Girl dies after getting dental treatment

[myjaja]

CHICAGO - A 5-year-old Chicago girl who never awoke from her sedation during a visit to the dentist died Wednesday at Children's Memorial Hospital, a hospital official said.

Kindergartner Diamond Brownridge had been in a coma and on life support since the weekend dentist visit, said Julie Pesch, a spokeswoman for Children's Memorial Hospital.

Family members have said Diamond received a triple dose of sedatives ? an oral agent, an intravenous drug and nitrous oxide gas ? during Saturday's exam at Little Angel Dental. The girl was having two cavities filled and caps placed on her lower front teeth.

The girl's mother, Ommettress Travis, has said she was asked to leave the room during the half-hour procedure. When she returned, her daughter was lying in the dental chair, not breathing, Travis said.

The girl's dentist, Hicham Riba, was certified to administer anesthesia to patients and his state license was current, said Susan Hofer, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Speaking to the Chicago Sun-Times before the girl died, the 40-year-old Riba said he was traumatized by what happened. "I don't think I will ever go back to a normal life after an experience like this," he said.

The telephone rang unanswered at Riba's home Wednesday night.

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Poor girl

 

[Heisenberg]

Sad, but no anesthesia is 100% safe even if administered properly.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Sad, but no anesthesia is 100% safe even if administered properly.

Yeah, there's always some risk when they put you under... sad.

I hope this doesn't turn into yet another lawsuit.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Sad, but no anesthesia is 100% safe even if administered properly.

Yeah, there's always some risk when they put you under... sad.

I hope this doesn't turn into yet another lawsuit.

sure it will. sadly people do not read what they sign (you do sign a waiver when being put under).

i do feel for the parents though. odds on this happening are low =(

 

[TraumaRN]

Why would he sedate a little girl *that* much......

Christ she could have gotten .5mg of versed plus nitrous and a local around her gums for the same effect.....

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Sad, but no anesthesia is 100% safe even if administered properly.

Yeah, there's always some risk when they put you under... sad.

I hope this doesn't turn into yet another lawsuit.

It will, and rightfully so. The triple anesthesia seems a little excessive.

 

[halik]

how does a 5 year old get 2 cavities?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: halik
how does a 5 year old get 2 cavities?

bad parenting.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Why would he sedate a little girl *that* much......

What I was thinking.....

What a tragic loss for the family.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Why would he sedate a little girl *that* much......

Christ she could have gotten .5mg of versed plus nitrous and a local around her gums for the same effect.....

a tiny bit of Lidocaine would do the job... what was the last time you heard of someone getting general anasthesia to fill caps?

 

[ChaoZ]

Man, I didn't even know you could die that way.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: halik
how does a 5 year old get 2 cavities?

blame M&Ms...


anyways, I feel bad for the dentist too.... I mean, he was operating on a dead person without knowing. I sincerely hope he will not follow what the two ex-Sago miners did.

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Sad, but no anesthesia is 100% safe even if administered properly.

Yeah, there's always some risk when they put you under... sad.

I hope this doesn't turn into yet another lawsuit.

It will, and rightfully so. The triple anesthesia seems a little excessive.

When I had my wisdom teeth out I got Versed/Propofol IV push and then Nitrous, and then a local nerve block. It's not that excessive as you think....however, on a child that smal you need small small doses! Probably accidently ODed the girl.

 

[schneiderguy]

putting her to sleep to fill two cavaties?

wouldnt some novacaine have been enough?

 

[Kalvin00]

Wow. That is so sad

 

[mrrman]

can you say lawsuit

 

[mlm]

Scary, I was put under at that age to have four teeth pulled and two teeth capped.

(my parents let me drink too much Coke)

 

[iliopsoas]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Why would he sedate a little girl *that* much......

Christ she could have gotten .5mg of versed plus nitrous and a local around her gums for the same effect.....

triple dose of sedatives ? an oral agent, an intravenous drug and nitrous oxide gas

Sounds about right to me.

 

[Slew Foot]

When giving anesthesia for dental procedures, I usually start out with a small does of midazolam and follow it up with a bolus of propofol about a minute before the dentist puts the local block in, the propofol wears off and the local block prevents any pain while the midazolam keeps them sedated through the usually short procedure.

 

[iliopsoas]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Why would he sedate a little girl *that* much......

Christ she could have gotten .5mg of versed plus nitrous and a local around her gums for the same effect.....

a tiny bit of Lidocaine would do the job... what was the last time you heard of someone getting general anasthesia to fill caps?

you've obviously never worked with kids in a healthcare setting. some of them can get pretty wild.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
When giving anesthesia for dental procedures, I usually start out with a small does of midazolam and follow it up with a bolus of propofol about a minute before the dentist puts the local block in, the propofol wears off and the local block prevents any pain while the midazolam keeps them sedated through the usually short procedure.

Would you give anesthesia to a 5yr old girl that was already sedated as stated above? Wouldn't that be extreme overkill?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: mrrman
can you say lawsuit

and rightfully so. why the hell would you put someone to sleep to fill 2 cavities?

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Why would he sedate a little girl *that* much......

Christ she could have gotten .5mg of versed plus nitrous and a local around her gums for the same effect.....

really? i've had that nose mask thing gassing me when i was a kid, it didn't put me to sleep. actually i hallucinated a little and tried to swat the dentists face, that angered him

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: mrrman
can you say lawsuit

and rightfully so. why the hell would you put someone to sleep to fill 2 cavities?

If the guy followed proper procedures, no lawsuit is justified. We don't know why he put her under, but it's a fair bet that it was a last resort. She's five years old, maybe she was screaming uncontrollably?

 

[andylawcc]

when I was a kid (age 8-10 I forgot), I literally kicked and screamed when them dentists tried to clean my teeth with some kind of really nasty tasting chemical. It took a whole team of them to hold me down and the whole procedure took 2 hours. My mom is still embarrassed about the incident. They did not sedate me... maybe they should.

but later on, at age 12, I had a tooth removed; the dentist gave me 2 syringe shots in the gum and that's all he did. Granted, I was still in pain as he yanked the tooth out. (the 2 shots hurted like hell though!)