{"id":996,"date":"2023-06-28T15:12:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/millerandzois.lawblogger.net\/medical-malpractice\/sepsis-misdiagnosis-malpractice\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:29:10","slug":"sepsis-misdiagnosis-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/medical-malpractice\/maryland-hospital-malpractice-lawyer\/er-malpractice-settlement-value\/sepsis-misdiagnosis-malpractice\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Sepsis Emergency Room Medical Malpractice Lawsuit in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A thirty-five-year-old man experiences fever, chills, and body aches. He presents to the emergency room at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holycrosshealth.org\/\">Holy Cross Hospital<\/a> with elevated body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and white blood count. The man&#8217;s medical history includes a splenectomy and a hip replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the man&#8217;s symptoms, coupled with his surgical history, the doctor should have recognized that the man had signs of early <a href=\"https:\/\/nursinghome.millerandzois.com\/maryland-decubitus-malpractice-lawyer.html\">sepsis<\/a> requiring further evaluation. Instead, the doctor concludes that the man is suffering from a viral syndrome and discharges him after a simple fluid resuscitation.<\/p>\n<p>In these types of cases, the victim&#8217;s malpractice attorneys rarely argue that the physician should have known with certainty that the patient was septic during the evaluation, and that is probably the case here. More typically, the plaintiff&#8217;s lawyer contends that while the symptoms could be attributed to any number of different causes, the collective presentation of symptoms would lead a prudent doctor to raise the suspicion of sepsis and conduct a more meaningful inquiry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/medical-malpractice\/maryland-hospital-malpractice-lawyer\/er-malpractice-settlement-value\/sepsis-misdiagnosis-malpractice\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 2016 Sepsis Emergency Room Medical Malpractice Lawsuit in Maryland\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A thirty-five-year-old man experiences fever, chills, and body aches. He presents to the emergency room at Holy Cross Hospital with elevated body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and white blood count. The man&#8217;s medical history includes a splenectomy and a hip replacement. 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