MedPage Today September 4, 2021
— CMS needs to strengthen, not erode, reporting standards and other safety measures
At the age of 15, my son, Lewis, died due to treatable surgical complications. Following a routine elective surgery, he developed signs of sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection. Like most patients in postsurgical distress, Lewis deteriorated slowly. As he became weaker and weaker over the course of many hours, his bedside caregivers downplayed the significance of his mounting pain and unstable vital signs. Finally, his blood pressure became undetectable and he went into cardiac arrest, from which he could not be saved. My son’s death, like thousands of others, was preventable.
Lewis was a brilliant child, bursting with promise. And like most bereaved parents, his father...
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