Mirena Iud Case Study

Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US, right behind heart disease and cancer. More than 200,000 people die annually as a result of diagnostic mistakes and negligence by healthcare professionals (Washingtonpost, 2016). In the healthcare industry, even the smallest mistakes and oversight could lead to severe consequences for both the patient and professionals. A healthcare professional would be held liable for any discrepancies that causes harm. The following case will analyze the ethical issue and negligence that lead to the death of an elderly woman.

One of the most common side effects of the implant is irregular bleeding. The woman can spot or can begin to have longer and heavier periods. In addition, the implant can cause a woman to have breast pain (caused by the high levels of progesterone), headaches, nausea, weight gain, and ovarian cysts. Women who should avoid getting this form of birth control are women who have breast cancer. They should not take this form of birth control because this type of cancer is related to sensitivity of progesterone. Lastly, if a woman has vaginal bleeding that is unexplained, she should not use this form of birth control because the implant can cause the woman to spot, therefore, when she spots, it will be hard to tell if it is from the implant or from some other unexplained

On enquiry Sue told me that she used Depo- Provera injections for contraception and dysmenorrhoea and consequently did not menstruate. She also denied any spotting of blood. Her last injection was given in practice 40 days previously and by reviewing her notes I could see her history showed timely attendance

On March 26, 2008, Hughes filed an initial grievance against Boston Scientific in the district court of Mississippi, seeking recovery of injuries allegedly caused by the HTA medical device. A summary judgment was awarded to Boston Scientific on the court’s conclusion that all claims made by Hughes are preempted under the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq. On

On 7/6/15 worker visited the residence of Mrs. Ruby Stoker, to, forfor the purpose of assessing her current situation. Mrs. Stoker greeted worker at the door wearing a nightgown. The home was clean, clutter and odor free. Ms. Stoker stated she was not feeling very well and asked if she could lay in bed and worker ask her questions. When Ms. Stoker lay down on the bed, she began shacking profusely. She stated the shaking was a result of DELETEbeing without her medication. She also reported having diarrhea and vomiting. According to Ms. Stoker, she has been without medicine since July 1, 2015 Wednesday. When asked if she ran out of medicine often Ms. Stoker replied no. She then handed worker a bag full of empty bubble wrapped pills from Cordova

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An experienced nurse Julie Thao was taking care of 16-yeas old Jasmine Gant who was about t give a birth. Thao is accused of making a mistake that had terrible and tragic result on the life of a pregnant teenage, unborn child, Gant’s family, health care, and Thao’s life. Thao mistakenly gave Gant an epidural anesthetic intravenously instead of an IV antibiotic for a strep infection. Within minutes of receiving the epidural IV, Gant suffered seizures and died. Her child, a boy, was delivered by emergency Caesarean section and survived. So what caused this tragedy to happen? According to investigation, Thao improperly removed the epidural bag from a locked storage system without authorization, she did not scan the bar code, which would have told

November, 1999 brought about a release of a report prepared by the prestigious National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine (IOM) making medical mistakes and their magnitude of the risks to patients receiving hospital care to common public knowledge. The IOM concluded that between 44,000-98,000 deaths occur annually because of medical errors. Among a general agreement was that system deficiencies were the most important factor in the problem and not incompetent or negligent physicians and other caregivers (Sultz & Young, 2010). An excellent example of a system deficiency that leads to a crisis and sentinel event was the highly publicized overdose of Heparin to Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins in 2007.

Elana Needle, an adjunct social work professor at New York University, was suddenly faced with the challenge of finding affordable health insurance. After being laid off from her full time job as a data systems director for a national non-profit and an inability to afford the expensive insurance packages offered to adjunct professors, she reached out to our field organizer Liza Lederer-Plaskett for help. “I knew she was an advocate for women’s healthcare rights”, Needle recalled, “She gave me the Community Service Society’s number where I was able to find a navigator”.

Over the past 20 years there has been many high profile cases both with children and with adults that has resulted in Enquiries and Serious Case Reviews Some of these cases have received heavy media attention and have shaped quality assurance, policy, regulation and inspection is completed and conducted.

Some side effects of these drugs are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, and/or dizziness. If the side effects continue after the first 24 hours, medical attention is required because there can be serious medical problems. Bleeding and severe cramps are expected during the process. Bleeding and spotting may last for more than the next 30 days. Sometimes, the bleeding has needed to be stopped by surgery. Other serious side

According to (Drug watch, 2016), possible other side effects are organ perforation and device expulsion make the device risky. The FDA tried to reach Bayer the manufacturer of Mirena of the false advertisement and the dangers of the (IUD). From these risky measures of selling the Mirena Intrauterine Device (IUD) it’s still on the market. As (Drug watch, 2016) mentions, women injured by the IUD filed lawsuits against Bayer. It’s still a known and convenient birth control device on the market and it should be permanently banned for the dangerous

Another common contraceptive is IUDs, which are even more at risk with STDs and pelvic inflammatory disease. Not just that, but it also weakens your immune system that helps fight viruses. As well as causing a delay in a woman's menstrual cycle, unusual spotting, heavy discharge, or infections. One of the most harmful side effects comes with hormonal contraceptives. Women have to be alert and attentive with the contraceptive. If women are not cautious with some of the hormonal birth control such as an oral contraceptive, it could lead to a serious blockage of to the heart that could cause a heart attack (Draper 321). Women have to be as careful about this contraceptive that she has to go to a health care provider frequently to make sure everything is going well. When the woman’s does not take care of themselves, it also leads to problems with the women hormones called Progestin and Estrogen. London Draper is shown on a table that it can lead to depression, jaundice, fatigue, hypertension, headaches, Hirsutism, weight gain, acne/oily skin and so many more side effects (321).

According to Professor Janet E. Smith, “98% of all women ages 15-44 have used some type of birth control.” Birth control is not something most women think hard about taking. In today’s society, many people rather take the easy way out of most situations. Instead of dealing with short term pain they rather seize it immediately without paying attention to the long-term effects. Birth Control is used for many different reasons such as preventing pregnancy, clearing acne and stopping heavy blood flow. Once women see what good it does for them they do not even pay attention to the bad, which is where those long-term effects come in. Some harmful side effects of birth control are weight gain, heavy bleeding, and Osteoporosis. Just like any other medication it can be helpful and harmful but in this case birth control is more harmful to a woman’s body than it is helpful.

Mirena side effects may include headaches, lower abdominal or back pain, infection, perforation, acne, breast tenderness, breakthrough hemorrhage, infection, periods may possibly discontinue after one year of use, mood changes, weight increase, and ovarian cysts. While using this hormonal IUD about 2/1,000 women become pregnant within the first year. Skyla is the latest type of IUD that is around at the moment, which was introduced as the third type of IUD in 2013, which in fact is very similar to the Mirena in many ways. Skyla can be used for up to 3 years, and it is also a hormonal releasing birth control. Skyla was marketed primarily for women who have not yet had children. Side effects of Skyla include bloating, nausea, headaches, and/or breast pain. Skyla is also smaller than other IUD’s which means that it is more at ease to insert.