Deceased
Garry Robert Warne
Demographics
58y, male
Date of death
2014-12-19
Finding date
2017-08-25
Cause of death
pneumonia on a background of adenocarcinoma of the lung stage 4, ischaemic heart disease and chronic emphysema
AI-generated summary
58-year-old male prisoner died from pneumonia complicated by stage 4 lung adenocarcinoma, ischaemic heart disease, and chronic emphysema. He presented with critical leg ischaemia requiring femoral endarterectomy, developed acute myocardial infarction perioperatively, and was subsequently diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. After initial treatment and discharge to prison infirmary, he was readmitted with seizures (likely metastatic brain involvement), wound infection, and pneumonia. The coroner found his medical treatment was satisfactory throughout and that his death from natural causes could not have been prevented. No clinical errors or preventability concerns were identified.
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Procedures
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