Pulmonary Embolism Causes Death in Hospital
N/AOUTCOME: Settlement $3.0 Million
$3.0 Million settlement for woman’s family after she was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital following a car crash. The patient was treated for a pelvic fracture. Doctors recommended she receive fr ... agmin, an anti-coagulant, to protect her from developing deep vein thrombosis. She was never given the fragmin. The patient developed a massive saddle pulmonary embolism and died two days after she was admitted to the hospital. See more at: http://www.coganpower.com/judgments-settlements/#sthash.C5wRC11i.dpuf