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I am on cumadin , my primary care doctor took me off of it for 5 days without a bridge a blow clot formed that kept me hospitalized for 35 days
Asked on Jan 31st, 2017 on Medical Malpractice - Florida
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Two months later I was going in for an injection in the groin and she took me off the cumadin for 5 days once again.This caused me to have 2 TIA'S and put me in a catatonic state. I have many allergies and the hospital needed to know how to treat me but my primary care doctor didn't know the affects of the drugs that cause allergies. After being my PC for ten years she should k of what happens if I had an aspirin even though I was allergic. The hospital told my kids that I would probably remain this way because their is only an 8 hour window for proper treatment after a stroke and they count treat me because my PC didn't have the answers they needed. I spent 35 days in this hospital less than 2 months prior, they should have kn own the answers. My son spent the next morning going to past specialist and found out I could take aspirin and have a cat scan with contrast. He relayed the message to the hospital and 3 hours after the aspirin I was able to talk again. I left the hospital with
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When a patient has a complicated medical history involiving PE/DVT multiple "allergies" and medications, there are simply risks of complications or bad results at every juncture, most of which are NOT malpratice even though an often tragic result may occur. To see whether there is some "malpractice" in such a case you will need to retain a qualified expert physician, at some expense, to review your medical records and care, and to provide an expert opinion as to whether the treatment provided "was below the acceptable standards of care" or simply an unfortunate result or complication. IF the expert says there was malpractice- you would then discuss with the lawyer the financial value and potential damages associzted with such a case and what to do from there.
Answered on Feb 01st, 2017 at 7:13 AM
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