The GMC panel was told that Cary was called to examine the exhumed body of the child after concerns were raised about the initial recorded cause of death.
The panel was told that Carey had been called to examine the exhumed body of the five-year-old after concerns were raised about the initial recorded cause of death.
Sensitivity and specificity of initial physician cause of death diagnosis was calculated using standard methods with the final RHIME cause of death as the gold standard.
We found that for neonates, the sensitivity of the initial physician coded cause of death was greater than 80% for all categories except for asphyxia/birth trauma (sensitivity 74.9%, 99% CI 73.2 76.5) and congenital malformations (79.0%, 99% CI 74.8 82.8).
An initial autopsy established no cause of death.
A full postmortem is yet to be completed but initial assessments indicate the cause of death was a lack of oxygen to the brain leading to a heart attack, the court heard.
Initial diagnosis, treatment, and cause of death were confirmed through medical chart review.
The medical records of cases and controls were reviewed to confirm the initial diagnosis, treatment and cause of death, and to obtain information on eligibility criteria.
In such a condition, it is not considered as an error if UCOD is not listed The initial analysis of the cause of death (ICOD, UCOD, OSC) was done independent of patient's DC from the information available in patients' medical records.
Gadiraju Sudhakar, a Chambal district forest officer, said the initial post-mortem reports suggested the cause of death to be liver cirrhosis and stomach ulcers.
