QUESTION
do I have a medical malpractice case
Asked on Aug 13th, 2016 on Medical Malpractice - Nevada
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My son was admitted to the hospital on July 20th 2016 for an open heart surgery procedure about two days after his surgery he got a fever of 105 and they couldn't get it done by Oral ibuprofen or oral Tylenol so they tried some kind of medication through IV and instead of checking for infections as soon as the fever disappeared they discharged him he was even still on medication that helps him Wings off of anesthesia about four days later I had to take him back because he had a fever he wouldn't eat he wasn't responding too well and now that he's in the hospital they found an infection that possibly they can't get rid of it's so bad they've had him on multiple different antibiotics and antifungal medications to the point they had to call in an infection specialist
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To prove medical malpractice, there must be professional negligence (practice below the applicable standard of care in the community) that causes an injury. In the facts that you have provided, my first question would be whether you have had any other physician tell you that the hospital did not act in accordance with the standard of care. Second, this may be a foreseeable complication of the surgery (generally, an infection can be a foreseeable risk). Without having this matter reviewed by a credible expert, it is hard to determine whether medical malpractice occurred.
Answered on Aug 15th, 2016 at 11:18 AM