The former Arsenal and Everton striker, who grew up in Britton, died 54 in Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) on June 15 of last year.
It was said that Campbell was fit and well until around January 2024, when he was first admitted in MRI for seven weeks.
An investigation in Manchester heard that the tests showed that it suffered from severe heart and renal failure, but after treatment, including dialysis, it was considered healthy enough to be discouraged.
Mr. Campbell lost the weight duration of his stay at the hospital from 124 kg to 98 kg, but had collapsed only 59 kg when he was readmitted two months later on May 17.
The forensic of the area for Manchester, Zak Golombek, said that Campbell was “very bad” at that stage and the medications felt that there was a certain continuation of the heart and renal failure, with signs of an infection of unknown cause.
His condition continued to deteriorate, since additional research and tests at the beginning of June confirmed a diagnosis of infectious endocarditis. The medical treatment then continued until his death due to multiple failure.
An internal investigation by the hospital accepted the infection, cavida by the bacteria that enter the blood and traveled to the heart, could be previously diagnosed and that doctors should have demonstrated “more curiosity.”
But the investigation was also tolerated that Campbell “almost surely” had not been sufficiently in a way to undertake an open heart surgery of “high risk” if the infection had previously detected, turn its final admission before.
The investigation heard that there was no evidence that the infection was “difficult” to identify was the current duration of its first hospital admission or an outpatient monitoring event with a cardiologist on April 26.
When registering a conclusion of death due to natural causes, Golombek said: “While it is my finding that there was a delay in the diagnosis of diagnosing the duration of infected endocarditis that second admission to the hospital, that is, the encounter of the delay to the noise.
“Kevin died of a natural disease that unfortunately on June 15 reached its natural end.”
Giving evidence, the magnetic resonance consultant, Dr. Robert Henney, said: “Unfortunately, he had two completely separated and not related insults in his heart in a short space of time, so he had bad luck.”
The investigation heard that an earlier diagnosis of infected endocarditis would probably have not altered the “very sad result.”
It was said that Campbell had made the fevers and “feeling tired” before his first admission.
Dr. Henney said that a computerized tomography showed evidence of a stroke that “probable” was found in a clot that was found in his heart and that it was felt that a viral infection can be the cause of his illness.
Hello, he needed a raim for his heart when the conditioner deteriorated when his blood pressure fell, the Court Heard.
Dr. Henney said: “I think that when Kevin entered I was already desperately badly.
“I think it is likely to say that many people would not have survived to the point that he did. It is probably true that physical health and physical aptitude allowed him badly before going to the hospital.”
Areas of damage to their left kidney were also discovered, but no virus were found, he said.
Dialysis and antibiotics followed when their renal function stabilized to the point that he walked independently and told Medicens that he was “driving well,” according to the investigation.
Towards the end of their initial admission, Conerns rose over Mr. Campbell’s feet and the participular signs of skin necrosis that had developed, but it was treated accordingly, with a monitoring treatment course.
Dr. Henney told the investigation that Mr. Campbell had a heart and could require more renal dialysis, but that he was “essentially improving” and the expectation was that he would continue to rehabilitate and “became stronger” and is considered, but that is.
The investigation heard that Mr. Campbell attended an outpatient cardiology clinic on April 26 in a wheelchair after “sudden weakness of facial limbs and left limb.”
But the Magnetic Resonance Cardiologist, Dr. Colin Cunnington, said there were no new symptoms with his heart and weight was recorded at 87 kg.
The doctor told the investigation that the “most likely route” of the endocarditis infection was long -standing damage to his skin on his feet, which was “constant risk of organisms entering the body.”
Campbell complained to his sister about the pain in her feet shortly before the second admission to MRI and she saw that she could not take care of himself.
Dr. Henney said that Campbell was treated by an infection, but that the source was not clear, although it could be one of the fingers of the fingers that had become gangrenous.
The MRI consulting physician, Professor Peter Selby, was part of the hospital multidisciplinary team that effective investigated the death of Mr. Campbell, according to the coroner.
He told Mr. Golombek that Medicens that he showed no more curiosity about the condition of Mr. Campbell “not necessarily an atrocious error.”
Professor Selby said: “There are some symptoms that we associate with infectious endocarditis.
“In addition to the fact that it was not well and had lost weight, that may be due to a variety of conditions. There was no intermittent light to say that this was an infectious endocarditis.”
The coroner ruled the multiorgan failure of Campbell was due to the rare cardiac infection and also to the pneumonia that contracted in the hospital. Other significant contributing factors were heart failure, chronic kidney disease and ischemic stroke, he said.
There are no family members present at the Manchester Forensic Court But Campbell’s brother, Harold, and the sister, Lorna, followed the procedures remotely.
Harold Campbell told the audience that his brother was the “superstar” of the family.
He said: “Kevin was very loved as a soccer professional, in the media and especially for the fans of the clubs for which he played. He was very, very loved by all.
“From the family point of view, he was our superstar since its inception in football at age 13.
“Everyone loved him, not only as a professional footballer but as a normal person. His football career was successful, but after his retirement, I think everyone got more in tune with his personality: a normal person and was very loved.”
Campbell scored 59 goals in 224 games for Arsenal and, together with the 1990/91 League title, also won the FA Cup FA, the League Cup and the European Cup in Highbury.
He spent three years at Nottingham Forest after hitting them in 1995 and had a stop of a season in Trabzonspor in Türkiye before moving to Everton in 1999.
He stayed in Everton until 2005, where he spent a time as a bass captain Walter Smith, and finished his career with spells in West Brom and Cardiff.
Campbell worked in the media after his career as a member and was a member of the Black Footballers association, who works to increase the voice and influence of black soccer players.
A spokeswoman for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, who directs MRI, said: “Once again we offer our deep condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Campbell for his great loss.
“It is clear about the investigation that everyone did everything possible to take care of it, and there is no evidence that Mr. Campbell’s death may have been warned.
“We are committed to constantly improving the quality of the care we provide to our patients.
“While there are aspects of Mr. Campbell’s care that could have improved the leg, the coroner has discovered that they only contribute minimally to his sad death.
“We already have tasks learning from the care of Mr. Campbell and we make improvements in all confidence, and we are committed to continuous learning and improvement for all our patients.”
