Michael Drewell
30 Aug 2018 · Coroner Philip Holden · West Yorkshire (Eastern)
The coroner's concerns
1. inadequate anticoagulant duration
“The treating Consultant advised that Mr [name redacted], because of his height and weight, be given the anti-coagulant Tinzaparin for six weeks rather than four weeks as was usual. He recorded his advice on the handwritten records at hospital following a ward round the day after surgery. When the Junior Doctor came to prescribe Tinzaparin several days later he likely did not consult the handwritten notes and only prescribed four weeks Tinzaparin immediately before Mr [name redacted] discharge from hospital.”