John Byrne (73), a married father-of-three from Glencar Lawn, Ballybrack, Co Dublin died on September 4, 2022 in St Vincent’s where he had been admitted over three weeks earlier for treatment for heart failure
No evidence exists to show that staff at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin followed a protocol in the care of an elderly man who died shortly after his glucose levels reached a dangerously low level, an inquest has heard.
The inquest heard that Mr Byrne, who had a complex medical history, had been admitted to SVUH on August 11, 2022 with acute decompensated heart failure and transferred to the hospital’s intensive care unit on August 21, 2022 where he remained for 10 days. However, the cardiologist said he was satisfied that the treatment with the infusion was working and the situation did not require escalation but potassium levels should still be checked at 6-12 hour intervals.
The inquest heard Mr Byrne’s glucose levels went from 5.6mmol/L at 8.35pm on September 3, 2022, to 3.3mmol/L at 11.55pm later that evening and had fallen to 1.5mmol/L by 1.48am the next morning. Normal levels in healthy individuals are 4.0-5.4mmol/L. However, he accepted that there was no evidence that such monitoring had been carried out in relation to Mr Byrne.
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