While anesthesia malpractice is not as common as other medical errors, it does still happen with devastating consequences.<\/p>\n
We don\u2019t often read about cases of anesthesia malpractice, but they do happen and may result in the death of someone undergoing surgery. For example in a Florida medical malpractice suit, an 18-year old girl died as a result of malignant hyperthermia. The plastic surgeon and anesthesiologist performing the operation on an out-patient basis were the defendants in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit alleged that the surgeon and anesthesiologist failed to meet acceptable medical standards when she had a life threatening reaction to the anesthesia administered for breast surgery. The case hinged on the fact that the doctors failed to recognize a reaction to the anesthesia and because they missed the signs of this deadly reaction, they didn\u2019t give the proper treatment to save her life.<\/p>\n
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