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Hemodialysis & Peritoneal Dialysis Nursing Expert

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This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience as a hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis nurse. She is a licensed registered nurse in South Carolina, is certified by DaVita as a hemodialysis educator and peritoneal ...

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Nephrology Expert

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This highly qualified expert earned his Bachelor's degree from the City University of New York and his medical degree from the SUNY Downstate School of Medicine. He then pursued an internship and residency at the Albert Einstein School ...

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Nephrology and Nursing Expert

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This expert has been a practicing nurse for over 25 years. Nenita is currently a Certified Nephrology Nurse and has an active membership in the American Nephrology Nurses Association. She has presented on dialysis and renal disease at ...

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Peritoneal Dialysis Expert Witness Case Studies

Nurse Injures Dialysis Patient’s Port Causing Dangerous Bleed Out

Dec 21 2018 Peritoneal Dialysis

This case involves a dialysis patient who developed a scab at the site of his port. Upon arriving at dialysis, the scab was recognized and acknowledged by the patient and treating staff members. The patient requested not to use adhesive…

Medical, Medical Malpractice, Nursing

Peritoneal Dialysis Patient is Killed by Overfill of Intraperitoneal Volume

Oct 31 2017 Peritoneal Dialysis

This case involves a 52-year-old man who was receiving home peritoneal dialysis treatments after suffering from an acute kidney injury after a motorcycle accident. While undergoing dialysis he became ill and his daughter immediately rushed him to the hospital. However,…

Healthcare, Medical, Medical Malpractice

Dialysis Patient is Placed on Antibiotics Despite Known Allergy

Oct 31 2017 Peritoneal Dialysis

This case involves a 65-year-old woman with acute renal failure who underwent a kidney transplant. Prior to the transplant, the patient used a peritoneal dialysis catheter. She contracted pneumonia 6 months prior to the operation and was placed on antibiotics,…

Allergy and Immunology, Kidney, Medical

Delay of Cardiovascular Surgery Causes Multiple Amputations

Oct 31 2017 Peritoneal Dialysis

This case involves an elderly woman with a past medical history of diabetes and on peritoneal dialysis for end stage renal disease. She presented to a local hospital with complaints of lower abdominal pain. She was not seen immediately, but…

Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical

Peritoneal Dialysis Patient Suffers Bowel Perforation

Oct 31 2017 Peritoneal Dialysis

This case involves an elderly patient with end stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis who presented to the emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain and bleeding. He notified doctors that he had recently had his dialysis replaced. Combined with…

Dialysis Catheter, Emergency Medicine, Kidney

Doctors Fail to Diagnose Aneurysm in Peritoneal Dialysis Patient

Oct 31 2017 Peritoneal Dialysis

This case involves a 59 year old woman with a who was experiencing kidney failure and undergoing peritoneal dialysis. She presented to the ER with complaints of flank pain and was initially placed on pain medication until a CT scan…

Medical, Medical Malpractice, Pain

Patient Dies From Lack of Dialysis

Jul 27 2015 Peritoneal Dialysis

This case takes place in New York and involves an otherwise healthy male patient who suffered from kidney failure during a medical procedure, and as a result he was started on dialysis. He was transferred to a nursing care facility…

Kidney, Medical, Medical Malpractice

Infectious Disease Expert Advises On Infection Resulting In Amputation Of Both Arms

Dec 2 2014 Peritoneal Dialysis

This case involves a patient, located in Connecticut, who underwent a CT scan which revealed a loculated cyst, pseudocyst, or cryptic mass at the head of her pancreas. The patient reported severe back and stomach pain as well as vomiting…

Amputation, Cardiology, Infectious Disease and Communicable Disease

Transplant Surgeon Nicks Patient’s Ureter Causing Kidney Failure

Jun 3 2013 Peritoneal Dialysis

This case involves a forty-six-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with ovarian and kidney cancer after having used adult baby powder consistently for the past seven years. Surgery was performed to remove the renal mass and the malignant ovaries. During…

Kidney, Living-donor transplant, Nephrology

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