Deceased
Winfried Medenbach
Demographics
65y, male
Coroner
Coroner Ingrid Giles
Date of death
2023-12-03
Finding date
2025-01-08
Cause of death
Middle cerebral artery stroke in a man with multiple medical co-morbidities
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Winfried Medenbach, a 65-year-old man with tuberous sclerosis, severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, and history of bowel complications, died from a middle cerebral artery stroke. He had been admitted to hospital in late October 2023 for bowel perforation requiring surgery, followed by multiple readmissions for post-operative complications including intra-abdominal collections and diarrheal illness with dehydration. Despite appropriate medical management including infectious disease consultation, fluid resuscitation, and multidisciplinary care planning, he suffered a catastrophic ischaemic stroke on 2 December 2023 while recovering from acute gastroenteritis. The coroner found no factors related to clinical or disability care that contributed to his death, and found the death occurred from natural causes.
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