Appellant Sharon Sagon, individually and as executrix of the estate of Raymond M. Sagon, her deceased husband, filed suit against appellee Peachtree Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, P.A. “PCTS” for medical malpractice, wrongful death, negligent supervision, pain and suffering, and medical and funeral expenses associated with her husband’s death. Sagon alleged that PCTS’s physicians, nurses, and staff members negligently failed to assess, document, diagnose, and treat her husband’s post-operative pulmonary embolism condition, which resulted in his death. Following trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of PCTS and the trial court entered the final judgment accordingly. Sagon filed a motion for new trial and the trial court denied the motion. Sagon appeals, contending that a new trial is required since the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury as to the standard of care owed by PCTS’s non-physician employees. We discern no reversible error and affirm. Where the jury returns a verdict which the trial court enters as a judgment, the judgment must be affirmed on appeal if there is any evidence to support the verdict, because the jurors are the exclusive judges of the weight and credibility of the evidence. We must construe the evidence with every inference and presumption in favor of upholding the verdict. Citation and punctuation omitted. Moss v. Weiss , 275 Ga. App. 690 621 SE2d 807 2005. So viewed, the trial evidence showed that a physician at PCTS performed coronary artery bypass grafting surgery on Mr. Sagon on July 15, 2002. Mr. Sagon was discharged from the hospital three days after the surgery, with directions to follow up with his primary care physician and cardiologist, to return to PCTS for a follow up examination in 30 days, and to contact the PCTS office if he experienced any problems. Within three days after his discharge, the Sagons contacted PCTS and reported that Mr. Sagon had been crying, was anxious, and could not sleep. Mrs. Sagon claimed that she became concerned about Mr. Sagon’s mental health. Based upon these described symptoms, a PCTS nurse suggested that Mr. Sagon likely was experiencing anxiety attacks, which were to be expected following cardiac surgery. A PCTS physician prescribed Xanax to treat Mr. Sagon’s symptoms.
When Mr. Sagon’s symptoms persisted, the Sagons purportedly contacted the PCTS office again and went to the office for an examination and treatment. During this office visit, Mr. Sagon was able to walk without assistance and did not appear to be in distress. A PCTS physician performed an examination and noted that Mr. Sagon had “mild shortness of breath, mild edema of the ankles, was looking good, feeling better, appetite was good, and he desired to go home.” A chest x-ray and lab testing was also performed, and Mr. Sagon was discharged from the office visit with a prescription for Lasix, a water pill, to treat fluid retention and swelling.
