{"id":1959,"date":"2015-02-20T14:15:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T20:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2015-02-20T14:12:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T20:12:44","slug":"illinois-jury-considers-medical-malpractice-death-leg-surgery-mrsa-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-jury-considers-medical-malpractice-death-leg-surgery-mrsa-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Jury Considers Medical Malpractice Death That Occurred During Leg Surgery from MRSA Infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/span>Anthony Bausal was transported by ambulance to the emergency department at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osfstjoseph.org\/\">OSF St. Joseph Medical Center<\/a> in Bloomington, Ill., on Sept. 20, 2008. Bausal had a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/cellulitis\/article.htm\">cellulitis infection <\/a>in his left leg, increased pain and shortness of breath. He also had underlying conditions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/script\/main\/art.asp?articlekey=19877\">lupus nephritis<\/a>, cardiomyopathy and chronic anemia.<\/p>\n<p>Bausal, 34, was admitted into the hospital, where additional testing showed that he had a dangerously low cardiac ejection fraction of 20-25% (55% is considered normal), which is the measure of how the well or poorly the heart is pumping out blood through the body. He also had acute anemia and a gastric ulcer with erosive gastritis of the stomach.<\/p>\n<p>One of the defendants, a general surgeon, Dr. Darryl Fernandes, was consulted on Sept. 25, 2008 because of concern about an infectious process in Bausal\u2019s left leg.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-jury-considers-medical-malpractice-death-leg-surgery-mrsa-infection\/#more-1959\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Bausal was transported by ambulance to the emergency department at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, Ill., on Sept. 20, 2008. Bausal had a cellulitis infection in his left leg, increased pain and shortness of breath. He also had underlying conditions of lupus nephritis, cardiomyopathy and chronic anemia. 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