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75y · Female·pyelonephritis and pneumonia
Molly Jessie Smith, a 75-year-old woman with longstanding severe mental illness, died of pyelonephritis and pneumonia on 16 August 2009. She had been in state psychiatric care continuously for 53 years. During her final …
66y · Female·urinary tract infection with contributing hypertensive heart disease, diabetes m…
Rita Ann Broadway, 66, died from urinary tract infection on 2 January 2015, one day after presenting to Modbury Hospital Emergency Department with vaginal pain and signs of infection. She had a long-term indwelling cathe…
19y · Female·Meningococcal septicaemia
Emma McGrath, a 19-year-old nursing student, died from meningococcal septicaemia caused by the W strain after presenting to the ED with a 12-hour history of vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever. The atypical pre…
34y · Male·Staphylococcus aureus sepsis and endocarditis
Jason Hosking, 34, presented to ED with vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, tachycardia and hypotension on 10 November 2014. Blood tests by 11.23am showed markedly elevated inflammatory markers (CRP 234.3, neutrophils 10.8, elev…
7y · Female·respiratory failure from severe scoliosis due to Murray Valley encephalitis
Ruby Blitner died from respiratory failure secondary to severe scoliosis caused by Murray Valley encephalitis acquired at age two. Her clinical course involved progressive respiratory compromise, recurrent aspiration pne…
36y · Female·Complications of pneumonia and pulmonary emphysema with bullae formation; respir…
A 36-year-old woman with congenital chest wall abnormality, scoliosis, and difficult intubation history presented to a rural hospital with community-acquired pneumonia and sepsis. She had multiple 'red flag' indicators o…
69y · Female·peritonitis due to dislodged percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube
A 69-year-old woman with pyelonephritis developed peritonitis and died after a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube became dislodged. The tube dislodgement was suspected on 11 December 2015 when the patient was…
0y · Female·Group B Streptococcus meningitis and sepsis
An 18-day-old baby died from late-onset Group B Streptococcus (GBS) meningitis and sepsis. She was born at a regional private hospital after labour complicated by maternal fever (37.6°C), foetal tachycardia (160-170 bpm)…
83y · Male·pneumonia and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by Legionella ba…
An 83-year-old man died from pneumonia and respiratory distress caused by Legionella bacterium. He presented with abdominal symptoms and was initially misdiagnosed as having aspiration pneumonia rather than community-acq…
11y · Female·Acute Staphylococcal Septicaemia due to suppurative arthritis of the left ankle
An 11-year-old Aboriginal girl died from acute staphylococcal septicaemia following an ankle injury. She presented three times over three days with escalating signs of infection (fever, tachycardia, tachypnoea, swollen w…
44y · Female·unascertained (consistent with Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Staphylococcus aur…
Maureen Mandijarra, a 44-year-old Aboriginal woman with poorly controlled diabetes and recurrent skin infections, was arrested at Male Oval on 29 November 2012 for street drinking under a zero-tolerance police approach. …
49y · Male·complications of non-small cell carcinoma of the lung
Keith Howlett, 49 years old, died from complications of non-small cell carcinoma of the lung while in custody at Junee Correctional Centre after 5 weeks of incarceration. He had complex medical needs including HIV, perip…
4y · Male·Complications of T-cell lymphoma
Nghi Pham was a 4-year-old admitted to Sunshine Hospital with facial swelling, stridor, and upper respiratory symptoms. He was examined by emergency and ENT teams, diagnosed with adenoiditis and sinusitis, and discharged…
22y · Female·staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a right 1…
Julieka Dhu, a 22-year-old Aboriginal woman, died on 4 August 2014 from staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a rib fracture sustained in April 2014. She was detained in police custody on…
65y · Male·staphylococcal sepsis (secondary to Staphylococcus aureus infection seeding rect…
A 65-year-old man presented with quad bike accident injuries and had markedly elevated inflammatory markers (CRP 329–556, WCC 12.3–18) during his first hospital admission. These were suggestive of developing infection, p…
6y · Male·pneumonia complicating influenza A (H1N1) infection with secondary streptococcal…
Sebastian Parman, a 6-year-old boy, died from pneumonia complicating influenza H1N1 with secondary group A streptococcal infection causing scarlet fever, empyema and sepsis. Multiple clinical failures contributed: an inf…
6y · Female·Brain stem herniation due to pneumococcal meningitis
Lilli Sweet, a 6-year-old asplenic child with hereditary spherocytosis, died from pneumococcal meningitis with brain stem herniation. She presented to Nambour Hospital ED with vomiting, diarrhea, and headache on 25 Augus…
54y · Male·Complications of cervical spinal stenosis treated with cervical laminectomy and …
Geoffrey Power, aged 54, with severe intellectual disability, blindness, and perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, underwent indicated cervical laminectomy and fusion for cervical stenosis. Post-operatively, he self-r…
44y · Male·pneumonia (with multiple left-sided rib fractures as the antecedent cause)
Jimmy James, a 44-year-old man, died from pneumonia with multiple left-sided rib fractures secondary to a physical assault. He presented to Westmead Hospital ED with clinical signs of septic shock (tachypnoea, hypoxia, h…
69y · Female·Inadvertent intravenous administration of oral ciprofloxacin in the setting of a…
A 69-year-old woman with stroke, diabetes, atrial fibrillation and osteomyelitis died from inadvertent intravenous administration of crushed oral ciprofloxacin. The antibiotic was prescribed for the nasogastric tube but …
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