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This case involves a stroke victim's claims that delayed treatment by doctors caused further damage to him. The plaintiff, was a 62-year-old white male who had a history of diabetes, sleep apnea, hypertension, obesity and diabetic ketoacidosis. He suffered a stroke upon waking up in the morning. The plaintiff's wife witnessed her husband's stroke and called an ambulance for transportation to the defendant hospital. Plaintiff arrived at the hospital approximately 90-minutes after awakening.
Expert Opinion: Without more information, it would appear that plaintiff was a proper candidate for intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), and any failure by doctors to offer t-PA therapy increased the risk of debilitating short-term and permanent sequelae from the patient's ischemic stroke.
The available data prior to and after the date of the stroke event support the fact that the plaintiff would have had a better chance had he been treated with t-PA than without t-PA for obtaining clinically meaningful improvement.
[http://www.theexpertinstitute.com/case-studies/neurology-expert-witness-advises-on-delay.../June 10,2014/Faiza Patten]
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