Have you met stories of ill-treatment that led to unforeseen deaths? If you haven’t done, this article could shock you.
What happened?
As the Daily Mail reported, Steve Schwarz67 years old, from a family residing in Iowa, suffered spine surgery In March 2020 to treat back pain. Although surgery took place without leaflets, two months later, Schwarz returned to the hospital with red swollen skin.
Doctors diagnosed him Sarmor staphylococcus aureus resistant to methicillin. They prescribed the powerful antibiotic doxycyclinewhich is used to kill bacteria, and unloaded it in a patient care house hospitalized with instructions so that it continues to receive doses – generally given by injection – for two to three months.
How, as Schwarz’s family claims, his doctor at home, Dr. Michelle Sprengelmeyer at Cedar Manor in Iowa, did not follow the instructions and interrupted his drugs – allowing Schwarz’s infection to spread And to deteriorate quickly.
When Schwarz was transported urgently to hospital three weeks later, the doctors were shocked by the way in which his infection had progressed. They contacted the House of Care and realized that he had not received his medication. He was transferred to palliative care at the hospital but died four days later on June 22, 2020.
The Schwarz family, after Steve’s death, blame doctors for the death of their father after saying that their medical team had not given vital antibiotics.
The consequences:
Steve Schwarz’s case was revealed at the end of last year after his daughter, Heather Barrett, continued doctors for her treatment. Although it was not tried that Schwarz’s death was directly caused by not obtaining DoxycyCline, a jury granted him $ 1.65 million in damages because his father n ‘ had not received the care.
Mr. Schwarz’s daughter described his father as “prospering” when he arrived at the care home and expected him at home within two weeks. But instead, his condition began to decrease quickly.
Barrett said that, while speaking to the local media kwwl.com, “when he was finally transferred (at the hospital), experts in infectious diseases at Iowa University were shocked to have arrested his antibiotic and that no one has followed on his diagnosis of Sarm. We did not learn until that moment and literally I think it was an hour or two later … My father was placed in palliative care.
She also added in a press release: “It is difficult to reason that a common infection has dropped (my father). He went up on mountain biking, jumped into his car for trips en route across the country to surprise us (in California). He was a strong and active man who was barely starting to take advantage of his retirement. We thought he was receiving the care he needed after surgery. It didn’t make sense that he did not improve. It was too late when we discovered that the infection was not treated with antibiotics. It was horrible, my father deserved better care.
Barrett’s lawyer, Anthony Bribriesco of the law firm of Briberieco, said: “We are happy that the jury held Dr. Spregelmeyer responsible. During the preparation of this case, we learned that the overall success rate of the treatment of vertebral infection involving equipment with suppressive antibiotics is almost 80%. A simple and well -known treatment of antibiotics would have saved Steve’s life. »»
What is Sarm?
Staphylococcus Aureus Resistant Methicillin (STM) is a group of gram-positive bacteria which are genetically distinct from other strains of Staphylococcus aureus. The SRM is responsible for several infections that are difficult to treat in humans.
It is a serious bacterial infection that afflicts many hospitals due to the intensive use of antibiotics and vulnerable patients, and it is resistant to many antibiotics which infect around 80,000 Americans per year. It kills around 11,000 Americans each year, or just over eight infected. He caused more than 100,000 deaths worldwide attributable to antimicrobial resistance in 2019.
However, infection can be eliminated with meticulous monitoring and the use of powerful antibiotics. Studies suggest that around 80% of patients treated for SRM after column surgery have survived.
Symptoms often start like an swollen, red and painful injury which is warm and painful to the touch and is accompanied by a fever.
Over time, if the STM is not treated, bacteria can spread to blood circulation and reach vital organs like the heart, where it can cause endocarditis – when the lining and the valves of the heart arise.
It can also trigger sepsis, a potentially fatal condition where the immune system reacts too much to an infection and causes the bodies to close.
