QUESTION
IS the doctor responsible for me ending up in the hospital with pulmonary embolism?
Asked on Sep 19th, 2012 on Medical Malpractice - California
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I have CHF. I went to a vein specialist to have varicose veins removed. He reviewed my medication and choose not to consult my pulmonary nor cardio doctors. He preformed the procedure. The next morning I was tried and felt flu like symptoms. Over the following days I got more run down. I rechecked on tuesday and told him how i was feeling. He gave me a trial sample of a blood thinner. The next day I felt worse I put a call into him on wednsday, no response. I called my cardio doctor at the same time, he said to get into his office the next morning, thrusday. I did and when i got there he put me in the hospital right away. and took me off the blood thinner meds.I had blood clots floating around in me which had ended up in my lungs.
The vein doctor had said that the probe was a little short when ablating the vein, but it shouldn't be a problem. I am now on cumaidan and other drugs. I have been going to the doctors every other day now watching that my inr does not go off the charts. HELP!
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Pulmonary embolism's can happen following the surgery in the absence of negligence. Nevertheless, there are certain patient populations that should be prophylactically anticoagulated following a surgery.
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Answered on Sep 20th, 2012 at 9:48 AM