Medical negligence allegedly ends in boy's death from shock

A 14 year old boy was treated at a hospital for a broken arm following a car accident. A week later he was brought back to hospital where he was misdiagnosed with gastroenteritis after suffering from fever, diarrhea and vomiting caused by septic shock from an infection in his arm. The antibiotics were allegedly given too late to prevent the boy's death from the septic shock.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by This Is London

Related Disease Topics:

• Infection
• Gastroenteritis
• Septic shock
• Broken arm

Related Symptom Topics:

• Fever
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting

Article Source Details

About: Medical negligence allegedly ends in boy's death from shock

Date: 16 December 2004

Source: This Is London

Author: Oliver Finegold

URL: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/londonnews/articles/15370113?source=Evening%20Standard

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Medical error
• Medical error and broken arm
• Medical error and infection
• Medical error and gastroenteritis
• Medical error and septic shock
• Medical error and fever
• Medical error and diarrhea
• Medical error and vomiting
• Medical negligence
• Medical negligence and broken arm
• Medical negligence and infection
• Medical negligence and gastroenteritis
• Medical negligence and septic shock
• Medical negligence and fever
• Medical and negligence diarrhea
• Medical negligence and vomiting
• Cause of death
• Death from infection
• Death from septic shock
• Death from broken arm
• Misdiagnosis (type of Medical misadventure)
• Misdiagnosis and gastroenteritis
• Misdiagnosis and fever
• Misdiagnosis and diarrhea
• Misdiagnosis and vomiting

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