10 results for “megacolon”
47y · Female·Large intestinal infarction due to volvulus
…ing causing bowel obstruction but developed sigmoid volvulus with haemorrhagic infarction. She had known megacolon requiring careful dietary management and regular laxatives. The coroner found no evidence of procedural …
58y · Male·ischaemic bowel; chronic megacolon in the setting of constipation, hypothyroidis…
… constipation, hypothyroidism and intellectual disability died from ischaemic bowel secondary to chronic megacolon. He presented to hospital with abdominal distension and underwent CT imaging and sigmoidoscopy showing d…
38y · Male·multi organ failure secondary to intestinal ischaemia from toxic megacolon relat…
…th chronic schizophrenia died from multi-organ failure secondary to intestinal ischaemia caused by toxic megacolon from severe constipation. He was a detained patient on Clozapine and Oxybutamin, both known to cause con…
35y · Male·acute vomit aspiration in a man with acute large intestine obstruction (severe m…
…tment per 2015 guidelines, a serious medication side effect—gastrointestinal hypomotility causing severe megacolon—was not widely recognised at that time. The coroner found his treatment appropriate but highlighted that…
22y · Female·Complications of megacolon due to chronic constipation in a woman with cerebral …
A 22-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy and epilepsy died of complications from megacolon due to chronic constipation. She attended respite care over a weekend and became unwell with feeding dif…
41y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia; contributing factors: toxic megacolon, ce…
…ability, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died from cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia complicated by toxic megacolon and Salmonella infection. Over 18 months prior to death, he experienced progressive functional decline, …
11y · Female·Complications of E. coli sepsis in association with intestinal obstruction due t…
…ied 12 hours later from E. coli sepsis associated with intestinal obstruction due to faecal impaction of megacolon. Critical delays in management included: a three-hour delay administering the phosphate enema after cons…
11y · Male·complications of bowel obstruction in the setting of chronic constipation
…an unmonitored room. He was transferred to RCH where emergency surgery revealed massive fecal impaction, megacolon, and hypoganglionosis. Despite surgery and intensive care, he died from multi-organ failure and uncontro…
38y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity including metonitazene
A 38-year-old man with a long history of substance use, depression, anxiety and ADHD died from mixed drug toxicity involving metonitazene. He believed he was injecting heroin but had unknowingly obtained metonitazene (a …
22y · Female·bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction
Susan Windie, a 22-year-old with rare congenital abnormalities affecting bowel function, died from bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction complicated by abdominal compartment syndrome. She presented to Carnarvon Hospi…
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