8 results for “post-operative seizures”
35y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of post caecal resection for col…
…urgent waiting list for gastroscopy and colonoscopy. Following admission with vomiting, constipation, and seizures, she underwent left hemicolectomy for colorectal cancer at Albury Base Hospital. She suffered a suspected…
84y · Female·left subdural haematoma resulting from head injury due to fall from standing
… was justified given the need to manage her aspirin use before surgery and the severity of her injury. Post-operative seizures and infarcts were recognised complications. The case highlights appropriate trauma management…
52y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a female who had undergone a laparoscopic cholecystectom…
…ntities of fluid prior to admission, including brown-coloured liquid suggesting possible haematemesis. Post-operatively, she experienced seizures and hypoxia requiring MET calls. The coroner found no relationship between…
0y · Female·Right ventricular failure secondary to pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal…
…management, and 15 cardiac surgical procedures, she developed progressive complications including sepsis, seizures, and organ dysfunction. The Coroners Prevention Unit found her medical care was appropriately managed thr…
58y · Male·pneumonia on a background of adenocarcinoma of the lung stage 4, ischaemic heart…
…h advanced lung cancer. After initial treatment and discharge to prison infirmary, he was readmitted with seizures (likely metastatic brain involvement), wound infection, and pneumonia. The coroner found his medical trea…
2y · Male·Tramadol toxicity in the setting of adenotonsillectomy in a child with Pierre Ro…
…/L), well above therapeutic concentrations. The child deteriorated overnight with respiratory depression, seizures, and severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury, leading to death despite intensive care. Key clinical failure…
32y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to a combination of factors arising from subdural haema…
…Tegretol). Clinical lessons: complex neurosurgical cases require multidisciplinary team communication; post-operative headaches with vomiting warrant urgent reassessment; patient and family concerns, especially repeated …
56y · Male·Complications of atraumatic bilateral femoral fractures (repaired) during a seiz…
Mark O'Brien, a 56-year-old man with Down syndrome and dementia, sustained multiple seizure-related bilateral femoral fractures. A subtle posterior cortical fracture to his left femur, sustained during a seizure on 15 Ju…
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