32 results for “spinal infection”
84y · Male·Complications of gout and old spinal injury, cause unknown
An 84-year-old male prisoner with multiple comorbidities (gout, spinal cord injury, renal impairment, cardiac failure) presented with chest infection, abdominal pain, and urinar…
80y · Male·haemorrhagic stroke caused by Staphylococcus aureus sepsis due to L4/5 discectom…
An 80-year-old man underwent elective microdiscectomy for spinal pain in April 2023. In late June, he developed a wound infection with Staphylococcus aureus causing discit…
50y · Male·Complications of urosepsis in the setting of T3/4 paraplegia
…ry, was residing in supported accommodation. He had a chronic indwelling urinary catheter with recurrent infections. On 24 August 2015, his long-term GP prescribed antibiotics for a urinary tract infection. Later that d…
76y · Male·Complications following surgery for intradural cervical meningioma
… deteriorated, requiring transfer to coronary care. He developed complications including hydrocephalus and spinal fluid infection, leading to insertion of a stent in September. By October, with ongoing health decline, he…
68y · Male·Community acquired chest infection secondary to C6 quadriplegia secondary to rem…
…, a 68-year-old man with C6 quadriplegia from a 1972 diving accident, died from community-acquired chest infection complicated by heart failure. He had recurrent respiratory and urinary tract infections related to his s…
41y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash with superimposed infection
…sibly influenced by sun glare. Mr Lucas sustained severe injuries including right leg amputation, pelvic infection, and spinal fracture with paralysis, dying from infection superimposed on unsurvivable injuries seven da…
54y · Male·Complications of cervical spinal stenosis treated with cervical laminectomy and …
… fusion for cervical stenosis. Post-operatively, he self-removed a drainage tube, then developed a wound infection despite antibiotic treatment. Following repeated hospital readmissions, he developed pneumonia with lung…
31y · Male·sepsis due to urosepsis and pneumonia on a background of C3 incomplete tetrapleg…
…ibuted to complications of long-term indwelling bladder catheterisation, a known risk factor for sepsis in spinal cord injury patients. The expert specifically commended Prince of Wales Hospital staff for excellent end-o…
51y · Male·metastatic small round cell malignancy (Ewing's Sarcoma)
… in custody. He presented with urinary retention and lower limb weakness in January 2018, underwent urgent spinal decompression surgery, and was subsequently diagnosed with advanced metastatic cancer. Palliative care was…
69y · Male·Septic arthritis of the knee
…eferences. No preventable errors were identified. This case illustrates the complexity of managing acute infection in severely immunocompromised patients with multiple comorbidities.
0y · Female·Complications of ascending uterine infection (Klebsiella pneumoniae) in the sett…
Mia Rose Iskander died at 8 hours of age from ascending uterine infection (Klebsiella pneumoniae) with chorioamnionitis following maternal premature pre-labour rupture of membran…
33y · Male·Marburg variant of multiple sclerosis
Jason Menzies, aged 33, died in custody from Marburg variant multiple sclerosis after rapid neurological deterioration. He initially presented with urinary retention on 1 December 2022, which was appropriately investigat…
72y · Male·sepsis of undetermined source (pneumonia or spinal epidural abscess)
…apsed with septic shock and died despite ICU admission. The coroner found sepsis (likely from pneumonia or spinal epidural abscess) was the cause. Clinical lessons: sepsis presents atypically (back pain can be a presenti…
28y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (synergistic effects of diazepam, oxycodone, and fentanyl ca…
Matthew McLachlan, a 28-year-old paraplegic with chronic pain from spinal cord injury, died from mixed drug toxicity while hospitalized for urinary tract infection treatment. He wa…
59y · Male·metastatic lung cancer, with palliation
…palliative care setting. He had been a lifelong smoker who developed advanced adenocarcinoma with bone and spinal metastases while imprisoned. The coroner found his medical care in prison and hospital was of high standar…
69y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage due to sepsis (Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia), com…
…noxaparin. However, the patient had concurrent sepsis (Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia) from a recurrent spinal infection. At the metropolitan hospital, sepsis was correctly identified, but the patient deteriorated and…
55y · Male·decompensated liver failure in a man with metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, w…
…active treatment. Transferred to Casuarina Prison infirmary for palliative care, he experienced COVID-19 infection and progressive deterioration. On 9 January 2024, he was transferred to Fiona Stanley Hospital where pal…
58y · Female·pneumonia and cardiac failure complicated by hypoxic brain injury
…te community accommodation and severe behavioural difficulties. On 3 January 2013, she developed a chest infection with low oxygen saturation (93%). Despite antibiotic changes, she suffered sudden cardiac arrest later t…
58y · Male·Septic shock secondary to intra-abdominal collections as sequelae of osteomyelit…
…minal collections caused by osteomyelitis/discitis of the spine. He initially presented with a foot bone infection detected on imaging in May 2023. Subsequent imaging revealed large bilateral psoas and retroperitoneal c…
68y · Male·community-acquired pneumonia in a setting of advanced centriacinar emphysema, al…
… in 2010; (2) asplenic patients require prophylactic vaccination, antibiotic prophylaxis, and heightened infection vigilance—none provided; (3) chronic paracetamol toxicity from long-term overdosing (8-10 tablets daily …
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