8 results for “upper gastroscopy”
50y · Male·gastrointestinal haemorrhage; haemorrhage from cystic artery post laparoscopic c…
…ng to diverticular disease rather than post-operative complications; inadequate investigation of suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding with gastroscopy not performed when clinically indicated; incomplete handover of…
83y · Male·Congestive cardiac failure due to ischaemic and valvular heart disease, with her…
…years due to his complex cardiac and haematological conditions. His final admission involved management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to HHT telangiectasias, complicated by the need to balance anticoagula…
70y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man with intra-abdominal carcinoma and multiple co-morbidi…
…recognition of acute coronary syndrome; (2) repeated refusals of diagnostic investigations (colonoscopy/gastroscopy) for anaemia, delaying cancer diagnosis; (3) inadequate staff appreciation of risks from unmonitored ox…
48y · Male·Multi-organ failure from acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage associated with oeso…
Peter Tasman Cannell, aged 48, died in Flinders Medical Centre from multi-organ failure due to acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage from oesophageal varices on a background of liver cirrhosis. He had a medical history of h…
80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…ndectomy. On hospital day 3, he developed coffee-ground vomitus indicating gastrointestinal bleeding. A gastroscopy was performed that afternoon to identify the bleeding source, but he aspirated gastric contents before …
80y · Male·metastatic oesophageal cancer
…th progressive dysphagia, cough, and weight loss in mid-2020, which was appropriately investigated with gastroscopy, biopsy, and imaging confirming stage 4 cancer with hepatic metastases by October 2020. Medical care wa…
62y · Male·Acute Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage in association with Acute on Chronic Peptic U…
…hock and stabilized with fluid resuscitation. However, due to difficulty determining whether the bleed was upper or lower GI, and the assumption among registrars that investigation could wait until morning, no urgent en…
57y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to prolonged downtime due to upper ai…
A 57-year-old man with intellectual disability and a documented history of choking died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following airway obstruction by food at a day activities program. Despite having a choking man…
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