{"id":1526,"date":"2026-07-19T19:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T19:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.fpdtimeandattendance.co.za\/?page_id=1526"},"modified":"2026-07-19T20:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:08:05","slug":"module-5-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deathcertificate.fpdsiu.co.za\/?page_id=1526","title":{"rendered":"Module 5.8"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Example of death due to Covid-19 8\/12<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Let\u2019s have a look at another case scenario<\/p>

A 34-year-old female, with no underlying previous medical conditions, presented with a 3-day history of progressive dyspnoea, myalgia, cough, and anosmia. She was admitted to hospital and COVID-19 was diagnosed by PCR. She required high flow nasal oxygen to maintain adequate oxygenation. Five days after admission, she developed a large right hemiplegia. A CT of the brain confirmed an ischaemic stroke. Work-up for other secondary causes were negative. Her mental state deteriorated 2 days later. A repeat CT scan showed significant oedema around the site of her infarction, with a 2cm midline shift. She demised that night.<\/p>

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\u2022 Ischaemic stroke, reported in Part 1, line a.
In this particular case, COVID-19 was thought to be the cause of the stroke, as the patient had no other risk factors for a cerebrovascular accident, and no other secondary cause was identified. COVID-19 has been shown to be associated with similar thrombotic complications.<\/p>

\u2022 COVID-19 is thus the underlying cause of death and is reported on the lowest used line of Part 1.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 https:\/\/deathcertificate.fpdsiu.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Slide-9-Mod-5.mp4 < Back Restart Forward > Example of death due to Covid-19 8\/12 Home Let\u2019s have a look at another case scenario A 34-year-old female, with no underlying previous medical conditions, presented with a 3-day history of progressive dyspnoea, myalgia, cough, and anosmia. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1526","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcertificate.fpdsiu.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcertificate.fpdsiu.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcertificate.fpdsiu.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcertificate.fpdsiu.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcertificate.fpdsiu.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1526"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/deathcertificate.fpdsiu.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1708,"href":"https:\/\/deathcertificate.fpdsiu.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1526\/revisions\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcertificate.fpdsiu.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}