If you have been in a serious accident and suffered an undiagnosed dehydration, it could have led to a brain injury or death. Any time that a person is injured in a car accident, it can exacerbate the injury with a serious brain injury. In those cases, it is necessary for the treating physician to ensure that the person does not also suffer dehydrating results as a consequence of a personal injury leading to a brain injury. It is important to maintain fluids in someone with an accident, which can lead to a critical brain injury. The amount of fluid volumes infused into the brain injured person, as well as the tonicity of maintenance fluids is critical to managing a brain injury once the personal injury turns into a brain injury as well. A careful assessment of the victim of an accident needs to be monitored for dehydration, to prevent a brain injury. The monitoring needs to be performed and the individual needs to be watched constantly in a 24 hour period, to ensure that there is no risk of a fluid overload or impending death, for someone who becomes dehydrated after a serious accident with personal injuries.
Why Do People After an Accident Need Fluid Management to Prevent a Brain Injury?
It is necessary to manage the fluid of a brain injured person, to maintain enough cerebral blood flow and oxygenation of the individual, after a serious personal injury. The fluid tonicity is necessary to be monitored, and tissue oedema can result if there are oxygen diffusion impairments in that brain injured individual. The management of fluids in a personally injured person is considered to be basic types of care for an individual after an accident to avoid a brain injury, and to improve systemic circulation for an accident injured individual. There are specific guidelines to manage the care for a person with a serious accident who develops a brain injury, such as with:
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Fluid management in critically ill brain injured people
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Managing care for subarachnoid hemorrhaging people
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Managing care for intracerebral hemorrhaging people
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Managing care for ischemic stroke people
If you were in a hospital, clinic or urgent care setting and your fluids were not properly monitored after an accident that resulted in a brain injury, then you need to call us today. Additionally, if you developed a condition of dehydration from an accident resulting in a brain injury that was not properly assessed, you can call us now at Normandie Law Firm at 800.790.5422.
Why Is It Important to Manage Dehydration in Someone with a Brain Injury?
If a person has a serious accident who becomes dehydrated and it leads to a brain injury, it is important to manage fluids. This is because a person with a serious accident and later a brain injury can be susceptible to problems related to:
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Intravascular volume
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Electrolyte
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Osmotic disturbances
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Central neuroendocrine disturbances
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Sodium homeostasis
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Cerebral edema
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Cytotoxic edema
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ATP depletion
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Mitochondrial dysfunction
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Disrupted endothelial tight junctions
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Ionic edema
Dehydration of the body is a serious condition, and it is easy to see why this condition needs to be taken seriously every time that it happens. When our bodies don’t have enough hydration, the bodily organs can start to shut down one at a time, in order to try to save the person’s life. The problem at that point, is that it might be impossible to reverse any of these system shut-downs, and that is where the real trouble will lie with a missed dehydration diagnosis. We will be there for you when you call us now, and you can get the access to a knowledgeable lawyer with experience in personal injuries from missed and failed diagnoses of serious conditions such as dehydration of the body after an accident or loss.
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We can give you a free second opinion case review, with our experienced lawyers at the Normandie Law Firm. If you have had a failed diagnosis of dehydration that resulted in a brain injury, amputation or wrongful death of a loved one, you can feel comfortable talking to our legal team of attorneys who specialize in missed diagnosis and personal injuries. We will be there for you when you have deep questions regarding how your claim will work, and what will happen next when you file your lawsuit on the merits of your case. We will give you access to discuss your case with a lawyer with a firm specialty in managing, negotiating and winning cases for a full recovery compensation package for personal injuries after a missed or failed diagnosis. We are ready to go over your case with you, and there is never any money down that you need to give us before we will start to work with you. Just call us today to review your case with our experienced attorneys in Los Angeles at the Normandie Law Firm at 800.790.5422.
Can I Sue for Personal Injuries from a Failure to Diagnose and Treat Dehydration Resulting in a Brain Injury, Amputation or Wrongful Death?
Yes, we can sue for personal injuries from a failure to diagnose and treat dehydration that results in a brain injury, amputation or wrongful death. We will be able to talk to you and help you to understand the basics to the strategy of your claim. But that can only happen when you give us a call at our Los Angeles office of the Normandie Law Firm. We are ready to assist you and give you the legal advice you require, whereby our case lawyers can file a lawsuit on your behalf regarding the failed dehydration diagnosis that you experienced. Just make the call today to our case attorneys in Los Angeles, who can sue the at-fault parties for your loss.
Average Case Value of a Failure to Diagnose and Treat Dehydration After an Accident
The average case value of a failure to diagnose and treat dehydration after an accident will depend on the extent of the injuries sustained from the failed diagnosis. For example, if you received a permanent disability related to the claim, or are making a death claim, then the recovery compensation package will need to include any modifications you need going forward for daily living, additional treatments or surgical procedures that you may need in the future and any other related medical treatments or therapies, rehabilitation or pain management related to your claim. In general, your claim can range from $20,000 to $200,000 for an uncomplicated case, and $500,000 to over $5 million for a claim with complications and a permanent disability resulting from the missed dehydration diagnosis.
How Long Does It Take to Settle and to Get Paid on These Cases?
It can take 3-5 months for you to settle out your personal injury claim for a failure to treat dehydration in a simple case. But if your claim includes complications such as: brain injury, amputation or a death claim, it can take upwards of 8 months to a year to settle the claim. We are here to review your case with you and to answer any questions that you may have in relation to your personal injury claim.
Statute Of Limitations – How Long Do I Have to File a Lawsuit?
The statute of limitations in California for personal injury lawsuit filing is two years. You will want to call us today to review your failed diagnosis claim that resulted in personal injuries, so as not to miss the deadline parameters of these stated timeframes to recover your losses.
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References
van der Jagt, M. (2016). Fluid management of the neurological patient: a concise review. Critical Care (London, England), 20(1), 126. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1309-2.
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