Marjorie Booth
4 Mar 2016 · Coroner John Pollard · Manchester (South)
The coroner's concerns
1. missed fractures in elderly patients
“was told that a CT scan is not routinely asked for in these circumstances, even though it is really the only way to be sure that there is no impacted or un-displaced fracture, because of the risk of exposing the patient to additional levels of radiation. The doctor giving this evidence agreed with me that the minimal risk of the radiation (in a patient over 90 years old) did not compare with the considerable risk of missing such fractures.”
Responses
No published response was found on judiciary.uk.