Versed - Jury Verdicts
- This malpractice action arose out of events which occurred during the 21-month-old infant plaintiff's third surgery to repair a congenital heart defect. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant anesthesiologist in charge of the anesthesiology aspect of the infant's care negligently administered excessive amounts of Versed, an anesthetic agent. The plaintiff contended that despi...
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Versed - Jury Verdicts - The family of the plaintiff, a male landscaper in his mid-40's, filed this medical malpractice action against the defendant emergency room physician, anesthesiologist and the hospital where the plaintiff was treated following a one car collision. The plaintiff alleged that he was given an overdose of the drug, Versed, by the defendant emergency room physician, went into respira...
- from The Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Review and Analysis
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Versed - Jury Verdicts
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- The plaintiff, a 59-year-old female, contended that she was admitted as an out-patient at the defendant hospital for purposes of a colonoscopy. The plaintiff asserted that prior to the procedure, she was administered Versed and Demerol intravenously.
The plaintiff contended that following the procedure, she contacted her son to come to pick her up as was previously planned...
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Here's an extra lawsuit from the KC Daily News;
KC woman's lawsuit alleges her father's death due to doctor's Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press Find Arti.KC woman's lawsuit alleges her father's death due to doctor's
Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press, Oct 12, 2006 by Charles EmerickA Kansas City woman claims an untreated pressure sore caused her father's death five years ago.
Though Herman G. Bell died when he was given too much Versed before a treatment, Sheila Battles alleged her father would not have been in that situation if he had received appropriate care by Dr. Thomas W. Frederickson at St. Joseph Medical Center.
During opening arguments at the trial Wednesday in Jackson County, Brad Honnold, lawyer for the plaintiffs, told the jury that Frederickson should not have discharged Bell on April 4, 2001.
"If a physician does not meet the standard of care, then he is negligent," Honnold said.
Bell spent much of January, February and March 2001 at St. Joseph, according to Honnold. When he was first released in late March, hospital staff ordered that home health nurses care for him.
Two days later, a nurse noticed a 1-centimeter-by-1-centimeter pressure sore on Bell's tailbone. He also experienced other complications and returned to St. Joseph.
On April 1, four days after he returned to St. Joseph, Dr. Sandra Coufal made the first note regarding Bell's sore, Honnold said. Coufal asked for the assistance of the hospital's wound care team.
The wound care team followed up April 3, when a nurse noted that Bell had "numerous skin tears."
Lab tests taken that day also revealed a high white blood cell count, which should have sounded an alarm, Honnold told the jury.
Bell was released from St. Joseph the following day. His wound was not measured again, but a doctor's note described it as a "large, open sore."
The day after his release a home health nurse described the sore as a stage three wound that measured 9.2 centimeters by 11.3 centimeters and was foul-smelling.
"That is consistent with a wound that has become infected," Honnold said.
Bell returned to St. Joseph Health Center on April 9. He stayed there until June 30 and then was moved to Kindred Hospital the next day.
On July 30, 2001, Bell was prepped for treatment. He received 3 milligrams of Versed all at once, according to Honnold. The medication, which should be given in smaller doses, caused respiratory arrest and led to Bell's death.
Honnold said the sore grew to be as large as 15 centimeters by 14 centimeters.
The plaintiffs will present two expert witnesses during the trial to testify that Frederickson failed to treat the sore, meaning he did not meet the standard of care.
Honnold said expert witness Dr. Margaret-Mary Georgiana Wilson, of St. Louis, would tell the jury that Bell's "health care team let (him) down."
And Dr. Larry Rumans, of Topeka, Honnold added, will show that Bell should not have gone home after April 4. He will also testify that Bell's family should not have had to pay $320,000 in medical bills from April 4 to the time of Bell's death.
"Sending something like this home needs a plan," Honnold told the jury as held a picture of the sore on Bell.
Bruce Keplinger, Frederickson's lawyer, told the jury Bell died from a drug overdose that had nothing to do with the care he received from Frederickson.
"There is no connection, and Dr. Frederickson did meet the standard of care," Keplinger said. "Nothing Dr. Frederickson did affected (Bell's) life expectancy or his chances to live."
St. Joseph Medical Center, which was originally named as a defendant, settled with the plaintiffs in May.
The trial is expected to continue into next week..
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