25 results for “bowel volvulus”
47y · Female·Large intestinal infarction due to volvulus
… Lee McDonald, a 47-year-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 develope…
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…
59y · Female·Complications of a pseudo-obstruction on a background of previous anterior resec…
Julie Anne White, 59, died from complications of pseudo-obstruction following previous sigmoid volvulus resection. She had intellectual disability, dementia, schizophrenia, depression, and chronic bowel dysmot…
81y · Male·Consequences of bowel obstruction
Ronald Turner, an 81-year-old man in lawful custody, died from consequences of bowel obstruction with aspiration pneumonia. He had a history of recurrent sigmoid volvulus despite previous sur…
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…
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating large bowel volvulus in a man with chronic dys…
Andrew John Martin, aged 57 with cerebral palsy and chronic dysphagia, was admitted with large bowel volvulus managed conservatively per advance directives. After clinical improvement, he was transferred to …
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
…3 years, presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 13 June 2004 with abdominal pain and signs of acute bowel obstruction. Initial assessment identified sigmoid volvulus on imaging. He deteriorated with oxygen desatu…
27y · Male·multiple organ failure due to the consequences of multiple gunshot wounds to the…
… when he presented with vomiting and abdominal pain, which led to emergency surgery revealing a rare small bowel volvulus requiring total bowel resection. Expert evidence established that this volvulus was exceptionally…
67y · Female·perforated sigmoid volvulus with peritonitis upon a background of spinocerebella…
Betty Irene Ball, aged 67, died from perforated sigmoid volvulus with peritonitis on 2 February 2016. She had spinocerebellar ataxia and was resident in aged care. She de…
58y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating sigmoid volvulus, in a man with multiple scler…
Mr H, a 58-year-old man with end-stage multiple sclerosis and recurrent sigmoid volvulus, presented to Box Hill Hospital on 25 January 2023 with abdominal pain and distension. He underwent recta…
89y · Female·acute renal failure with severe electrolyte disturbance due to sigmoid volvulus …
An 89-year-old woman with severe vascular dementia died from acute renal failure due to sigmoid volvulus while detained under the Mental Health Act. She was admitted to hospital for management of aggressive beh…
74y · Male·Sepsis complicating pyelonephritis and pseudo large intestinal obstruction (pall…
…longed hospitalisation. He was admitted in February 2024 with functional decline and experienced recurrent bowel obstruction, sigmoid volvulus, and E. coli bacteraemia secondary to pyelonephritis. Following transfer and…
64y · Male·Small bowel infarction due to a volvulus owing to adhesions in the small intesti…
…tal's Emergency Department in October 2012 with severe central abdominal pain. The ED consultant diagnosed bowel obstruction but failed to consider critical complications such as strangulation, perforation, and peritoni…
67y · Male·Faeculent peritonitis due to perforation of a sigmoid volvulus
…ld with dementia and Parkinson's disease, presented with abdominal pain and decreased appetite. A sigmoid volvulus was identified and a rectal tube successfully inserted for decompression. Conservative management was con…
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…
62y · Female·Complications arising from elective laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure for recurr…
…is, died from complications following an elective laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure for recurrent sigmoid volvulus and ileus. Post-operatively uncomplicated initially, she deteriorated on day 3 with signs of sepsis (diap…
48y · Male·sepsis in the setting of aspiration pneumonia and bowel obstruction
…d intellectual disability living in supported care, died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia and bowel obstruction. He presented to hospital with abdominal pain and aspiration pneumonia, was initially discharg…
74y · Male·myocardial infarction
…ed under the Mental Health Act at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had presented with hypokalaemia and sigmoid volvulus, refusing initial treatment. He was detained due to delirium and combativeness, allowing restraint and tr…
4y · Female·volvulus of the large intestine
Tahlia Rose Bembridge, a 4-year-old with Down syndrome and prior mid-gut volvulus, presented to Bunbury Hospital ED with vomiting and abdominal pain on 1 October 2015. Initial assessment …
16y · Male·mid-gut volvulus and bowel obstruction, leading to ischaemic bowel and related c…
…lactate of 7.2 mmol/L (grossly abnormal), faeculent vomiting, and imaging showing caecal malrotation with volvulus—his condition was not recognised as a surgical emergency until late evening. Critical delays in senior ph…
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