Deceased
GEORGE ALBERT JOHN HUTTON
Demographics
73y, male
Coroner
Coroner Stella Stuthridge
Date of death
2010-01-26
Finding date
2012-11-26
Cause of death
ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
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George Hutton, a 73-year-old man with hypertension, presented to rural emergency department with sudden onset severe abdominal pain while turning his head. Clinical findings were atypical: he appeared calm, had relatively normal vital signs (BP 110/65), and urinalysis showed signs of urinary tract infection, leading to a diagnosis of UTI and discharge with antibiotics. He died that night from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. All experts agreed that if the AAA had been considered as a differential diagnosis and investigated with CT imaging, there was a reasonable prospect of survival. The critical lesson is that AAA must remain on the differential diagnosis in older patients with acute abdominal pain, even when UTI signs are present. Normal vital signs don't exclude life-threatening vascular rupture.
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