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Case ref:201708489
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Date:July 2019
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Body:Grampian NHS Board
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Sector:Health
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Outcome:Not upheld, no recommendations
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Subject:clinical treatment / diagnosis
Summary
Mrs C complained about the care and treatment provided to her daughter (Miss A) when she was admitted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for abdominal pain, vomiting, and a high temperature. Mrs C felt that there was a delay in diagnosing Miss A with pelvic inflammatory disease (infection of the organs of the reproductive system).
We took independent advice from a general surgeon, a radiologist, and a gynaecologist (a doctor who specialises in the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs). We found that the care and treatment provided to Miss A was reasonable and that it would not have been possible to diagnose her with pelvic inflammatory disease any earlier. We did not uphold this complaint.