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Respiratory arrest after surgery: What happens and when it is medical malpractice

When a patient stops breathing, there are only a few short minutes to start appropriate resuscitation brain damage occurs

On any given day, about 1 in 25 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection

Lawsuit alleges that a 12-year-old boy died because a surgery center and anesthesiologist bungled resuscitation during a tonsillectomy

Patient is left with lifelong breathing problem

Painter Law Firm lawyers/attorneys handle surgical and anesthesia medical malpractice cases

Delaying diagnosis and treatment can lead to dead or necrotic stomach or bowel, and even death

Before consenting to surgery, make sure to ask about other treatment options first

Propofol or deep sedation for colonoscopies increases costs and risk

Some surgeons focus their practice on correcting problems with other surgeons' operations

There is a significant risk of malnutrition after some types of bariatric procedures, but some surgeons tend to ignore the signs until it is too late