Finding into death of Michael Francis Gribble
Deceased
Michael Francis Gribble
Demographics
58y, male
Date of death
2025-07-16
Finding date
2026-01-27
Cause of death
Sepsis of unknown origin on a background of multiple co-morbidities
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Michael Francis Gribble, a 58-year-old man with complex medical comorbidities including alcoholic cardiomyopathy, schizophrenia, and acquired brain injury, died from sepsis of unknown origin at Rosebud Hospital. He was found gasping for air and admitted with tachycardia (HR 220), fever (40.3°C), and profound unconsciousness (GCS 3). His sister, as Medical Power of Attorney, declined interventions including antibiotics, and he was transitioned to comfort care. The coroner found no clinical management failures by either the disability service provider or hospital staff. The death was natural and preventable interventions were appropriately declined by the patient's legal representative. Key clinical lesson: early recognition of sepsis presentation and prompt hospital admission occurred, but aggressive intervention was appropriately withheld based on advance wishes.
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Contributing factors
- Multiple comorbidities including alcoholic cardiomyopathy
- Degenerative brain disorder from chronic alcohol consumption
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Lacunar infarction
- Acquired brain injury
- Schizophrenia
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