Coroner's Finding: MULVINSKAS Anna
Deceased
Anna Mulvinskas
Demographics
79y, female
Date of death
2004-10-22
Finding date
2005-04-07
Cause of death
pulmonary oedema and electrolyte imbalance, both secondary to renal failure
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Mrs Mulvinskas, a 79-year-old with end-stage renal disease, renal carcinoma, diabetes, and cardiac failure, died from pulmonary oedema and electrolyte imbalance secondary to renal failure. On 21 October 2004, she became aggressive, refused treatment, and was found to be delirious with severe metabolic disturbance and dangerously abnormal electrolytes. Dr B. detained her under the Mental Health Act to enable urgent electrolyte correction via IV calcium and potassium. The coroner found the detention and treatment legally appropriate given the life-threatening metabolic emergency and her inability to consent due to delirium. Dr B. had considered sedation but appropriately avoided it due to risks in end-stage renal disease. The coroner made no adverse findings, noting doctors face difficult immediate decisions in such circumstances.
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Clinical conditions
Contributing factors
- end-stage renal disease
- severe metabolic disturbance
- dangerously abnormal electrolytes
- delirium secondary to metabolic abnormalities
- renal carcinoma
- congestive cardiac failure
- diabetes mellitus
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