{"id":347,"date":"2010-08-24T11:56:48","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T17:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2010\/08\/24\/delayed_treatment_of_stroke_le_1\/"},"modified":"2019-12-29T06:03:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T12:03:20","slug":"delayed_treatment_of_stroke_le_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/delayed_treatment_of_stroke_le_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Delayed Treatment of Stroke Leads to DuPage County Woman&#8217;s Death &#8211; Medina v. Echiverri, M.D., et al"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to achieve the best possible outcome following a stroke, doctors and medical staff must identify the emergency situation and react quickly.  Medicines aimed at breaking up blood clots that may have caused a thrombotic stroke have been found to increase survival rates and lessen the likelihood of permanent disability.  However, these medicines must be administered within three hours of the stroke occurring, which makes an immediate response by emergency room physicians even more important.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Chris Medina v. Henry C. Echiverri, M.D., et al., <\/em>No. 07-L-000820, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1341130.html\">emergency room errors<\/a> led to the eventual death of a young stroke victim.  The 24 year-old mother presented to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdh.org\/\">Central DuPage Hospital&#8217;s emergency room<\/a> complaining of sudden headaches, numbness to her right side, and problems speaking.  However, despite the fairly obvious signs of a stroke, there were serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1341130.html\">emergency room errors <\/a>made and the correct diagnosis was not made for over 12 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The decedent&#8217;s medical status was evaluated by Dr. Echiverri, a member of the hospital&#8217;s stroke team.  However, despite specializing in stroke victims, Dr. Echiverri failed to diagnose and treat Medina&#8217;s stroke.  Instead her condition was diagnosed by a neuroradiologist.  But by the time the decedent&#8217;s stroke was diagnosed she was already significantly neurologically impaired and slipping into a coma.  She died just 17 days after presenting to the emergency room.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/delayed_treatment_of_stroke_le_1\/#more-347\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to achieve the best possible outcome following a stroke, doctors and medical staff must identify the emergency situation and react quickly. Medicines aimed at breaking up blood clots that may have caused a thrombotic stroke have been found to increase survival rates and lessen the likelihood of permanent disability. 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