Dr. TRENTON T ROTH, MD Medical Malpractice Cases, Lawsuits, and Complaints

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Phycicians Practice Address

Dr. TRENTON T ROTH, MD

1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd

Lakeland, FL

33805

Polk

Court Case #

Indemnity Paid: $200,000.00

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Department File Number :	M201783933
Claim Number :	WC/105833-16
Date Submitted :	12/29/2017

Insurer Information

Insurer Name				Coverage Type
Watson Clinic LLP				Primary
Insurer FEIN		Professional License Number
59-070493
Insurer Contact Information
Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	Diane			Szymanski
Street Address
1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd
City				State	Zip
Lakeland				FL	33805
Phone	Ext	Fax	E-Mail Address
(863) 680 - 7620		(863) 616 - 2430	aszymanski@watsonclinic.com

Insured Information

Type	First Name		MI	Last Name
Individual	TRENTON		T	ROTH
Insurer Type		Street Address of Practice
Self-Insurer		1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd
City		State	Zip Code	County
Lakeland		FL	33805	Polk
Policy Number		Per Claim Policy Limits		Aggregate Policy Limits
PH1605501-PL		$2,000,000		$18,000,000
Profession or Business			Other Profession or Business
Other			ARNP and CRNA
License Number		Specialty Code & Classification		Certification Number
ARNP9334863

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Injured Person Information

First Name	MI	Last Name		Date of Birth

Street Address			Gender	County where Injury Occurred
			M	Polk
City			State	Zip Code

Location where injury occured		Other location where injury occured
Hospital Inpatient Facility
Name of Institution		Code
Lakeland Regional Medical Center		100157
Location of Institutional Injury		Other Location of Institutional Injury
Operating Suite
Date of Occurrence		Date Reported to Insurer
3/2/2016		6/21/2017

Diagnostic Information

Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition
Hypotension and bradycardia secondary to colonoscopy.
Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury
Colonoscopy procedure performed March 2, 2016 without incident and the patient was stable during the 18 minute procedure. Approximately 4-5 minutes after the scope was removed the patient developed hypotension which ws treated with ephedrine and phenylephrine and the patient's blood pressure rapidly improved. The supervising anesthesiologist was notified and was present to assist. A few minutes later the patient developed hypotension and bradycardia which during this time the patient was being paced by his internal device. Additional ephedrine, phenylephrine was administered given the fact the patient had mitral regurgitation and was likely developing right-sided heart failure. The patient was intubated without difficulty but over the next few seconds he failed to improve rapidly. Although the patient had a palpable pulse, he had a dusky appearance and low ETC02. Concerns at that moment was that complete cardiovascular collapse was imminent if there was not rapid improvement to his perfusion and cardiac output. Chest compressions and 1mg of epinephrine was administered to which the patient immediately had a return of normal ETC02, BP in the 120's, and improved color. Patient was then transported from OR directly to ICU and after the first 24 hours patient had cough and gag reflex. After 48 hours patient was withdrawing from painful stimuli but no waking up. Patient ultimately was transferred to Palliative Care unit with terminal extubation on March 9, 2016 and subsequent death.
Diagnostic Code :
Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition
Not applicable. This claim did not involve a misdiagnosis.
Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim
73 year old with multiple co-morbidities and cardiac clearance was scheduled for colonoscopy procedure. Patient developed hypotension and bradycardia within minutes of scope removal at the end of the procedure. Patient required emergency treatment and resuscitation. patient never fully recovered and was ultimately transferred to the Palliative Care Unit with terminal extubation and subsequent death.
Severity Of Injury
Permanent: Death.

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Report

Legal Information

Date of Suit			Circuit Court Case Number
			*NR
County Suit Filed in			Date of Final Disposition
*NR			11/28/2017
Other Defendants Involved in this Claim
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
Stage of Legal System at which Settlement was Reached or Award Made
Within the pre-suit period as set forth in 766.106 (more than 90 days before suit is filed).
Final Method of Claim Disposition
Settled by parties
Court Decision			Other
No Court Proceedings.
Arbitration
Claim not subject to Arbitration.
Date of Payment
11/28/2017

Financial Information

Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff?

Yes

Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured

$200,000

Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel

$11,257

All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid

$5,688

Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss

Deductible

Injured Person's Total Economic Loss

	Incurred to Date	Anticipated
Medical Expense	$0	$0
Wage Loss	$0	$0
Other Expenses	$0	$0

Safety Management Steps Taken by Insured to Make Similar Occurrence Less Likely

Circumstances of event reviewed with individual parties involved.

Updates

No updates found.

*NR: Prior to 04/28/1999 this field was not required in submitted claims.

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