Finding into death of Hugh Peter Bourke
Deceased
Hugh Peter Bourke
Demographics
68y, male
Date of death
2011-01-06
Finding date
2011-09-07
Cause of death
hypoxic brain injury and ischaemic heart disease
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Hugh Peter Bourke, a 68-year-old man with significant cardiac history including prior myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, and supraventricular tachycardia, underwent open cholecystectomy on 1 December 2010 for a cholecysto-duodenal fistula. Following the diagnosis of cholangitis associated with the fistula, he had endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with stent placement on 31 December 2010, and was subsequently discharged on 4 January 2011 on a course of antibiotics. On 6 January 2011, at 8:40 am, while at home after taking his morning medication, he suffered an acute cardiac arrest. He was resuscitated and transferred to the intensive care unit at Northern Hospital; however, his prognosis was poor and active treatment was withdrawn. He died at 2:55 pm on 6 January 2011 from hypoxic brain injury and ischaemic heart disease. No preventable factors or clinical errors were identified by the coroner, and the death resulted from natural causes in the context of his underlying cardiac disease.
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Clinical conditions
Contributing factors
- underlying ischaemic heart disease
- recent abdominal surgery
- recent ERCP and stent placement
- cholangitis
- atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia
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