Heel Pressure Injury Case Filed in Virginia: Second Amputation and Serious Disability

“Of the 19 (48%) patients who were ambulatory prior to bilateral amputation, only 2 (11%) remained ambulatory after the second amputation, while 17 (89%) patients lost ambulatory capabilities,” states Dr. Helene Henson, M.D., Michael E. DeBakey, VA Medical Center, Houston, TX. What did Dr. Henson report in “Ambulation and independence among Veterans with nontraumatic bilateral [...]

2024-11-07T20:20:41-07:00October 28th, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

‘Never Event’ x 2 Filed Against Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital-St. Joseph Campus

“List of Serious Reportable Events (aka ” Never Events” ) … 4F. Any Stage III, Stage IV, and unstageable pressure ulcer acquired after admission/presentation to a healthcare setting … 5D. Patient death or serious injury associated with the use of physical restraints or bedrails while being cared for in a healthcare setting,” according to the [...]

2024-11-07T20:09:57-07:00October 21st, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Wheelchair: Means for Mobility versus Means to a Stage IV Ischial Decubitus

“The effect of comorbidities on the location showed, among those with comorbidities beyond spinal cord injury, sacral ulcers were the most common primary ulcers, whereas ischial ulcers accounted for nearly 90% of all the recurrent ulcers. In patients without significant additional incapacitations, there were no differences in ulcer location in either primary or recurrent ulcers," [...]

2024-10-24T00:50:39-07:00October 20th, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Hospitalists Hit with Decubitus Ulcer Lawsuit

“Sick patients require constant care. The risks of fatigue and burnout mandate that one person cannot and should not do it all. To enable the best outcomes and the most sophisticated management, a reliable system of care is needed," asserts Dr. Bruce Gewertz, MD. Department of Surgery Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. Dr. Greg Vigna, [...]

2024-10-08T18:00:04-07:00October 2nd, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Gaylord Specialty Hospital Hit with ‘Never Event’ Pressure Injury Lawsuit

“I was the medical director of a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTAC), a licensure that provides a path to payment for the management of flaps and other reconstructive surgeries for patients with serious bedsores. Gaylord Specialty Hospital should be in the business of fixing serious bedsores, and not part of the national epidemic of hospital-acquired [...]

2024-10-08T17:57:56-07:00September 30th, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

HCA Virginia Health System: Hit with Unstageable Pressure Wound ‘Never Event’ Lawsuit

“Unstageable pressure wound, decubitus ulcer, also referred to as a bedsore is a ‘Never Event’ according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This means that the care rendered at bedside at this hospital is broken. If care at bedside is broken, the hospital is likely broken, as care at bedside is the [...]

2024-10-08T17:55:55-07:00September 28th, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Vigna Law Group: Heel Decubitus Ulcer Case Filed in Virginia

“As a practicing rehabilitation physician in skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals, I would provide orientation to new physical therapists and nurses to prevent pressure injuries to the heel. I would order arterial studies for patients admitted with heel sores, and proceed from there," states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney and wound care expert. [...]

2024-10-08T17:50:56-07:00September 22nd, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Decubitus Ulcers in the Elderly: Patient Selection for Surgical Cure

“Appropriate patient selection, debridement, and reconstruction with appropriate postoperative rehabilitation can be very beneficial in elderly patients," states Fatih Irmak, MD, Department of Plastic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey. What else did Dr. Irmak report in “Management and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Experience,” published in The Medical Bulletin of Sisli Etfal Hospital 2019; 53(1): 37-41?: “Although [...]

2024-09-11T20:19:22-07:00September 10th, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Medicare Beneficiaries with Stage 3 and Stage 4 Decubitus Ulcers

“Inappropriate transfers (to Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals (LTACHs) most commonly were for wound care (28%), intravenous medication infusions (28%)” says Ross C. Schumacher, MD. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national decubitus ulcer attorney, retired Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician states, “I doubt Dr. Schumacher is saying that the two or three hundred patients we admitted with [...]

2024-06-20T18:18:08-07:00April 13th, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments

Stage 3 and Stage 4 Decubitus Ulcers: Conservative Management is Ineffective

“Conservative management is ineffective for stage III or IV pressure sores, and plastic surgery to create flap coverage of the sore becomes inevitable” states Chun-Yu Chen, MD, plastic surgeon. What else did Dr. Chen report in “Surgical Treatment and Strategy in Patients with Pressure Sores” published in Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Oct 30, 99(44): 223022? “The [...]

2024-06-20T18:14:32-07:00April 12th, 2024|Decubitus Ulcer, News|0 Comments
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