Dr. Christopher L.
Yelp
Beware their young, inexperienced, much too casual-minded hospitalists who appear to have difficulties with reading clinical histories and listening to the valuable opinions of family members versed in their loved one's medical backgrounds and complications. All of my husband's medical records specify a single, yet very concerning allergy: namely, to Vancomycin administered IV, even when set at a quite slow setting. Also, I forewarned several members of the Adventist medical team of the considerable seriousness of this particular allergy And that even a slowed down drip will not preclude a dramatic allergic response.
We first learned of this allergy (before what happened recently at Adventist Shady Grove Hospital) when my husband Chris was a patient in the Naval Hospital Bethesda, MD (now called Walter Reed). He turned a shockingly red cover entirely from head to toes that entered and hurt his ears, mouth, and anus; it entirely surrounded his eye lids; and went fully over his genitals. His reaction was so severe the Nat. Inst. of Health assigned an expert to capture dozens of medical photographs of this remarkable case as well as sending a bevy of doctors in training to see and not forget what is casually known as Red Man's Syndrome (RMS). Additionally, my husband was examined And evaluated by dozens of his fellow colleagues at Bethesfs and designated the case of the quarter. For about six to seven days he suffered from terrible itching, dried up skin, ongoing discomfort, and relentless pain around his eyelids that kept his eyes closed for extraordinarily extenuated daytime hrs. He quickly learned that the notoriety following the IV antibiotic RMS wasn't worth any cost of fellow colleagues, those who were inside-house fellows who teased visited and thought to tease him him. The teasing didn't last long when they either researched RMS or queried Chris about his considerable discomfort. He ate so little b/c of the soreness and tenderness in his mouth he lost ten pounds in under a week.
Now imagine my utter disgust at Adventist's completely misguided, harming decision to entirely overlook the sole allergy response in the medical records of Dr. Christopher Lissner, a clinical microbiologist, for a condition the hospitalist was not even entirely sure if the patient had pneumonia or not. Any number of newer and safe for this patient are antibiotics doable and a welcome choice. it is unfathomable to me, our family, friends, not to mention his primary care physician, and two other of Dr. Lissner's doctors that Adventist's hospitalist made such a moronic decision. This decision was made all the worse given that I had to show the medical team the red coloration that was galloping apace over my husband's body AND, despite that demonstration with extremely rid eyelids, the IV Vancomycin was not immediately discontinued, but instead was dripped for at least three full days. Then. When the hospitalist finally understood his grievous error, he had to counter the problem with a large steroid dose added to the patient's many medication list. For a man suffering from critical confusion, this doctor-delivered craziness and outright stupidity only added to the worsening and needless complications to my husband's care, health, suffering, and confusion. Furthermore, I repeatedly told the hospitalist plus members of the nursing teams as well as having left messages indicating the absolute need for another medical approach. But, INSTEAD, the Hospitalist entirely ignored me and my husband's earlier hospital records and took his time eventually continuing with but slowing a little more the vancomycin drip.
What adds to this infuriating situation is the hospitalist telling me when the RMS was concluded, another hospitality had decided to discharge my husband despite my request for a neurology consultation that I found irresponsible. me that Red Man's lSyndrome is merely a mild rash and not a concerning condition. In truth RMS can cause fever and chills, plus dizziness and agitation, the latter pair of outcomes are undesirable outcomes in a patient already struggling with confusion and mobility issues. Moreover, in severe cases hypotension can result, which was the very reason for his last two Adventist hospitalizations, including this one with Vancomycin IV. It is insulting and infuriating hearing the hospitalist very easily dismiss my husband's sense of discomfort with his casual assessment that RMS is just a mild flush, an inconsequential rash, particularly when knowing an anaphylactic reaction may occur with RMS and anything approaching such a reaction must be readied for. Combine this possibility with the hypotension that brought my husband into Adventist's Emergency and that RMS's effect is a reason for wariness and readiness, you can see my fears for this Hospital failing my husband again. Be wary of Adventist; their hospitists are inexperienced and lose cannons.
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