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38y · Male·abdominal and chest sepsis complicating iatrogenic left pneumothorax and laparot…
A 38-year-old man with chromosome 1 short arm deletion syndrome, intellectual disability, and scoliosis died from sepsis following iatrogenic pneumothorax and emergency laparotomy for small bowel obstruction. He was admi…
76y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to sepsis with peritonitis and pancreatitis, secondar…
A 76-year-old man died from multiple organ failure following an ERCP procedure for gallstone removal. The procedure itself was appropriate and uneventful. Post-operatively, he developed severe abdominal pain and a CT sca…
87y · Male·Strangulated small bowel due to adhesions from previous abdominal surgery
An 87-year-old man with diabetes, hypertension and dementia was admitted with presumed UTI and dehydration. Within 24 hours, nursing staff observed a distended abdomen and bile-stained vomiting—clinical signs of bowel ob…
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