Sepsis Lawsuit Alleges Caregivers Neglect To Blame For Patient's Death
The family of a deceased woman has filed a lawsuit against a large health care company that was responsible for maintaining her health. The lawsuit names Addus Healthcare as a defendant in two count complaint alleging that the companies negligence during a short-term stay, resulted in numerous medical complications that contributed to the patients death. Amongst the complications alleged include: Failing to treat the patients decubitus ulcers A urinary tract infection Sepsis Medical complications that went unannounced to physicians Read more about this recently filed lawsuit against Addus Healthcare pending in St. Clair County Circuit Court here. The threat of...
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Improperly Placed Feeding Tube Results In Death Of Nursing Home Patient
A California nursing home was recently fined after state investigators determined that they failed to ensure a patients stomach feeding tube (gastrostomy tube or g-tube) was inserted properly. Rather than delivering food and medication directly to the man's stomach, the tube was delivering the materials to his peritoneal cavity resulting in inflammation, respiratory failure, septic shock-- and ultimately the patients death. As a consequence of this nursing error, California officials find The Orchard Post Acute Care facility $75,000. For patients with swallowing difficulties or other medical complications, insertion of a feeding tube may be necessary in order for the patient...
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Nursing Home Fined After Investigation Determines That Urinary Tract Infection Was Related To Poor Care
The California Department of Health has rendered its most severe citation (AA) and a $80,000 fine following an investigation into the death of an 86-year-old woman at Walnut Whitney Care Center (California). An investigation determined that the woman was admitted to the facility in March, 2008 for medical care related to injuries she sustained in a fall. Just five weeks after her initial admission, the woman was transferred to a hospital emergency room where she diagnosed as having septic shock. Less than 24-hours after her hospital admission she died from resulting complications. Specifically, the investigation determined that the nursing home...
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The Cause Of Many Nursing Home Patients' Injuries May Be Related To An Underlying Medical Issue
Most of the time a family contacts my office, it is due to an incident involving abuse or ongoing neglect. Although perhaps less obvious, after we investigate many of the cases, the underlying problem may be a complex medical condition that may ultimately prove important in successfully prosecuting the matter. Here are some of the medical conditions we have discussed over the past year: Clostridium Difficile / C. Diff Clostridium difficile (also called C. difficile or C. diff) associated disease (“CDAD”) is a bacterial infection that can cause diarrhea and serious intestinal conditions (such as colitis - inflammation of the...
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Sepsis
'Sepsis' is a bacterial infection in the bloodstream or body tissues commonly found in people with advanced bed sores (also referred to as pressure ulcer, decubitus ulcer or pressure ulcer). In order to make a diagnosis of sepsis, at least two of the following must occur: a heart rate above 90 beats per minute, hyperventilation (more than 20 breaths per minute) and white blood cell count below below 4000 cells/mm. Frequently, people use the term sepsis to describe 'severe sepsis' and 'septic shock.' Severe sepsis is used to describe people who have organ dysfunction following a diagnosis of sepsis. ...
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