us due to a mental condition but we felt she able to make her own decisions. This was an abscess that developed after gastric bypass surgery(12/2004). She signed release forms on 01/13/2005 for surgery on 01/14/2005. The pneumonic infiltrate was found on chest x-rays the morning of 01/14/2005 and a memo was supposedly sent to the surgeon. Neither my wife,myself or my daughter knew of this lung condition.
She was brought back to her room after the surgery approx. 5PM with IV tubes hanging loose and an oxygen tube in her nose but not connected to an oxygen bottle. She was left unattended for almost 3 hours before a floor nurse came into the room. She hooked the IV up but not the oxygen.
The next morning she was found with a fever and oxygen saturation of 57%.
She was taken to ICU was NOT put on a ventillator.
That afternoon she was taken back to surgery for an obstruction at the jejunum. She signed release form under heavy medication and we were never informed of her condition.
After the obstruction surgery she was on a ventillator and was diagnosed with ARDS the next AM,01/15/2005. She died 02/01/205
My daughter had an abdominal wall abscess and had surgery. The anesthesialogist was unaware that she had a lung condition(diffuse pneumonic infiltrate) and had sleep apnea. She developed ARDS and died. Do we have a law suit and who is responsible?
My daughter was 31 years old and residing with us due to a mental condition but we felt she able to make her own decisions. This was an abscess that developed after gastric bypass surgery(12/2004). She signed release forms on 01/13/2005 for surgery on 01/14/2005. The pneumonic infiltrate was found on chest x-rays the morning of 01/14/2005 and a memo was supposedly sent to the surgeon. Neither my wife,myself or my daughter knew of this lung condition.
She was brought back to her room after the surgery approx. 5PM with IV tubes hanging loose and an oxygen tube in her nose but not connected to an oxygen bottle. She was left unattended for almost 3 hours before a floor nurse came into the room. She hooked the IV up but not the oxygen.
The next morning she was found with a fever and oxygen saturation of 57%.
She was taken to ICU was NOT put on a ventillator.
That afternoon she was taken back to surgery for an obstruction at the jejunum. She signed release form under heavy medication and we were never informed of her condition.
After the obstruction surgery she was on a ventillator and was diagnosed with ARDS the next AM,01/15/2005. She died 02/01/205
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