What is the name of your state? NY
The following is a copy of a thread posted last weekend and deleted by an angry member after receiving appropriate responses to their inquiry. There were no violations of the TOS by responders, all but one of the responders are in the healing arts, all were in agreement that there was no malpractice and that the referenced links to OP's prior posts contained relevant facts to the case. 2 of my posts were deleted by admin and 1 possibly based on OP's complaint and was reposted by admin the second I reposted as an edit to a prior post. I have given OP a generic moniker and obscured the actual post numbers in the inks. I am reposting this because many members took time to reason with this member, provided sound advice, it is available in cache, it is a disservice to delete the thread. Perhaps others in the future will benefit from this.
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Sue Pediatrician for Neglect/Malpractice?
08-24-2006, 10:22 PM
OP_Parent
Sue Pediatrician for Neglect/Malpractice?
What is the name of your state? NY
I have 3 small children that have been going to a pediatrician for about a year and 1/2.
His office is extremely busy, and he didn't seem to give the extra attn needed.
1)One day, one of my little girls, at the time 17 months was brought into his office w/a high temperature. Her eyes became glassy, and she looked weak. We told this to him, and he just advised to give Tylenol, etc. - but didn't even take her temp there or give tylenol on the spot, which seems simple enough. How he could let us out of his care under those circumstances, I don't understand. As soon as we arrived home, she began to convulse and had a febrile seizure. She turned blue and her breathing became very shallow, we thought we were going to lose her (we didn't know much about this at the time) The ambulance came and gave her oxygen, and her color came back to normal. In the hospital, they said they would never have let it get that far, and would have immediately administered a rectal suppository fever reducer. She since then appears very sensitive to cold and changes in temperature. For example, after a bath she shivers, but her sister doesn't experience this. A neurologist advised us that since she had this condition, makes her more prone to reoccurence. We shudder in fear everytime she gets sick w/ any temperature. Our current doctor implores us to immediately reduce the fever w/tylenol, motrin, and wet compresses to make sure it never spikes to a level that might trigger another seizure.
2) Our other daughter was recently diagnosed with pertussis/whooping cough. This in
itself, in this day and age, very rare, and children are usually vacinnated against this. We had to give her such awful strong steroidal and antibiotic medicine to get her well.
Upon review of our girls medical records, by our current doctor, he told us that at 23 months, they are NOT up to date on their vaccinations, and missed important ones, including the pertussis, and others. He even said that the law requires children to have these, and the health department could even issue fines if children are not up to date.
This is outrageous! All this occured under the previous doctor's care. Do we have a case for medical malpractice and negligance? Please advise.What is the name of your state?
8-25-6 06:33 AM
rmet4nzkx
While a seizure in any child is a frightening event especially the first occurrence, it is often the result of the child's predisposition as opposed to the doctor's negligence. You fail to mention some key facts so I will simply ask them now.
Was your child otherwise ill or had an ear infection prior to the high fever?
What was the child's temp prior to the office visit?
What did you do to lower the child's temp?
Did you call ahead and ask for instructions?
What is your child's normal temp?
Did you give the child the Tylenol as ordered?
Some children are have a lower fever tolerance and experience seizures and it is not unusual for only one child in a family to have them. Now you know that this child is more sensitive to both fevers and changes in ambient temp. Children are more likely to shiver because of the ratio of skin to body mass, over time she will most likely grow out of it
and you will learn to avoid it. It is wise to have your child evaluated by the neurologist for a baseline and periodic monitoring, none of this is the fault of the child's former doctor, you changed and now you are happier with their care. The important thing is that you now know this important thing about your daughter and were able to receive prompt treatment and at this point she doesn't require any antiseizure Rx so your should be grateful.
Vaccinations are at the center of much debate, not all are thought to be safe or effective in all cases. It is not wise to vaccinate a sick child for instance, that may affect the administration of vaccinations, especially in sensitive children. Whooping cough used to kill many children, however, many vaccinated children still get whooping cough. It, the vaccination, is also thought to be partially responsible for some sids deaths and there is some good evidence to suggest that may be the case. I had an uncle before the days of vaccinations for Whopping cough, who died of SIDS 2 weeks following recovery from Whooping cough at age 2, but our family also has a history of cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death, perhaps he was more sensitive and would have also reacted to the vaccination if it had been available. There are many things we don't know, again, there may be reasons for delaying vaccinations or spacing them out in sensitive children. While vaccinations and schedules are suggested they are not always required by law and there may be waivers available. http://www.health.state.ny.us/preven.*****docs/2370.pdf
Some children still contract a childhood disease despite vaccinations.
I hope this explains why you don't have a malpractice cause of action.
