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68y · Female·Sepsis (Enterobacter cloacae) due to peritonitis as a consequence of leaking per…
A 68-year-old woman with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy died from sepsis due to peritonitis following dislodgement of a PEG tube inserted on 27 February 2018. She presented to a rural hospital 5.5 hours post-discharg…
0y · Male·Kawasaki disease
A five-month-old infant presented with fever, rash, and systemic symptoms over several days. Initial assessment at the Royal Children's Hospital and by the GP concluded a bacterial or viral infection rather than Kawasaki…
68y · Male·infarction of the small and large bowel due to superior mesenteric artery thromb…
A 68-year-old man with extensive systemic vascular disease presented with 10 days of nonspecific abdominal pain. Initial presentations at local hospital and GP were attributed to possible gallstones or gastritis based on…
46y · Male·Diffuse Alveolar Damage (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome) as a consequence o…
Anthony Kenneth Hansen, a 46-year-old inmate at Maryborough Correctional Centre, presented with flu-like symptoms on 24 August 2003 and was appropriately evaluated by visiting medical officers. Despite timely antibiotic …
50y · Male·aspiration pneumonia (with Down syndrome as contributing condition)
Glenn Altmann, a 50-year-old man with Down syndrome, epilepsy, cognitive impairment and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was under palliative care in the community following a January 2014 diag…
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