{"id":413,"date":"2011-06-07T15:12:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T21:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/06\/07\/chicago_woman_dies_after_docto\/"},"modified":"2013-05-08T14:36:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T20:36:24","slug":"chicago_woman_dies_after_docto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/chicago_woman_dies_after_docto\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Woman Dies After Doctors Ignore Warning Signs of Respiratory Distress &#8211; $3.75 Million Settlement Reached in Rupright v. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Second chances are rare in medicine.  Oftentimes doctors and nurses have one chance to get something right, which means that medical providers need to monitor patients&#8217; reactions to different treatment modalities.  When they see something that is not right, medical providers need to pick up on the warning signs and correct the problem because chances are they will only get one chance to do so.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the case of Kerry Rupright, doctors missed their chance to prevent Kerry&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337423.html\">permanent brain injury<\/a> from happening.  They missed the signs that should have alerted them that she was not reacting well to her various medications, instead opting to continue her treatment plan.  The medical malpractice lawsuit of <em>Estate of Kerry Rupright v. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, et al.<\/em>, 05 L 9451, was filed in an effort to hold these doctors accountable for their lack of vigilance in monitoring Kerry&#8217;s condition.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry presented to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ric.org\/\">Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago<\/a> for treatment of her transverse myelitis, which is inflammation across one section of the spinal cord.  Transverse myelitis is extremely painful, so Kerry was prescribed pain medications as part of her treatment plan.  Specifically, Kerry was given a pain relief patch that contained Duragesic and Fentanyl, which can cause respiratory distress when taken with other medications.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/chicago_woman_dies_after_docto\/#more-413\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second chances are rare in medicine. 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