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59y · Male·Urosepsis and aspiration pneumonia (with Trisomy 21 as underlying condition)
Donald Raymond Muir, a 59-year-old man with Trisomy 21, non-verbal autism, dementia and epilepsy living in specialist disability accommodation, died of urosepsis and aspiration pneumonia. He had experienced progressive f…
37y · Female·sepsis due to necrotising fasciitis following abdominoplasty with liposuction
A 37-year-old woman died from sepsis due to necrotising fasciitis following abdominoplasty and liposuction. She was discharged on post-operative day 4 with severe pain, nausea, and vomiting, which were attributed to norm…
65y · Male·Middle cerebral artery stroke in a man with multiple medical co-morbidities
Winfried Medenbach, a 65-year-old man with tuberous sclerosis, severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, and history of bowel complications, died from a middle cerebral artery stroke. He had been admitted to hospital in …
11y · Female·Complications of E. coli sepsis in association with intestinal obstruction due t…
Child R, an 11-year-old Aboriginal girl with congenital anorectal anomalies causing chronic severe constipation, presented to Halls Creek Hospital on 5 January 2017 with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. She died 12 ho…
91y · Female·Complications of pelvic fractures sustained in a fall
A 91-year-old woman with osteoporosis and multiple comorbidities sustained pelvic fractures in a mechanical fall at home. She presented to the ED where initial hip x-ray showed no fracture. She deteriorated with hypotens…
82y · Male·malignant mesothelioma (palliated)
Stan Jaksa, aged 82, died from malignant mesothelioma with palliation at Repatriation General Hospital. He was admitted with confusion and behavioral changes attributed initially to frontotemporal dementia but reassessed…
71y · Male·Aspiration in setting of paralytic ileus in patient in convalescent phase of abd…
A 71-year-old man died from aspiration complicating prolonged paralytic ileus on postoperative day 9 following open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Despite clinical signs of persistent ileus (vomiting, abdominal disten…
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