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Did Death Occur Due To Chronic Pneumonia?

my 85 year old daddy died 11/3 in er, 5 hospitalizations w/pneumonia & nursing/rehab for ot, pt & st since 8/1, hx copd, pneumonia, dementia, aorta stenosis, when he was brought into er his O2 was 76, very low b/p 70-80/30-40, death cert cause of death cardiac arrest, although er had to stop his pacemaker, he stopped breathing on his own, was on a ventilator in er for about 3 hrs, i'm trying to understand, did he really die because of chronic pneumonia that he never recovered from that led to the cardiac arrest cause of lack of O2 & lo b/p
Mon, 16 Jun 2014
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I really appreciate your concern for your father let me tell you something due to the geriatric problem any disease in this age group could be responsible for death because due to the old age body function stops and does not responds to given treatment and ultimately death occurs hope this information helps you, have a nice day.
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Did Death Occur Due To Chronic Pneumonia?

HI Thank for asking to HCM I really appreciate your concern for your father let me tell you something due to the geriatric problem any disease in this age group could be responsible for death because due to the old age body function stops and does not responds to given treatment and ultimately death occurs hope this information helps you, have a nice day.