Finding into death of Dawn Wigg
Deceased
DAWN WIGG
Demographics
64y, female
Date of death
2010-06-08
Finding date
2014-05-01
Cause of death
Ischaemic heart disease
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A 64-year-old woman with intellectual disability in supported residential care died from ischaemic heart disease. She presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea on 8 June 2010, was examined by a general practitioner who diagnosed gastroenteritis based on similar illness in other residents and prescribed intramuscular Stemetil. She was found deceased the following morning. Post-mortem revealed significant coronary artery stenosis and myocardial fibrosis. The coroner found that medical management was appropriate in the circumstances, with no suggestion of cardiac disease evident during the examination. The presentation was consistent with gastroenteritis, and there was no clinical indication for cardiac investigation at that time.
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Drugs involved
Contributing factors
- diabetes mellitus
- high cholesterol
- advancing age
- coronary artery stenosis
- myocardial fibrosis
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