Failure to monitor cardiac patient on medical floor.

From: Hospital Law's Regan Report | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Tammelleo, A. David | Copyright information

ON JUNE 1, 1995, JESSE JOHNSON SUFFERED CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST AT HIS HOME AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. He was admitted to the cardiac care unit under the primary care of Dr. Diane Wallis, a board-certified cardiologist and critical-care specialist. Dr. Wallis maintained that tests revealed evidence of renal compromise, but the patient had not suffered a recent myocardial infarction. The patient was removed from the ventilator on June 2, 1995. That same d...

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