Examples of waivers for NY are found here: http://www.vaclib.org/exempt/newyork.htm
The following is a copy of a thread posted last weekend and deleted by an angry member after receiving appropriate responses to their inquiry. There were no violations of the TOS by responders, all but one of the responders are in the healing arts, all were in agreement that there was no malpractice and that the referenced links to OP's prior posts contained relevant facts to the case. 2 of my posts were deleted by admin and 1 possibly based on OP's complaint and was reposted by admin the second I reposted as an edit to a prior post. I have given OP a generic moniker and obscured the actual post numbers in the inks. I am reposting this because many members took time to reason with this member, provided sound advice, it is available in cache, it is a disservice to delete the thread. Perhaps others in the future will benefit from this.
Deleted thread from FA I will repost this thread since it is in cache but without ID of OP
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Sue Pediatrician for Neglect/Malpractice?
08-24-2006, 10:22 PM
OP_Parent
Sue Pediatrician for Neglect/Malpractice?
What is the name of your state? NY
I have 3 small children that have been going to a pediatrician for about a year and 1/2.
His office is extremely busy, and he didn't seem to give the extra attn needed.
1)One day, one of my little girls, at the time 17 months was brought into his office w/a high temperature. Her eyes became glassy, and she looked weak. We told this to him, and he just advised to give Tylenol, etc. - but didn't even take her temp there or give tylenol on the spot, which seems simple enough. How he could let us out of his care under those circumstances, I don't understand. As soon as we arrived home, she began to convulse and had a febrile seizure. She turned blue and her breathing became very shallow, we thought we were going to lose her (we didn't know much about this at the time) The ambulance came and gave her oxygen, and her color came back to normal. In the hospital, they said they would never have let it get that far, and would have immediately administered a rectal suppository fever reducer. She since then appears very sensitive to cold and changes in temperature. For example, after a bath she shivers, but her sister doesn't experience this. A neurologist advised us that since she had this condition, makes her more prone to reoccurence. We shudder in fear everytime she gets sick w/ any temperature. Our current doctor implores us to immediately reduce the fever w/tylenol, motrin, and wet compresses to make sure it never spikes to a level that might trigger another seizure.
2) Our other daughter was recently diagnosed with pertussis/whooping cough. This in
itself, in this day and age, very rare, and children are usually vacinnated against this. We had to give her such awful strong steroidal and antibiotic medicine to get her well.
Upon review of our girls medical records, by our current doctor, he told us that at 23 months, they are NOT up to date on their vaccinations, and missed important ones, including the pertussis, and others. He even said that the law requires children to have these, and the health department could even issue fines if children are not up to date.
This is outrageous! All this occured under the previous doctor's care. Do we have a case for medical malpractice and negligance? Please advise.What is the name of your state?
8-25-6 06:33 AM
rmet4nzkx
While a seizure in any child is a frightening event especially the first occurrence, it is often the result of the child's predisposition as opposed to the doctor's negligence. You fail to mention some key facts so I will simply ask them now.
Was your child otherwise ill or had an ear infection prior to the high fever?
What was the child's temp prior to the office visit?
What did you do to lower the child's temp?
Did you call ahead and ask for instructions?
What is your child's normal temp?
Did you give the child the Tylenol as ordered?
Some children are have a lower fever tolerance and experience seizures and it is not unusual for only one child in a family to have them. Now you know that this child is more sensitive to both fevers and changes in ambient temp. Children are more likely to shiver because of the ratio of skin to body mass, over time she will most likely grow out of it
and you will learn to avoid it. It is wise to have your child evaluated by the neurologist for a baseline and periodic monitoring, none of this is the fault of the child's former doctor, you changed and now you are happier with their care. The important thing is that you now know this important thing about your daughter and were able to receive prompt treatment and at this point she doesn't require any antiseizure Rx so your should be grateful.
Vaccinations are at the center of much debate, not all are thought to be safe or effective in all cases. It is not wise to vaccinate a sick child for instance, that may affect the administration of vaccinations, especially in sensitive children. Whooping cough used to kill many children, however, many vaccinated children still get whooping cough. It, the vaccination, is also thought to be partially responsible for some sids deaths and there is some good evidence to suggest that may be the case. I had an uncle before the days of vaccinations for Whopping cough, who died of SIDS 2 weeks following recovery from Whooping cough at age 2, but our family also has a history of cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death, perhaps he was more sensitive and would have also reacted to the vaccination if it had been available. There are many things we don't know, again, there may be reasons for delaying vaccinations or spacing them out in sensitive children. While vaccinations and schedules are suggested they are not always required by law and there may be waivers available. http://www.health.state.ny.us/preven.*****docs/2370.pdf
Some children still contract a childhood disease despite vaccinations.
I hope this explains why you don't have a malpractice cause of action.
Examples of waivers for NY are found here: http://www.vaclib.org/exempt/newyork.htm
