[CedarDave]

The parents obtained the records from Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock where their child died on Feb. 26. Much more at the link.

This is a follow-up to my earlier thread Parents of girl who died after measles infection said they wouldn't get MMR vaccine (West Texas family). Hat tip to Basket_of_Deplorables

[metmom]

It wasn’t the measles after all.

Imagine that.

That’ll be a disappointment to the vaxxers. Now they won’t have a case to point to to condemn parents who choose to not have their kids vaccinated.

[CedarDave]

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[Chewbarkah]

Horrible situation — may the parents find some sort of solace in getting the truth out.

[DouglasKC]

NOthing to do with lack of vaccine as the previous stories wanted us to believe.

[fireman15]

Medical malpractice kills an incredible number of people. It is responsible for many more deaths than what is commonly recognized because it is always covered up whenever possible.

[Flaming Conservative]

DEI strikes again? Remember, 50% of doctors graduate in the bottom half of their class. ( This used to be a distinction without a difference, but since medical schools started allowing DEI students, LORD only knows who they’ve graduated).

[George from New England]

Did her stay in a hospital for a few days cause her to pickup this death wish ?

[Chickensoup]

Thank you for finding this. I tried to explain what I had read on a other thread

[Chickensoup]

I have never seen or heard of such a bald statement in a medical review. My guess is that she had a very bad physician treating her and the reviewer and the hospital are after the the treating physician’s license.

[fella]

Medical Error is one of the leading causes of death.

[exDemMom]

Viral infections increase susceptibility to bacterial infections.

In addition, measles can damage or destroy the immune system, wiping out past immunity and leaving the person unable to mount proper immune responses during future infections or immunizations. Measles also causes deafness and blindness and can return several years later to cause an encephalitis that is invariably fatal.

It’s a shame the kid wasn’t vaccinated. This death did not need to happen. And I have to say that I seriously do not understand the depth of belief in antivax nonsense that leads parents to conclude that even though they just lost a child to a disease that is 93% preventable with a vaccine, they still won’t protect their other kids against disease. Unbelievable.

[Openurmind]

Medicine is now against antivaxers. They will let you die from other causes just because you did not comply with the official Vax mandates. You can see their faces change to hate as soon as you tell them you have not been vaxed for covid when they ask.

[sauropod]

This breaks my heart.

[DugwayDuke]

“He added, “When I say it has little to do with measles, secondary bacterial pneumonias can happen after any viral infection.””

Nothing like mental contortions to ignore the fact that had the girl not contacted measels she wouldn’t have the backterial infection that lead to her death.

[caddie]

Ignorant for this physician to blame the ER doctor. Not a clear cut error.

Children DO present to ER with MRSA pneumonia, though it is not common.

The risk of MRSA pneumonia INCREASES in cases where the child has a preceding viral infection, especially influenza A.

The antibiotic coverage (cephalosporin and vancomycin) was reasonable, especially if the patient had a preceding measles infection, for the above reason.

The physician doing the condemning has an agenda.

Coverage with a broad spectrum antibiotic and vancomycin is reasonable.

Question: What was the bug that was cultured that killed the child? Does anyone even know? Was it not covered by the given antibiotics?

EVEN IF the causative organism was resistant to the antibiotics chosen by the ER doctor, then, you probably still could not make the case that the care was substandard.

HARD LESSON: Children who are immunosuppressed following a deadly measles infection and who get a secondary bacterial pneumonia are still at risk of dying EVEN if they receive the macrolide (azithromycin) that the condemning doctor advocates.

This child could have died even if he or she had received every antibiotic in the USP.

This is not necessarily a medical error.

[LastDayz]

Whelp..... it’s called a practice for a reason.... to practice on US guinea pigs then go “oopsie” when things go sideways.

Physician heal thyself comes to mind.