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MS: Drs. and nurses failed to treat bedsores: court allocated fifty percent of liability to each.(Medical Law Cases of Note)

Publication: Medical Law's Regan Report
Publication Date: 01-NOV-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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CASE FACTS: Hattie Venton was admitted to the ICU at Delta Regional Medical Center (DRMC) on January 7, 1999, after several fainting episodes. At the time, Venton was seventy-eight years old and suffered from multiple health problems such as anemia, gastrointestinal bleeding, hematuria, and a...

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...atrial fibrillation. Approximately ten days after arriving at the hospital, Venton developed decubitus ulcer (commonly referred to as a bedsore) on her coccyx that ultimately expanded into a wound measuring six by ten inches. On February 17,...

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