{"id":366,"date":"2011-04-12T13:26:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T19:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/04\/12\/illinois_hospitals_failure_to_1\/"},"modified":"2013-05-09T17:10:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T23:10:21","slug":"illinois_hospitals_failure_to_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_hospitals_failure_to_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Hospital&#8217;s Failure to Monitor Patient Results in Permanent Brain Damage  &#8211; $14.9 Million Settlement in Lee v. Palos Community Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A $14.9 million settlement was reached in an Illinois medical malpractice case that left the plaintiff with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337423.html\">permanent brain damage<\/a>.  The lawsuit of <em>Jennifer Lee v. Palos Community Hospital, et al.<\/em>, 09 L 7824, was brought against the hospital where the plaintiff was treated, as well as the individual doctors who treated the plaintiff.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, plaintiff, Jennifer Lee, presented to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paloscommunityhospital.org\/\">Palos Community Hospital<\/a> with severe dehydration from vomiting and diarrhea.  The typical treatment for dehydration is to pump the patient with IV fluids and monitor their electrolyte levels.  When Ms. Lee presented to the hospital, her initial blood work showed an extremely high level of sodium.  While normal sodium levels range from 135 mmol\/L to 145 mmol\/L, Ms. Lee&#8217;s sodium level was at 165 mmol\/L.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmedhealth\/PMH0001977\/\">dehydration<\/a> results in low sodium levels, not high sodium levels.  Blood sodium levels can indicate whether there is an imbalance between the levels of sodium and water in your body.  While Ms. Lee&#8217;s initial sodium levels were critically high, it fluctuated between critically high and critically low during the course of her admission.  In fact, it was this change from critically high, to critically low, then back to critically high that caused the plaintiff&#8217;s brain damage and was the subject of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1331861.html\">medical malpractice lawsuit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_hospitals_failure_to_1\/#more-366\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A $14.9 million settlement was reached in an Illinois medical malpractice case that left the plaintiff with permanent brain damage. The lawsuit of Jennifer Lee v. Palos Community Hospital, et al., 09 L 7824, was brought against the hospital where the plaintiff was treated, as well as the individual doctors who treated the plaintiff. 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