16 results for “viral upper respiratory tract infection”
4y · Male·Haemophilus influenzae septicaemia with superimposed respiratory tract infection
…r and eye pain. He was examined, found to have tachycardia (HR 156) and fever (39.2°C), and diagnosed with viral upper respiratory tract infection. He was discharged with paracetamol and advice to return if symptoms wor…
0y · Male·Respiratory insufficiency; interstitial fibrosis and low-grade pneumonitis of pr…
Zakaria Tartoussi died at age 43 days from respiratory insufficiency due to interstitial fibrosis and low-grade pneumonitis of probable viral aetiology. He pr…
57y · Male·Small bowel obstruction due to mid small bowel volvulus
…d diarrhoea, refused food/drink, and developed a cough. His GP attended and diagnosed a rhinovirus-related upper respiratory tract infection, prescribing amoxicillin. The following morning he was found non-responsive an…
17y · Female·Acute Lymphocytic Meningitis and Focal Myocarditis
…with severe headaches, myalgias, and vomiting. On 28 December 2008, she was discharged with a diagnosis of viral upper respiratory tract infection after symptomatic treatment. She re-presented on 7 January 2009 with wor…
3y · Male·Streptococcus pyogenes group A pneumonia
… and diarrhoea, was assessed twice at Mount Beauty Medical Centre on 23 December 2015 by GPs who diagnosed viral upper respiratory tract infection. Both doctors observed concerning clinical signs (tachycardia, tachypnoe…
24y · Female·Pulmonary and miliary tuberculosis
… 2024 at Melbourne Airport. She had been symptomatic for months, presenting to a GP on 19 May 2024 with respiratory symptoms (chesty cough, sore throat, voice loss) which were diagnosed as viral upper respiratory infect…
56y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis
…osis affecting all three main coronary arteries. He presented to his GP on 17 and 21 February 2020 with respiratory symptoms (cough, shortness of breath, fever) attributed to a chest infection. Critical clinical lesson:…
8y · Male·Streptococcus pyogenes and parechovirus infection
…n eight-month-old boy in state child protection care died from Streptococcus pyogenes and parechovirus coinfection. He presented to regional ED on 2 September with fever and ear infection signs, then 4 September with mi…
4y · Female·aspiration of vomitus and its treatment due to rheumatic carditis against a back…
… Doomadgee died on 23 July 2009 from aspiration of vomitus complicating rheumatic carditis with concurrent viral respiratory tract infection. She presented with fever and cough on 19, 21, and 22 July; nursing reviews we…
2y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest secondary to up…
…equired 4+ hours observation post-adrenaline before safe discharge. The following day he suffered cardiorespiratory arrest from upper airway obstruction, resulting in severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and death. Key…
2y · Male·pneumonia in association with bronchiolitis
… checks during the night when the child was coughing and in the morning before discovery. Children with respiratory symptoms can deteriorate rapidly due to physiological compensation mechanisms. The death was from natur…
1y · Female·Sepsis (Group A Streptococcus)
…spital emergency department. She had been seen multiple times by different GPs in the preceding weeks with viral upper respiratory tract infection symptoms and chronic impetigo. Although GP management was deemed appropr…
1y · Male·Cerebral anoxia caused by cardiac arrest caused by bronchiolitis and bronchopneu…
…al anoxia following cardiac arrest caused by bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia secondary to influenza A infection. He initially presented with croup symptoms on 15 July 2005, was discharged after appropriate treatment.…
Sudden Unexplained Death of an Infant (SUDI) in an unsafe sleeping environment; …
Three Aboriginal infants died in unsafe co-sleeping environments in the Northern Territory. Baby K (3 months), Baby B (2 months), and Baby S (5 weeks) all died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) associated wi…
2y · Male·Group A beta Haemolytic Streptococcal septicaemia (invasive Group A Streptococca…
…e presentations to hospital over three days. Clinical staff failed to recognise the developing bacterial infection despite objective warning signs. Key failures included: not escalating care when presented with persiste…
1y · Female·Rapidly developing Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leading to invasive pneumo…
Arianna Maragol, a 16-month-old girl, died from rapidly developing Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leading to invasive pneumococcal disease while in childcare on 24 August 2018. Key clinical lessons emer…
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