{"id":2860,"date":"2014-01-15T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2014-01-15T07:22:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T13:22:33","slug":"misdiagnosis-babys-meningitis-leads-1-72-million-jury-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/misdiagnosis-babys-meningitis-leads-1-72-million-jury-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Misdiagnosis of Baby\u2019s Meningitis Leads to $1.72 Million Jury Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Three-month-old Emma Takacs developed a poor appetite.<span>\u00a0<\/span>She had a fever that was in excess of 103 degrees Fahrenheit.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Emma\u2019s mom and dad took her to a hospital\u2019s emergency room where a nurse documented Emma\u2019s abnormal vital signs and fussiness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">An emergency department doctor, Duane Siberski, M.D., examined Emma.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Dr. Siberski diagnosed an ear infection.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Emma was discharged with a prescription for an oral antibiotic and her parents were given instructions to take her to see a pediatrician, if needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A few days later, Emma was found to be lethargic and her skin was cool to the touch.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Emma\u2019s parents brought her to another hospital where she was diagnosed as having bacterial meningitis, a hypoxic brain injury and <a href=\"http:\/\/medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com\/hydrocephalous\">hydrocephalous.<\/a><span>\u00a0 <\/span>Hydrocephalous is a medical term for what is known as \u201cwater on the brain.\u201d<span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The condition is one in which an abnormal accumulation of cerebral spinal fluid lodges in the ventricles or cavities of the brain. It can be caused by and is connected with the bacterial meningitis that results in an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord. That tissue is called \u201cmeninges.\u201d\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span>Acute bacterial meningitis is a very serious condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/misdiagnosis-babys-meningitis-leads-1-72-million-jury-verdict\/#more-2860\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-month-old Emma Takacs developed a poor appetite.\u00a0She had a fever that was in excess of 103 degrees Fahrenheit.\u00a0Emma\u2019s mom and dad took her to a hospital\u2019s emergency room where a nurse documented Emma\u2019s abnormal vital signs and fussiness. An emergency department doctor, Duane Siberski, M.D., examined Emma.\u00a0Dr. Siberski diagnosed an ear infection.\u00a0 Emma was discharged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[100,104,53,68,105,102,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brain-injury","category-hospital-negligence","category-medical-negligence","category-misdiagnosis","category-misdiagnosis-of-meningitis-cases","category-nursing-negligence","category-wrongful-death"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Misdiagnosis of Baby\u2019s Meningitis Leads to $1.72 Million Jury Verdict  &#8212; 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