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Dementia might have contributed to her death, but it is not the direct cause. Hence, it is not stated as the cause of death.
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Dementia
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Cardiac, respiratory, liver, or kidney failure should not be included as causes of death on a death certificate. Instead, the underlying cause, such as ischemic heart disease, should be stated.
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Heart failure
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Cardiac, respiratory, liver, or kidney failure should not be included as causes of death on a death certificate. Instead, the underlying cause, such as ischemic heart disease, should be stated.
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Cardiac arrest
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In very limited circumstances, old age should only be given as the sole cause of death. A death certificate that lists "old age" or "senility" as the cause of death will usually be referred to the coroner unless the deceased is 80 years or older, only if the cause of death cannot be identified.
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Old age
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In death certificates, it is appropriate to list the pathological cause, like ischemic heart disease, rather than modes of dying, like liver, heart, or respiratory failure.
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Ischaemic heart disease
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come again?
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Malignant Serotonin
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Doesn't say anywhere that she has IHD???
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Transplant Pudendal
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how do we know its IHD? 
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Malignant Syndrome
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Lol i think its coz its SBA everything else is not a probable answer
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Malignant Syndrome
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# Overview

Confirming, or verifying, death is a common request in hospital and in primary care.

Legally in the UK, verifying death does not require a doctor to confirm that death has occurred. It is however a doctor's legal duty to notify the cause of death by issuing a death certificate.  

# Steps

There is also no legal definition to confirm death in the UK.

However, it is generally accepted that confirming death consists of:

- Confirming the patients identity
- Checking for any obvious signs of life
- Checking response to verbal and painful stimuli
- Assessing pupils - they should be fixed and dilated
- Feeling a central pulse
- Listening for heart sounds and respiratory sounds for a total of 5 minutes.
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Death Confirmation
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Geriatrics
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An 87-year-old woman with a past medical history of dementia dies at home. Two days prior, her GP had visited her and noted that her blood glucose levels were deteriorating. On the day of her death, the patient's daughter witnessed her last moments as she complained of chest pain and breathlessness and then suddenly collapsed and died. The daughter called for an ambulance, but the patient passed away before it arrived. She was not resuscitated as she wished not to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Which of the following is the most likely cause of death to be included on the death certificate?
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