a doctor noted that a patient was suffering from "iatrogenic" condition called hypernatremia. Patient did die. in the same doctors note it reports that the patient was liely suffering from vancomycin nephrotoxicity, (which may have caused his kidney injury??) What is this all meaning? Did they give the patient something that caused the kidneys to fail? Did the doctors mess up?? Please tell me any information you can tell from this. Thank you.
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An iatrogenic condition is one an adverse effect that is caused by medical treatment, and can be human error or a drug interaction. In this case, it appears to be hypernatremia, or an elevated sodium level in the blood, which could be caused by the poisonous affect that vancomycin (an antibiotic) has been known to have on the kidneys.
Vancomycin is typically an antibiotic of "last resort," meaning it is only used when treatment with other antibiotics has failed.
It is difficult to know if it is medical malpractice without more information. A successful medical malpractice lawsuit requires three things:
1. Harm to the patient (which appears to be likely in this scenario)
2. Negligence by the health professional
3. The negligence by the health professional was the proximate cause of harm to the patient.
Did the health professional explain the risks of vancomycin before treatment was initiated? If that risk was not explained to the patient, that would likely be negligence by the health professional, and he/she may be liable for the resulting harm (kidney damage).
However, if vancomycin was administered to treat an underlying infection, then the health professional would not be responsible for any damaged caused by that infection. Also, if the patient/person responsible for the patient knew of the risk of kidney damaged associated with vancomycin, but consented to the treatment anyway; the health professional would likely not be responsible for the resulting kidney damage. Another question is what was the cause of death? Was it related to the infection the vancomycin was used to treat or was it related to the kidney failure?
Another doctor/health professional or an attorney could likely provide you with more specific information, once they know all of the facts of the situation.
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