Kaiser Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog

The following blog is provided as an example of a Kaiser medical malpractice lawsuit to aid potential clients in how a lawsuit is examined and conduced. It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this personal injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

Plaintiffs further alleged that, if the infant had been properly monitored and given supplemental formula feedings, his blood sugar would not have dropped to a level low enough to cause brain damage.

Defendants contended that their care met the required standard in all respects. Defendants further contended that the infant was feeding well at the breast, as documented by the records and the testimony of the nurses and the infant's grandmother, and that the infant's hypoglycemia was due to an unpredictable, transient metabolic abnormality rather than to inadequate oral intake.

CLAIMED INJURIES
According to Plaintiff: Brain lesion; failure to develop normally; seizures; 24-hour tube feeding; emotional distress.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

Continue reading " Infant Born at Sacramento Kaiser Hospital Has Permanent Brain Damage, Part 4 of 4 " »

The following blog is provided as an example of a Kaiser medical malpractice lawsuit to aid potential clients in how a lawsuit is examined and conduced. It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this personal injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

Shortly before 7:00 a.m., a phlebotomist who had come to the infant's room to draw blood noted that he was not breathing. He was then taken to the well-baby nursery, where a bedside glucose check revealed a level of 15 (severely low). The infant was transferred to the special-care nursery at around 7:10 a.m. At 7:15 a.m., seizure activity was observed. Further blood glucose testing indicated that his level had dropped as low as 7. An MRI of his brain showed bilateral occipital infarction, primarily toward the back of the brain, a lesion that is commonly associated with severe hypoglycemia.

The infant was discharged from Kaiser on August 24, 2005. Since that time, he has not developed normally. At the time of the arbitration, he was two-years, 10-months old. He cannot walk, crawl, or use his arms, legs, or hands purposefully. He has no speech. He experiences seizures on a daily basis, despite being on significant doses of anti-seizure medications. Because of his inability to swallow safely, he had a gastrostomy tube placed approximately one year ago and now takes all of his feeding via the tube. He continues to live at home with his parents.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

Continue reading " Sacramento Kaiser Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Due Inaccurate Oral Intake, Part 3 of 4 " »

The following blog is provided as an example of a Kaiser medical malpractice lawsuit to aid potential clients in how a lawsuit is examined and conduced. It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this personal injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

At 22 hours of life, the infant was weighed and found to have lost 7.8 percent of his birth weight. This loss is considered significantly greater than normal. Kaiser had a policy and procedure in place such that, if there was a weight loss of 7 percent, supplemental feedings should be given under a variety of circumstances, including the baby being lethargic and not nursing vigorously enough to empty the breast. The records indicated that, on August 11, 2005 at 6:00 a.m., Plaintiff reported that the infant did not want to breast-feed. The infant was supplemented with formula at 1:00 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. on August 11, 2005.

Several notations were made on the nursing flow sheet for August 11, 2005, reflecting time spent by the infant at his mother's breasts. The records indicated satisfactory initiation of breast-feeding on a number of occasions. However, Plaintiff specifically recalled that the infant was not breast-feeding effectively at any time from birth through and including the morning of August 12, 2005. Her breasts became blistered and painful from the unsuccessful feeding attempts.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.

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The following blog is provided as an example of a Kaiser medical malpractice lawsuit to aid potential clients in how a lawsuit is examined and conduced. It is worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as UC Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Methodist, or Sutter.

(Please also note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this personal injury lawsuit and its proceedings.)

CASE INFORMATION
According to Plaintiff: The minor plaintiff was born at term at defendant Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Sacramento, California on August 9, 2005. He was delivered by non-elective C-section because of fetal distress. He appeared normal and had normal Apgar scores at birth.

Plaintiff, the infant's mother, had developed gestational diabetes during this, her first pregnancy. The gestational diabetes was well controlled with diet and medication. The infant's birth weight was slightly more than 7 lbs, which was well within the normal range. However, because of the risk of infants of diabetic mothers developing hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), the infant's blood sugar was checked four times during the first 24 hours of life, pursuant to Kaiser's protocol. The first measurement was 45mg/dl (the lower limit of normal), the next two measurements were 65 and 66, and the final measurement was 47.

The plan was for the infant to be breast-fed. The medical records reflected that the infant was not breast-feeding successfully on the first day of life. Accordingly, he required supplementation with formula at five hours of life and again at 10 hours of life. A lactation consultant saw the Plaintiff and the infant on August 10, 2005, and, per her chart notation and testimony, she was unable to facilitate initiation of successful breast-feeding.

For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.