{"id":1697,"date":"2014-07-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2014-07-28T16:19:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T21:19:48","slug":"morphine-overdose-causes-death-hospital-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/morphine-overdose-causes-death-hospital-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphine Overdose Causes Death of Hospital Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 65-year-old woman, we\u2019ll call her Ms. Doe, underwent a successful elective surgery at a California hospital and was later transferred to a private room. The woman was stable by midnight that day, but three hours later nurses found her unresponsive. A code blue was called and despite resuscitation efforts, Doe\u2019s condition deteriorated. She died of cardiopulmonary arrest. Doe had been retired and was survived by her husband and two adult children.<\/p>\n<p>The family of Doe sued the hospital and several nurses claiming that a malfunctioning medication pump had caused Doe to receive an overdose of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morphine\">morphine<\/a>. In addition, the lawsuit claimed that an inadequate pulse oximetry alarms prevented the nurses from timely responding to Doe before she became unresponsive. The defendants denied that they had chosen not to attend to Doe\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypoxia_%28medical%29\">hypoxia<\/a> state in a timely fashion. Before trial, the parties settled for $375,000.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, morphine, which is an extremely potent pain drug, can give rise to severe and often deadly side effects for patients who have an intolerance to this drug.\u00a0 There are many effective pain medication alternatives to the use of morphine for patients who have a history of harmful side effects.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/morphine-overdose-causes-death-hospital-patient\/#more-1697\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 65-year-old woman, we\u2019ll call her Ms. Doe, underwent a successful elective surgery at a California hospital and was later transferred to a private room. The woman was stable by midnight that day, but three hours later nurses found her unresponsive. A code blue was called and despite resuscitation efforts, Doe\u2019s condition deteriorated. 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