15 results for “arterial gas embolism”
57y · Male·cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE)
A 57-year-old experienced commercial diver died from cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) while recreational hookah diving near St Helens Island, Tasmania on 24 December 2021.…
22y · Male·drowning secondary to incapacitation from air embolism
…ed and experienced pearl shell drift diver with over 600 logged dives died from drowning secondary to air embolism and cerebral arterial gas embolism while diving for Paspaley Pearling Company off Broome, Western Austral…
23y · Female·Pulmonary barotrauma due to or as a consequence of a scuba diving accident
…hen unable to clear water from her mask and ascended quickly without expelling sufficient air, leading to arterial gas embolism and cerebral artery gas embolism causing sudden unconsciousness. Medical experts concluded t…
14y · Male·complications of cerebral arterial gas embolism due to SCUBA incident
Reagan Milstein, a 14-year-old certified junior open water diver, died from complications of cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) sustained during a recreational dive in Malaysia. He became unconscious during his se…
55y · Male·Ascent barotrauma resulting in cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) and drownin…
A 55-year-old man with undiagnosed viral myocarditis and cardiomegaly died from cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) during a scuba dive at 37 metres depth. Despite being advised by his cardiologist not…
44y · Female·salt water drowning due to ascent barotrauma (cerebral arterial gas embolism)
Jennifer Lee Barrington, age 44, died from salt water drowning due to ascent barotrauma (cerebral arterial gas embolism/CAGE) during a recreational scuba dive. She had significant undisclosed medical conditions i…
66y · Female·retroperitoneal haemorrhage due to anticoagulation following right cerebrovascul…
…year-old woman died from retroperitoneal haemorrhage following anticoagulation for stroke caused by intra-arterial central venous catheter placement. The catheter was mistakenly inserted into the right carotid artery ins…
58y · Male·salt water drowning following air embolism due to ascent barotrauma
A 58-year-old male experienced cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) during recreational scuba diving ascent, resulting in drowning. Pleural adhesions fro…
56y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to left calf deep vein thrombosis
A 56-year-old woman with bipolar disorder died from pulmonary thromboembolism due to left calf deep vein thrombosis while detained under the Mental Health Act in hospital. She present…
47y · Male·Myocardial ischaemia as a result of undiagnosed coronary artery disease; cerebra…
…s of the left anterior descending artery) with myocardial ischaemia as the primary cause, though cerebral arterial gas embolism from uncontrolled ascent could not be excluded. Critical failings included inadequate in-wat…
80y · Female·Gas embolism complicating surgical repair of an atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm …
…cular system under pressure, likely when the delivery system was inadvertently disturbed. This caused fatal gas embolism. The coroner found the surgery decision appropriate given the patient's high rupture risk, but ide…
39y · Male·Hypoxic/Ischaemic Encephalopathy due to Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism
…a 39-year-old man recovering well from community-acquired pneumonia in ICU, suffered a fatal cerebral air embolism on 28 October 2014. A CVAD removal order was given at midday but the device remained in place for 6+ hour…
32y · Male·Pulmonary embolism originating from deep vein thrombosis in right calf
A 32-year-old man died from pulmonary embolism six days after emergency appendectomy for perforated appendicitis. VTE prophylaxis was appropriately pres…
31y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism arising from deep vein thrombosis
Adam David McKay, a 31-year-old geologist, died from pulmonary thromboembolism arising from deep vein thrombosis on 23 January 2003. He had recently completed extensive long-haul fligh…
18y · Male·Multi organ failure due to sepsis from a Group A streptococcus infection
…owever, expert consensus concluded that even if infection had been detected on 20 September, the aggressive GAS infection was irreversible by that time—there was no realistic possibility antibiotics could have saved him…
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