7 results for “abdominal washout”
72y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to sepsis caused by abdominal adhesions from previous…
Michael Hamilton, 72, presented with acute abdominal pain post-bladder surgery while anticoagulated with warfarin. Initial assessment suspected duodenal perf…
82y · Male·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to suture failure of bowel anastomosis foll…
…roceeded without incident. Five days post-operatively, he developed symptoms of bowel leak (hiccoughing, abdominal distension, vomiting, confusion) but diagnosis was delayed because he lacked typical sepsis markers (nor…
76y · Female·multiple organ failure due to abdominal wall cellulitis (surgically treated)
…oman with multiple comorbidities in residential aged care, died from multiple organ failure secondary to abdominal wall cellulitis. A critical care failure occurred when an old dressing left in an abdominal skin fold on…
47y · Female·serotonin syndrome due to combined toxicity of moclobemide and paroxetine
…Key failures included: a locum doctor's misdiagnosis of UTI when she presented with fever, sweating, and abdominal pain (actually serotonin syndrome); a GP switching her from one SSRI to MAOI without adequate washout wa…
65y · Male·ischaemic heart disease following complications of colorectal surgery
A 65-year-old man with significant comorbidities (cardiomyopathy, diabetes, obesity) underwent colorectal surgery for adenocarcinoma. Post-operative course was complicated by anastomotic breakdown causing sepsis on day 1…
75y · Male·Multiorgan dysfunction syndrome complicating anastomotic leak following hemicole…
… appeared normal, but he deteriorated from day 3 onwards. The surgical team did not investigate an intra-abdominal cause until day 8 post-surgery, despite clinical indicators of infection. A CT scan on day 10 revealed f…
76y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to sepsis with peritonitis and pancreatitis, secondar…
…tone removal. The procedure itself was appropriate and uneventful. Post-operatively, he developed severe abdominal pain and a CT scan at 21:25 revealed suspected perforation of the common bile duct/duodenum with free ab…
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