text: HONOLULU (AP) — A 3-year-old Hawaii girl who suffered a heart attack during a dentist visit likely died because of the drugs given to sedate her, according to a medical examiner's autopsy report. 
   
   Finley Puleo Boyle, of Kailua, probably died because of the sedatives and local anesthesia that were administered during her December dental procedure, Honolulu Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Christopher Happy concluded in his autopsy report. He classified the death as an accident. 
   
   The girl lapsed into a coma Dec. 3 in the office of Dr. Lilly Geyer at Island Dentistry for Children. She died Jan 3. The office has since closed. 
   
   The autopsy report said the previously healthy girl had no signs of underlying heart problems or an allergic reaction to the array of sedatives and anesthetic she received in preparation for cavity fillings and root canals, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://ow.ly/uPJl4 ) reported Friday. 
   
   The medical examiner noted her teeth were in good shape: "the oral cavity has native dentition in good repair." 
   
   Finley received five drugs, according to the report, including Demerol, hydroxyzine and chlorohydrate. She was also given laughing gas and an injection of a local anesthetic, lidocaine with epinephrine. 
   
   "Immediately following the lidocaine injection, the decedent became unresponsive and went into cardiopulmonary arrest," Happy said in his report. 
   
   Parents Ashley and Evan Boyle filed a negligence lawsuit while their only child was in a coma. Their attorney, Rick Fried, would not comment on the autopsy report. 
   
   Geyer's attorney, John Nishimoto, has called the allegations "unproven" but declined to comment further because of the lawsuit. He didn't respond to the newspaper's requests for comment on the autopsy report Thursday. 
   
   Geyer was issued a license to practice dentistry in the state in July 2005, the Star-Advertiser has previously reported. As of last December, there were no records of complaints against her or her practice on file with the Hawaii Department Of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, according to the newspaper. 
   
   In January, new state rules took effect tightening oversight of dental sedation in Hawaii. 
   
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   Information from: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, http://www.staradvertiser.com ||||| We’re learning more about what happened to a three-year-old Kailua girl who died after a visit to the dentist. 
   
   On Dec. 3, 2013, Finley Boyle had a heart attack while undergoing a root canal at Dr. Lilly Geyer’s office at Island Dentistry for Children in Kailua. She slipped into a coma and died a month later. 
   
   An autopsy report says the drugs that were given to her were partly to blame. According to the medical examiner’s office, a combination of sedatives and anesthesia administered prior to and during the procedure played a role in her death. 
   
   According to a lawsuit filed by Finley’s family, Boyle was in the office to get four root canals done. A technician gave her five different drugs, including Demarol and other sedatives, and the girl went into cardiac arrest. 
   
   Boyle’s attorney says records show the girl wasn’t monitored while she was sedated. Instead of checking her oxygen levels every five minutes, it wasn’t done for 26 minutes. 
   
   Boyle’s mother, Ashley, said nobody there administered CPR. Someone had to get a doctor in another office. 
   
   The medical examiner’s office ultimately ruled the death an accident. 
   
   No criminal charges have been brought against Geyer.
target: – Drugs are likely to blame for the death of Finley Boyle, the 3-year-old Hawaii girl who died a month after going into cardiac arrest during a root canal at a Kailua dentist's office on Dec. 3, according to the official autopsy report. The report says the combination of sedatives and anesthesia Finley received during the procedure probably caused her death, the AP reports. The report noted that Finley was healthy, and ruled out any signs of an underlying heart condition or an allergic reaction. The medical examiner's office ruled the toddler's death an accident, and no charges have been brought against Dr. Lilly Geyer, KHON reports; however, Finley's family has filed a lawsuit claiming Finley was not monitored for 26 minutes while she was under sedation. Geyer's office has since shut down, but Geyer's attorney calls the Boyle family's allegations "unproven." (Meanwhile, a young mother in Hawaii is in a coma following wisdom teeth surgery.)