Finding into death of Margaret Elizabeth Anne Jones

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Margaret Jones, a 62-year-old woman with Smith-Magenis syndrome, intellectual disability, diabetes, and cardiomegaly, died of ischaemic heart disease. She presented to her GP on 23 October 2008 with six weeks of flu-like symptoms. The GP performed limited assessment (unable to obtain blood pressure due to patient agitation) but found vital signs acceptable and made no medication changes. She was found pulseless at home the following night. The coroner found no evidence of want of care by carers and noted the cause of death as reasonable. Clinical lesson: patients with intellectual disability and communication difficulties require thorough assessment despite behavioural challenges; inability to obtain key vital signs should prompt consideration of alternative assessment strategies or follow-up.

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