5 results for “blood sample collection”
71y · Female·massive acute haemolysis leading to severe anaemia and multi-system failure as a…
Ruth Stoll, 71, died from massive acute haemolysis and multi-system failure after receiving incompatible blood transfusions during aortic aneurysm repair. Pre-operative blood samples from Stoll and another patient (Ko…
21y · Female·Multiple organ failure due to undefined sepsis (toxic shock syndrome)
…araburdoo Hospital was appropriate, but critical clinical deterioration occurred 10pm on 14 March when her blood pressure declined significantly. Dr M. was not notified of this critical observation. When contacted at 2:…
4y · Male·acute suppurative peritonitis following rupture of an inflamed vermiform appendi…
A 4-year-old Aboriginal boy with autism presented to emergency with vomiting and fever. Appendicitis was considered as a primary diagnosis from admission. Clinical examination was challenging due to communication difficu…
Immersion (Drowning)
Two children, Jack Craig Anstey (7) and Ashleigh Fiona Mungur (8), drowned on 3 October 2003 when the Jeep Cherokee in which they were passengers was washed from a low-level ford crossing of the Blackwood River on Jalbar…
29y · Female·respiratory depression caused by morphine intoxication on a background of upper …
A 29-year-old woman with infectious mononucleosis and severe sore throat died from respiratory depression caused by morphine intoxication with concurrent upper airway narrowing. A GP administered 30mg intramuscular morph…
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