Audrey Daws
PFD Report
Historic (No Identified Response)
Ref: 2014-0318
Coroner's Concerns (AI summary)
Initial medical assessment failed to order a chest X-ray despite tender abdomen and potential cardiac symptoms, indicating an incomplete diagnostic approach for the patient's condition.
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She took a sample of blood so that Mrs Daws’ troponin levels could be checked. She did not order a chest X-ray.
noted that Mrs Daws was tender in the upper abdomen. She admitted Mrs Daws into the Medical Assessment Unit.
At 18.15 hours Mrs Daws was examined again by another doctor in the MAU. She did not believe there was a cardiac cause to Mrs Daws’ symptoms but accepted that it was necessary to exclude this. She took a further
noted that Mrs Daws was tender in the upper abdomen. She admitted Mrs Daws into the Medical Assessment Unit.
At 18.15 hours Mrs Daws was examined again by another doctor in the MAU. She did not believe there was a cardiac cause to Mrs Daws’ symptoms but accepted that it was necessary to exclude this. She took a further
Sent To
- Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Response Status
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56-Day Deadline
3 Sep 2014
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