Death cert help please

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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 347 Send Message	Mo in London	Report	31 Mar 2007 16:25
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 347 Send Message	I have a death cert that has what appears to be two causes of death a) Cerebral abscess b) unsure about this - poss Ch' otitis media then there is a gap and it has pm Would this have been found on Post Mortum? It says after this certified by A. Lorrance B.M. what does B.M stand for? Anyone know how you would get a cerebral abscess, we thought they had died in childbirth!
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28 261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	31 Mar 2007 16:30
	Otitis media would be an infection of the middle ear. Perhaps the infection spread and went to the brain. The Ch would probably mean chronic, meaning the infection kept coming back. The pm would mean that there was a post mortem after death, which is always the case if the death wasn't expected. Kath. x
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63 503 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	31 Mar 2007 16:31
	B M is Bachelor of Medicine Reg
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 347 Send Message	Mo in London	Report	31 Mar 2007 16:59
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 347 Send Message	Thank you for your help, that makes it much clearer, one more question are there post mortum details/records kept anywhere?