This case takes place in Nebraska and involves inadequate surgical and post surgical care rendered by a general surgeon to a pregnant woman who required an emergency appendectomy and later developed sepsis. The 23-week pregnant female patient who presented to…
This case involves inadequate surgical and post surgical care rendered by a general surgeon to a pregnant woman who required an emergency appendectomy and later developed sepsis. This patient was 30-weeks pregnant and presented to the ER with symptoms of…
This case involves a fifteen-year-old female who went to the local emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain. Laboratory studies were ordered and indicated a high white blood cell count. Imaging studies were not ordered and the patient was discharged with…
This case involves a 9-year-old female patient who presented to the hospital with a ruptured appendix. Additionally, an abscess was identified in her abdomen prior to surgery and an Interventional Radiologist was consulted to drain the abscess; the appendix was…
This case involves the care of a 10-month-old infant who was admitted to the hospital for lethargy and a distended abdomen. The working diagnosis after interpretation of imaging studies was thought to be acute appendicitis. The child was taken in…
This case involves a 44-year-old male with a past medical history of bi-polar disorder, type II diabetes, sciatica, chronic back pain, insomnia, and obesity. He was on a myriad of medications, including Onglyza. Major surgical history includes a plate placed…
This case involved a patient who complained of severe epigastric pain that was not well characterized. The pain waxed and waned over the course of the past few days but became progressively worse before arriving at the hospital. The patient’s…
