7 results for “pacemaker infection”
69y · Male·Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer on a background of dilated cardiomyopathy,…
…in September 2015 and deemed untreatable given his comorbidities; he received palliative care. Following pacemaker infection in November 2015, cancer metastasized to the brain causing seizures. A comfort-care-only resus…
6y · Male·Acute on chronic respiratory failure in the setting of hypotonic quadriplegic ce…
…Hyatt, a 6-year-old with severe cerebral palsy, chronic lung disease, and cardiac arrhythmia requiring a pacemaker, died from acute on chronic respiratory failure following a respiratory infection. He was admitted to Ro…
60y · Male·haemopericardium due to rupture of right ventricle complicating removal of cardi…
Richard Allen, a 60-year-old man with a permanent pacemaker for sick sinus syndrome, died from haemopericardium due to rupture of the right ventricle during pacemak…
83y · Male·cholangiocarcinoma on a background of advanced dementia and ischaemic valvular a…
Joseph McKenna, 83 years old, died of cholangiocarcinoma with advanced dementia and cardiac disease at an aged care facility where he was detained under a guardianship order. He was appropriately managed with palliative …
<1y · Female·Pneumonia in an infant with surgically repaired congenital heart disease, premat…
…o thrive) died from acute pneumonia caused by rhinovirus, norovirus, and secondary Staphylococcus aureus infection. She was in out-of-home care with her grandparents at the time of death. The coroner found all medical c…
16y · Male·heart failure due to chronic rheumatic heart disease
…e to chronic rheumatic heart disease. He developed acute rheumatic fever in 2006 following streptococcal infection; despite monthly penicillin prophylaxis, variable medication compliance led to a recurrent attack in 200…
80y · Female·Right haemothorax due to bleeding right pleural adhesion with contributing apixa…
…cerns relating to her care. Her extreme fragility from multiple comorbidities (aortic valve replacement, pacemaker, immunoglobulin deficiency, Addison's disease, epilepsy) meant haemothorax could have occurred spontaneo…
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