$ 950,000.00 — Settlement in medical malpractice action involving misdiagnosis of
cardiac condition resulting in death
Not exact matches
Potential subjects were accepted into the study if they had none of the following
conditions: severe or symptomatic
cardiac disease or hypertension; history of bleeding disorders; chronic history of gastric, intestinal, liver, pancreatic, or renal disease; any portion of the stomach or the intestine removed (other than an appendectomy); history of intestinal obstruction, malabsorption, or use of antacid drugs; cancer (active or use of medications for a history of cancer treatment within the past 5 y); history of chronic alcoholism; a convulsive disorder; or abnormal
results in screening blood or urine samples.
When taken in excessive doses or by people with certain medical
conditions, can
result in
cardiac arrhythmia, heart attack, seizure or stroke
The majority of
cardiac conditions prompting ICU admission
resulted from cardiomyopathy.
«So if you have a
cardiac condition, it's presumed that it's directly the
result of the work that you do.
Muscle damage following a heart attack may disrupt normal heart conduction,
resulting in a
condition known as
cardiac dyssynchrony.
«People often end up in the emergency room not necessarily for contagious diseases but for complications
resulting from chronic
conditions like asthma or diabetes or
cardiac problems, which cost a lot to our health care system,» Ram said.
The oxidative stress and
resulting inflammation appear to play a role in the development of atherosclerosis (blocked arteries) and can make other health
conditions worse, especially for people with existing
cardiac or lung
conditions including asthma.
In addition to the three primary cardiomyopathies, Dr. Bonagura cites other acquired feline
cardiac disorders regularly encountered by veterinary cardiologists: feline myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle; myocardial infarction, tissue death in an area of the heart muscle
resulting from a blood clot; and «unclassified» cardiomyopathies, a category comprising hybrids of the various
conditions.
With age, or as a
result of high blood pressure or other
cardiac disease
conditions, the mitral valves weaken and blood leaks from them into the heart's atrium instead of being pumped out as it should.