Maryland dentist causes anesthesia overdose death (with a twist)

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Maryland oral surgeon convicted of murder in death of girlfriend who overdosed on anesthetic drugs

"He watched her deteriorate before his eyes," the prosecutor told jurors.
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"An autopsy found that Harris died of intoxication from ketamine, propofol and diazepam."

Ryan faces a maximum of 55 years in prison

I'm assuming he got these drugs from his dental office.
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TheLoneWolf said:
Again just goes to show what happens when you put our stuff into the hands of anyone who is not an anesthesiologist. They know just enough to be both confident and dangerous.
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I remember one of the dentists on sdn claim they were experts in sedation because they always dealt with laryngospasm 💩🤡
 
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coffeebythelake said:
I remember one of the dentists on sdn claim they were experts in sedation because they always dealt with laryngospasm 💩🤡
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The oral surgeons love to espouse this nonsense. They honestly believe that they are better than anesthesiologists.
 
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coffeebythelake said:
I remember one of the dentists on sdn claim they were experts in sedation because they always dealt with laryngospasm 💩🤡
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This lady weighed 83 lbs and was very depressed it sound like. This wasn't really a one off laryngospasm issue. Something very different, much worse
 
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This lady weighed 83 lbs and was very depressed it sound like. This wasn't really a one off laryngospasm issue. Something very different, much worse
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If he was going to use his weak anesthesia skills for evil, feeding his girlfriends drug addiction with anesthestic drugs, the least he could do is monitor for hypoxemia, hypercarbia, hypotension, the other common reasons why patients have bad outcomes with sedation.
 
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It wasn’t malpractice or an office accident, thus the murder conviction. He brought home an IV pole, IV supplies, and drugs. It appears that he sometimes administered the drugs to her and sometimes she administered the drugs to herself.



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Surgeon charged with murder for supplying girlfriend with anesthesia

James Ryan, 48, was arrested by cops at his Germantown, Maryland, practice and held in jail without bond Tuesday, after Sarah Harris' overdose death.
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nimbus said:
It wasn’t malpractice or an office accident, thus the murder conviction. He brought home an IV pole, IV supplies, and drugs. It appears that he sometimes administered the drugs to her and sometimes she administered the drugs to herself.



www.dailymail.co.uk

Surgeon charged with murder for supplying girlfriend with anesthesia

James Ryan, 48, was arrested by cops at his Germantown, Maryland, practice and held in jail without bond Tuesday, after Sarah Harris' overdose death.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
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He was her drug dealer and he was paid through their relationship.
 
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coffeebythelake said:
The surgeon died in his early 40s from a "heart attack". Probably drug related.
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From the CBS article:

No one could have predicted the next bizarre twist in this story. Five years after Lesa died and with his appeal still pending, Koulis was found dead at a friends apartment.

Toxicology reports just released list the cause of death as bronchial pneumonia due to opiate intoxication; a drug overdose.
 
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coffeebythelake said:
The surgeon died in his early 40s from a "heart attack". Probably drug related.
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I saw that. He didn’t serve any time and his lawyer wants his conviction to be vacated. I guess the lawyer wants that one in his win column.
 
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TheLoneWolf said:
From the CBS article:

No one could have predicted the next bizarre twist in this story. Five years after Lesa died and with his appeal still pending, Koulis was found dead at a friends apartment.

Toxicology reports just released list the cause of death as bronchial pneumonia due to opiate intoxication; a drug overdose.
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What’s bronchial pneumonia due to opiate intoxication.
Aspiration? Inflammation due to opiate? Not apnea?

Just wondering.
 
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