17 results for “acute diabetic ketoacidosis”
29y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis
… arranging fasting blood tests for the following day. Mr Hodgson was found deceased the next morning from diabetic ketoacidosis with markedly elevated glucose (45 mmol/L). The coroner found that performing a bedside fing…
Female·diabetic ketoacidosis
Patricia Chan died on 25 August 2006 from diabetic ketoacidosis following dental extraction four days earlier. She had type 2 diabetes. Her condition deteri…
64y · Male·Subdural haematoma with mass effect following thrombolysis for acute myocardial …
…g diabetes, mental illness, chronic alcohol misuse, and previous traumatic brain injury was admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis and acute kidney injury. He developed acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) and received throm…
24y · Female·diabetic ketoacidosis in the setting of diabetes mellitus
Kylie Anne Lightfoot, a 24-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes, died from diabetic ketoacidosis. She presented to Dr S.'s practice on 4 May 2007 with abdominal pain, having not checked her…
49y · Male·Diabetes Mellitus and the Consequences thereof
…diabetes for 30 years with severe complications including bilateral amputations, Fournier's gangrene, and diabetic ketoacidosis. Recently diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer with six-month life expectancy, he was…
55y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis
CM, a 55-year-old man with severe congenital disabilities and Type 2 Diabetes, died from diabetic ketoacidosis while residing in a disability support facility. In the week preceding death, he experienced…
45y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis with multi-organ failure caused by pneumonia
…al vital signs including tachycardia, he left before seeing a doctor and died at home 12 hours later from diabetic ketoacidosis with pneumonia and multi-organ failure. The critical failure was the triage nurse not notify…
74y · Female·Diabetic ketoacidosis
A 74-year-old woman with Type 1 diabetes died from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in an aged care facility. Between 7-10 December 2016, her blood glucose levels remaine…
17y · Female·Multi System Failure following acute onset (Acute Diabetic Ketoacidosis) Diabete…
Lee Rebecca Halford, a 17-year-old girl, died of acute diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) following undiagnosed Type 1 diabetes. She initially presented to a GP with vo…
29y · Female·acute myocardial infarction due to stenotic coronary vessel (left anterior desce…
Rebecca Richardson, a 29-year-old with type 1 diabetes and coronary artery disease, died of acute myocardial infarction on 7-9 May 2019. She presented to NWRH ED on 6 May with abdominal pain and vomiting,…
16y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy in the context of diabetic ketoacidosis
A 16-year-old with Type 1 Diabetes died from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) precipitated by acute gastroenteritis acquired while on a school trip to Vietnam. Desp…
58y · Female·Complications of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
…nisation; and failure to maintain regular attendance at diabetes clinic. Her GP correctly identified poor diabetic control on 10 March and 6 June 2022 but did not re-refer to specialist clinic or escalate care. IHCS term…
54y · Male·Respiratory failure secondary to prolonged ventilation for the management of sep…
…in wound care despite self-managing dressings; health staff failed to monitor regularly (2-week gap before acute deterioration); specialist referrals were delayed; and documentation was poor. When acute sepsis with spre…
54y · Male·Respiratory failure secondary to prolonged ventilation for management of sepsis …
…onal Centre when his condition deteriorated. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) patients with chronic diabetic ulcers refusing treatment require enhanced vigilance and structured monitoring; (2) wound care management…
29y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest of undetermined cause
… multiple comorbidities (Turner syndrome, type 1 diabetes, end-stage renal disease) presented to the ED in acute behavioural disturbance, requiring physical and chemical restraint. She received 5mg droperidol IM for sed…
75y · Female·organ failure due to sepsis, likely from infected pressure sores, in the context…
Maria Carmel Niceforo, a 75-year-old woman with poorly controlled diabetes and ischaemic heart disease, died from septic shock secondary to extensive infected sacral pressure wounds. She received home care through KinCar…
71y · Male·Subdural haemorrhage on a background of an unwitnessed fall and anticoagulation …
A 71-year-old man with diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and osteomyelitis presented with fever and hypoglycaemia. He met Red Zone sepsis criteria (lactate 4.5mmol/L) but antibiotics were significantly delayed—ceftriaxon…
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