{"id":2899,"date":"2016-07-14T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2016-09-20T10:02:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T15:02:14","slug":"cook-county-jury-finds-physician-claim-medical-malpractice-failure-identify-treat-bacterial-meningitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/cook-county-jury-finds-physician-claim-medical-malpractice-failure-identify-treat-bacterial-meningitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County Jury Finds for Physician in Claim of Failure to Treat Bacterial Meningitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Danielle Reardon underwent endoscopic sinus surgery with bilateral septoplasty at <a href=\"http:\/\/tinleywoodssc.mwsmg.com\/about-us\/our-surgery-center\/\">Tinley Woods Surgery Center<\/a> in Tinley Park, Ill., on Dec. 7, 2005. The surgery was completed by the defendant, Dr. Joseph Gavron, who is an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entnet.org\/content\/what-otolaryngologist\">otolaryngologist<\/a>. Dr. Gavron was to treat Reardon\u2019s chronic <a href=\"http:\/\/medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com\/pansinusitis\">pansinusitis<\/a> and deviated nasal septum. At the end of the surgery, Dr. Gavron packed her nose with gel, foam and gauze soaked in a topical antibiotic. No oral post-op antibiotics were prescribed by Dr. Gavron.<\/p>\n<p>She experienced what were described as unbearable headaches while recovering the next day. With no relief from the headaches, she took two doses of Vicodin. Continuing with the unbearable headaches, Reardon called 911 and was transported by ambulance to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocatehealth.com\/cmc\">Christ Hospital<\/a> in Oak Lawn, Ill., where she given two doses of morphine and the antibiotic Unasyn.<\/p>\n<p>She later became unresponsive with an altered state of consciousness. She was then treated empirically with broad spectrum antibiotics for bacterial meningitis.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/cook-county-jury-finds-physician-claim-medical-malpractice-failure-identify-treat-bacterial-meningitis\/#more-2899\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danielle Reardon underwent endoscopic sinus surgery with bilateral septoplasty at Tinley Woods Surgery Center in Tinley Park, Ill., on Dec. 7, 2005. The surgery was completed by the defendant, Dr. Joseph Gavron, who is an otolaryngologist. Dr. Gavron was to treat Reardon\u2019s chronic pansinusitis and deviated nasal septum. 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