Coroner's Finding: Dorothy Jean Atkins
83y · Female·meningitis with sepsis with the likely source of infection being a large and dee…
…a large stage 4 sacral decubitus ulcer. Autopsy revealed severe malnutrition (24.5kg, BMI 13), poor hygiene with faecal soiling under fingernails, dystrophic toenails, and multiple pressure ulcers. Ms Atkins had not seen…