Deceased Name: Parker Boggs
Gender: Male
Date of Death: December 15, 1886
Cause of Death: Adhesions of Bowels
Age: 18
Father's Name: E. Boggs
Mother's Name: E. J.
Mother's Maiden Name: Naper
http://www.ingenweb.org/inrandolph/HealthDept/Death/RichardsonCollection.htm
Showing posts with label bowel perforation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bowel perforation. Show all posts
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Bowel Obstruction: Gas Pattern and Presentations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Rg9FvynqE&feature=related
Monday, September 26, 2011
Mum died after bowel torn during routine op
By Kevin Doyle
Friday September 23 2011
A WOMAN'S bowel was torn during a routine procedure to remove an ovarian cyst, an inquest has heard.
Elizabeth Dempsey (60), of Bayside Glen, Brittis Road, Wicklow Town, Co Wicklow, suffered septic shock and died after the procedure at St Vincent's Private Hospital, Dublin, on July 26, 2010.
The initial plan was to remove the cyst by keyhole surgery, but that procedure had to be abandoned due to extensive adhesions and the surgeon proceeded to open surgery, Dublin Coroner's Court was told.
Ms Dempsey died at the hospital two days later.
After hearing the evidence, Coroner Dr Brian Farrell said he was satisfied it was the laparoscopy that caused the perforation.
He recorded a verdict of death by medical misadventure.
Speaking outside the court following the inquest, Ms Dempsey's son Colum said he was happy with the verdict.
hnews@herald.ie
- Kevin Doyle
http://www.herald.ie/news/mum-died-after-bowel-torn-during-routine-op-2885925.html
Friday September 23 2011
A WOMAN'S bowel was torn during a routine procedure to remove an ovarian cyst, an inquest has heard.
Elizabeth Dempsey (60), of Bayside Glen, Brittis Road, Wicklow Town, Co Wicklow, suffered septic shock and died after the procedure at St Vincent's Private Hospital, Dublin, on July 26, 2010.
The initial plan was to remove the cyst by keyhole surgery, but that procedure had to be abandoned due to extensive adhesions and the surgeon proceeded to open surgery, Dublin Coroner's Court was told.
Ms Dempsey died at the hospital two days later.
After hearing the evidence, Coroner Dr Brian Farrell said he was satisfied it was the laparoscopy that caused the perforation.
He recorded a verdict of death by medical misadventure.
Speaking outside the court following the inquest, Ms Dempsey's son Colum said he was happy with the verdict.
hnews@herald.ie
- Kevin Doyle
http://www.herald.ie/news/mum-died-after-bowel-torn-during-routine-op-2885925.html
Friday, August 19, 2011
Corboy & Demetrio Secures $2.5 Million Settlement for Illinois Patient Who Dies After Surgery
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 18, 2011
The family of a woman who went into the hospital for a one-day surgery has settled a wrongful death claim filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County on behalf of her estate for $2,500,000, according to Corboy & Demetrio partner Susan J. Schwartz, the lawyer for the family.
Laura Kraska, 40, legally blind since birth, worked out of her home in Downers Grove as a billings system consultant. On May 29, 2009, she had minimally invasive surgery at Loyola University Medical Center to remove a cyst on her ovary, believed to be the cause of unrelenting abdominal pain, according to the lawsuit. Dr. Katherine D. Matta, a hospital employee gynecologist, found dense adhesions requiring a difficult dissection of the bowel during surgery, according to medical records. No complications were noted or appreciated by her, said Schwartz.
As medical records show, Laura’s anticipated discharge within 23 hours did not occur when she complained of severe abdominal pain in spite of narcotic pain control. Late in the afternoon of May 30, 2009, her heart rate increased, and she had shortness of breath, according to medical records. An abdominal CT ordered by Dr. Freager Williams, another Loyola employee gynecologist, showed fluid and a possible bowel obstruction according to medical records. A lung study ruled out a pulmonary embolus. None of the ordered tests ruled out a perforation of the colon, a known complication of the surgery Laura had, according to those records.
According to medical records, nly after Laura’s blood pressure dropped very low to dangerous levels, early in the morning on May 31, 2009, a surgeon examined her. It was immediately determined that she needed more surgery. During that surgery, at 6:00 a.m. on May 31, 2009, two holes were found in the intestines, one in the large bowel and one in the small bowel, according to the lawsuit.
Unfortunately, on the operating room table, prior to induction of anesthesia, Laura went into cardiac arrest, according to the lawsuit. After surgery, Laura was ventilator dependent with fixed and dilated pupils. She had no meaningful brain function. After removal from the ventilator, she died on June 2, 2009, according to the lawsuit.
According to Susan J. Schwartz:
Laura Kraska is survived by her mother, Carol Hofmann, her father, Thomas Kraska, her brother, Timothy Kraska, and her sister, Kristen Schneider.
Case Information: Thomas Kraska, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Laura Kraska, Deceased v. Loyola University Medical Center, 2010 L 2270, filed in Cook County.
The family of a woman who went into the hospital for a one-day surgery has settled a wrongful death claim filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County on behalf of her estate for $2,500,000, according to Corboy & Demetrio partner Susan J. Schwartz, the lawyer for the family.
Laura Kraska, 40, legally blind since birth, worked out of her home in Downers Grove as a billings system consultant. On May 29, 2009, she had minimally invasive surgery at Loyola University Medical Center to remove a cyst on her ovary, believed to be the cause of unrelenting abdominal pain, according to the lawsuit. Dr. Katherine D. Matta, a hospital employee gynecologist, found dense adhesions requiring a difficult dissection of the bowel during surgery, according to medical records. No complications were noted or appreciated by her, said Schwartz.
As medical records show, Laura’s anticipated discharge within 23 hours did not occur when she complained of severe abdominal pain in spite of narcotic pain control. Late in the afternoon of May 30, 2009, her heart rate increased, and she had shortness of breath, according to medical records. An abdominal CT ordered by Dr. Freager Williams, another Loyola employee gynecologist, showed fluid and a possible bowel obstruction according to medical records. A lung study ruled out a pulmonary embolus. None of the ordered tests ruled out a perforation of the colon, a known complication of the surgery Laura had, according to those records.
According to medical records, nly after Laura’s blood pressure dropped very low to dangerous levels, early in the morning on May 31, 2009, a surgeon examined her. It was immediately determined that she needed more surgery. During that surgery, at 6:00 a.m. on May 31, 2009, two holes were found in the intestines, one in the large bowel and one in the small bowel, according to the lawsuit.
Unfortunately, on the operating room table, prior to induction of anesthesia, Laura went into cardiac arrest, according to the lawsuit. After surgery, Laura was ventilator dependent with fixed and dilated pupils. She had no meaningful brain function. After removal from the ventilator, she died on June 2, 2009, according to the lawsuit.
According to Susan J. Schwartz:
“Laura was very ill. She had what was described as a difficult surgery. A bowel perforation is a known complication. Patients should get better every hour after surgery. She did not. When her blood work showed severe leukopenia, a sharp decrease in her white blood count, a sign of sepsis or an infection in the blood, in this setting, the most likely explanation was a bowel perforation. To survive, she needed to be taken back to surgery before the infection destroyed her bowel and caused her brain to swell.”
Laura Kraska is survived by her mother, Carol Hofmann, her father, Thomas Kraska, her brother, Timothy Kraska, and her sister, Kristen Schneider.
Case Information: Thomas Kraska, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Laura Kraska, Deceased v. Loyola University Medical Center, 2010 L 2270, filed in Cook County.
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