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Screening criteria on Avandia cases:
1. The client must have suffered one of these conditions:
2. These conditions must have occurred no more than 30 days after the last dose of Avandia was ingested.
3. The client took at least 4mg per ingestion (there are 2mg, 4mg, and 8mg tablets, so if they had 2mg tablets, they had to take 2 tablets at a time)
4. The client is a not heavy smoker.
5. The client had no prior heart attacks or strokes.
Atty - Keith Griffin, kgriffin@girardikeese.com
Scty – Lupe White, lwhite@girardikeese.com
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Shahram A. Shayesteh, Esq. |
Screening criteria for Byetta cases:
1. Client suffered from acute pancreatitis while on Byetta.
2. Client is not suffering from pancreatic cancer.
Some general info:
Byetta is an injectable diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. This medication helps your pancreas produce insulin more efficiently. Byetta is used to treat type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes. Other diabetes medicines are sometimes used in combination with Byetta if needed.
Atty – Andre Sherman, asherman@girardikeese.com
Scty – Kerry Yancey, kyancey@girardikeese.com
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Shahram A. Shayesteh, Esq. |
Criteria for screening Cochlear Ear Implant cases:
1. The client must have a HiRes 90k or Clarion cochlear implant manufactured by Advanced Bionics.
2. The Astro Seal feedthru tube was used.
3. The device was implanted from 2003 to present.
4. Symptoms to look for:
a. Delays in hearing
b. Popping sounds
c. Crackling sounds
d. Shocks/pain in the head/face
e. The implant turns on/off without warning
f. Your child is not telling you that the batteries on the implant need charging
g. Your child is turning the implant off
In case you’re wondering what this is:
The cochlear implant is often referred to as a bionic ear. Unlike hearing aids, the cochlear implant does not amplify sound, but works by directly stimulating any functioning auditory nerves inside the cochlea with an electric field. External components of the cochlear implant include a microphone, speech processor and an RF transducer or primary headpiece coil.
Atty – Amanda Kent, akent@girardikeese.com
Scty – Tracey Faust, tfaust@girardikeese.com
MORE ABOUT COCHLEAR EAR IMPLANTS
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Shahram A. Shayesteh, Esq. |
Criteria for Pain Pump cases:
1. Tube from pump must be inserted into the glenohumeral joint space, NOT outside joint space and NOT in the subacromial joint space.
2. Client suffered cartilage damage, sometimes referred to as PAGCL, chondromalacia, chondrolysis, adhesive capsulitis, or “frozen shoulder.”
3. Medication used in pain pump would be a “caine” such as Marcaine or Sensorcaine. It would not be a narcotic, such as Morphine or Dilaudid.
Some more general info:
The pain pump is designed to deliver medication directly to the surgical wound site or in close proximity to the nerves associated with the surgical area for post-operative pain management. The pain pump infuses the medication at an hourly flow rate or combination of an hourly flow rate and controlled bolus doses.
A recent study published by The American Journal of Sports Medicine identified intra-articular pain pumps (aka post-operative pain pumps) as the likely cause of a condition known as chondrolysis.
Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis (PAGCL) is a specific type of chondrolysis that is associated with pain pumps and shoulder surgery.
Anyone who has used a pain pump to regulate pain following shoulder, knee, hip, ankle or back surgery may have a case if they are experiencing any of the following symptoms:
Atty – Robert Keese (no email)
Scty – Grace Fujioka, gfujioka@girardikeese.com
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Shahram A. Shayesteh, Esq. |
Screening criteria for Yaz, AKA Yasmin or Ocella, cases:
1. Client has to have clot injury while on drug, such as heart attack, stroke, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis
2. Client does not have gallbladder injury; we are not interested in those.
FYI, Yaz, Yasmin or Ocella are birth control pills, but can also be prescribed for:
Atty – Amy Solomon, asolomon@girardikeese.com
Scty – Laura Evans, levans@girardikeese.com
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Shahram A. Shayesteh, Esq. |
Screening criteria on Zimmer Durom Cup (hip implant) cases:
1. Make sure it is the Zimmer Durom Cup hip implant as opposed to a different Zimmer hip implant.
2. The Durom Cup was marketed from June, 2006 to July, 2008, so if it was implanted more than a year before or after that time, it’s likely not a Durom Cup.
3. If the client is still not sure, the client should go to the hospital where their first hip replacement surgery took place and request the medical records for their hospital stay for the first hip replacement surgery (they are entitled to these records upon request). In the records, there is an Implant Sheet, Implant Record, or Operative Report that will identify the Durom Cup Hip Implant (also called a “Metasul Durom Acetabular Component”). Implant Sheets often have the device’s label sticker on them, with identifying info. For example, the sticker may say:
REF 01.00214.162 EDI: 0100214162
LOT 2316376
Metasul Durom Acetabular Component
I know this is a little complicated, but there are hundreds of implants out there and dozens by Zimmer, so it’s necessary to thoroughly screen out these cases. If the client does not have the Zimmer Durom Cup hip implant, they do not have a case. Thanks.
Atty – David Bigelow, dbigelow@girardikeese.com
Scty – Kerry Yancey, kyancey@girardikeese.com
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Shahram A. Shayesteh, Esq. |