Your 37 year old client's bowel obstruction went undiagnosed and untreated despite examinations by an emergency room physician, her primary care physician, and a surgeon. As a result, she suffered multi-system organ failure and end stage renal disease necessitating a kidney transplant.
The case settled before suit was filed for a confidential amount.
While being treated for vascular disease, it was discovered that our client's decedent had right colon carcinoma. A colectomy to remove the carcinoma was performed by his physician. He tolerated the surgery well without complications. Two days following discharge from the hospital, he was readmitted through the ER with complaints of severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite. His physician diagnosed these symptoms as small bowel obstruction and dehydration. His physician monitored the decedent and medicated him with morphine for two weeks when he performed an exploratory laparotomy which revealed that almost all of the decedent's intestine had gangrenous necrosis with multiple areas of full thickness perforation. The small intestine and part of the large intestine were removed. Following this surgery, the decedent was in critical condition with unstable hemodynamics and required a ventilator for life support. His condition continued to deteriorate and he expired the following day.
The case settled before suit was filed for a confidential amount.
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