69 results for “acute bowel obstruction”
39y · Male·Complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction
… schizo-affective illness, hepatic cirrhosis, and substance abuse history died from complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction with aspiration pneumonia. He had been admitted involuntarily for acute psychosis and u…
62y · Female·Stomach perforation complicating recurrent pseudo-obstruction of the bowel
Linda Tucker, a 62-year-old woman with intellectual disability and history of recurrent pseudo-obstruction, presented with acute abdominal distension and was admitted to hospital with findings suspicious of per…
74y · Male·Small bowel obstruction due to extensive intra-abdominal adhesions
…hy Funder, a 74-year-old man with schizophrenia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and previous small bowel obstruction, died from small bowel obstruction due to extensive intra-abdominal adhesions. He presented wi…
63y · Male·Bowel obstruction
A 63-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, quadriplegia, and blindness died from bowel obstruction with sepsis. On 5 September 2015, carers noted cough and eating difficulties. A locum doctor v…
90y · Male·bowel obstruction leading to acute renal failure, sepsis and respiratory failure
A 90-year-old man with advanced dementia and multiple comorbidities died from bowel obstruction causing acute renal failure, sepsis, and respiratory failure. He had recently been placed in a…
57y · Male·Small bowel obstruction due to mid small bowel volvulus
…icillin. The following morning he was found non-responsive and deceased. Autopsy revealed death from small bowel obstruction due to mid-bowel volvulus. The case highlights the challenge of recognising subtle presentatio…
74y · Male·Sepsis complicating pyelonephritis and pseudo large intestinal obstruction (pall…
… disability, Parkinson's disease, and dysphagia died from sepsis complicating pyelonephritis and pseudo-obstruction after prolonged hospitalisation. He was admitted in February 2024 with functional decline and experienc…
72y · Male·Complications of small bowel obstruction in a man with multiple medical co-morbi…
…nted to Austin Hospital with nausea, vomiting and decreased appetite. CT imaging revealed high-grade small bowel obstruction, large paraoesophageal hiatus hernia, and marked rectal faecal loading. Clinicians identified …
34y · Male·sepsis due to extensive small bowel infarct caused by bowel incarceration within…
Jason Keith Harrison, aged 34, died from sepsis due to extensive small bowel infarction caused by bowel incarceration within a congenital mesenteric hernia. He presented to West Coast…
64y · Male·Foreign body associated small bowel obstruction
…n with moderate intellectual disability and autism living in a community residential unit, died from small bowel obstruction caused by a 45mm quartz-like stone he had ingested. Despite a known history of habitual foreig…
47y · Female·Large intestinal infarction due to volvulus
…ear-old woman with Down syndrome, died from large intestinal infarction secondary to volvulus (twisting of bowel). She was admitted with presumed faecal loading causing bowel obstruction but developed sigmoid volvulus w…
37y · Male·hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiac arrest as a result of bowel volvulus
… living in supported residential care died from hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiac arrest caused by bowel volvulus. He had presented to hospital two weeks earlier with partial bowel obstruction and was discharged…
58y · Female·Ischaemic small bowel due to bowel obstruction most likely due to a combination …
Mrs Fulham, aged 58, died from ischaemic small bowel due to obstruction from adhesions and Crohn's disease recurrence. On 22 November, she presented to GP with…
38y · Male·abdominal and chest sepsis complicating iatrogenic left pneumothorax and laparot…
…ility, and scoliosis died from sepsis following iatrogenic pneumothorax and emergency laparotomy for small bowel obstruction. He was admitted with faecal loading and proctitis, deteriorated with small bowel obstruction …
59y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to recurrent anal squamous cell carcinoma with su…
…ong Hospital with vomiting, lethargy and suspected urinary tract infection, aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. After initial ICU admission and improvement, he was transferred to Peter MacCallum Cancer Cen…
58y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating small bowel obstruction in the setting of rece…
A 58-year-old man died from aspiration pneumonia complicating small bowel obstruction six days after elective laparoscopic subtotal colectomy for colorectal cancer. On post-operati…
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…e (NMS), died from aspiration pneumonia following intubation at Werribee Mercy Hospital. He presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting, imaging suggested small bowel obstruction, and he became agitated during naso…
1y · Female·infarction and volvulus of the small intestine due to adhesion from prior nephre…
…he child was initially treated in the waiting area without documented observations for over 5 hours. Small bowel obstruction was suspected at 4:45am but imaging was delayed and initially appeared normal. Critical diagno…
42y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of impacted large bowel in a man with intell…
…ability, autism, and chronic constipation, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by an impacted large bowel. He was admitted to hospital on 12 October 2018 with acute pancreatitis and bowel obstruction, treated in …
55y · Female·Complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma
…ure, low pulse, and abdominal tenderness. She was referred to ED and admitted to ICU with septic shock and bowel obstruction. CT imaging revealed colon cancer with hepatic metastases. She underwent emergency proctolecto…
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