43y · Male·Liver failure with cirrhosis in the setting of recent paracentesis and Hepatitis…
…er cirrhosis and hepatitis C who died 18 days after emergency umbilical hernia repair and one day after paracentesis drainage of 8 litres of ascites at a rural hospital. While his death was the expected outcome of termin…
69y · Female·Metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma
…ic ovarian adenocarcinoma. Advanced ovarian cancer was diagnosed in November 2022 following imaging and paracentesis. She received palliative care from January 2023. Following a fall in mid-January with subsequent ED pre…
64y · Male·hospital-acquired pneumonia on a background of end-stage cryptogenic liver cirrh…
…ed under the Mental Health Act to enable necessary medical interventions including nasogastric feeding, paracentesis, and endoscopy. Hospital-acquired pneumonia developed on day 9 of treatment, possibly following endosco…
53y · Male·Sepsis from infected ascites (E. coli) in a man with cirrhosis of the liver, hep…
A 53-year-old male prisoner died of sepsis from E. coli-infected ascites complicated by cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and diffuse B-cell lymphoma. He was admitted to hospital in septic shock with acute abdominal p…
64y · Male·End stage liver disease due to Hepatitis C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Thomas Edward Schwartz, a 64-year-old prisoner, died from end-stage liver disease due to Hepatitis C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. He was transferred from Wolston Correctional Centre to Princess Alexandra Hospit…
39y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis and sepsis due to pyelonep…
Lorna May Woods, 39, died from pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis and sepsis secondary to pyelonephritis on a background of metastatic ovarian cancer. She presented to Joondalup Health Campus with uros…
50y · Male·carcinomatosis due to metastatic, poorly differentiated renal cell carcinoma unc…
Michael Sfyris, a 50-year-old prisoner, died of metastatic renal cell carcinoma in April 2016. A CT scan performed in September 2015 revealed an adrenal lesion but the radiology report was misfiled and not reviewed for 2…
52y · Male·complications in association with advanced malignancy (hepatocellular carcinoma)…
Jeffrey Lee Strettles, a 52-year-old prisoner, died from complications of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, end-stage cirrhosis, and generalised sepsis. He had contracted Hepatitis C in the late 1980s and was diagnosed …
61y · Male·end stage renal failure, in the context of type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic …
Robert Curtis, a 61-year-old Aboriginal man with end-stage renal disease, end-stage liver disease, and poorly controlled diabetes, was imprisoned for driving while disqualified on 4 February 2019. He fell in the prison s…
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