12 results for “DVT ultrasound”
72y · Female·multiple bilateral pulmonary infarcts caused by multiple pulmonary thromboemboli…
… bandaging and aspirin by general practitioners. On 18 June 2015, despite ongoing leg tenderness, duplex ultrasound investigation was not ordered to exclude deep vein thrombosis, despite multiple significant risk factors…
Philip Byrne: pulmonary thromboembolism due to right calf deep vein thrombosis; …
Two patients died from pulmonary thromboembolism caused by undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Mr Byrne presented with right calf pain in February 2012; two GPs excluded DVT on clinical examination al…
74y · Female·Cardiac arrest due to pulmonary embolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis
…or after a 4-hour 24-minute delay due to staff shortages and access block. A D-Dimer test showed elevation; DVT ultrasound was scheduled for the next morning. Anticoagulation was not administered due to concern about re…
31y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism arising from deep vein thrombosis
…resented to his GP with right leg/calf pain after flying. Despite risk factors (obesity, long-haul travel), DVT was not investigated with ultrasound. When he presented five days later with resolved leg pain, ultrasound …
46y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism complicating left calf deep venous thrombosis
…, swelling and numbness. He was triaged to Fast Track and evaluated by an emergency physician who suspected DVT but had no ultrasound available on Boxing Day. He was discharged with Clexane and a follow-up ultrasound ap…
47y · Male·Pulmonary thrombo-embolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis in setting of morbi…
…ns anchored on pneumonia as the diagnosis despite the requesting physician's PE concerns. Venous doppler ultrasound was deferred based on chronicity of leg swelling; the requested CTPA was not ordered. The patient receiv…
51y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of morbid obesity
…bolism while an involuntary psychiatric inpatient. She presented with leg pain and swelling in May 2014; ultrasound was technically difficult due to body habitus and didn't identify DVT, though she was advised to pursue …
29y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis
A 29-year-old man died from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) following a suicide attempt by hanging. He was admitted to ICU and appropriately commenced on prophylactic…
37y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolus due to left leg deep vein thrombosis
…eatures that should have been investigated. Critical omissions included: failure to provide his significant DVT history (2019, 2015, 2017) to receiving hospitals; absence of VTE risk assessment despite NSW policy requir…
71y · Male·Saddle pulmonary embolus as a consequence of deep venous thrombosis in the right…
…on with psychotic features. On 28 July 2000, he was transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital where right calf DVT was identified on ultrasound but no anticoagulation was administered. He collapsed in cardiac arrest the fo…
63y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the lung (small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with poorl…
A 63-year-old male prisoner died from metastatic small cell lung cancer with adenocarcinoma features. Cancer was incidentally discovered during investigation of a deep vein thrombosis in October 2018, leading to one mont…
38y · Female·Pulmonary Thromboembolism
…ry. She had nephrotic syndrome with decreased anti-thrombin III levels, initially presenting with suspected DVT/PE at Bunbury Regional Hospital in August 2008 with inconclusive diagnostic tests. At Sir Charles Gairdner …
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