301 results for “renal disease”
65y · Female·Combined effects of acute pneumonia, pancreatitis, urinary tract infection, and …
A 65-year-old woman with chronic alcohol use disorder, multiple comorbidities, and progressive functional decline died from combined effects of pneumonia, pancreatitis, urinary tract infection, and severe pressure ulcers…
64y · Male·Left-sided intracerebral haemorrhage associated with deep brain stimulator wire …
…epoints to verify therapeutic range; specialist haematology oversight was not obtained despite obesity and renal impairment making enoxaparin pharmacokinetics unpredictable. An alternative strategy—delaying DBS until a …
48y · Female·acute myocarditis resulting from systemic viral infection
A 48-year-old Aboriginal woman with chronic diseases (diabetes, COPD, ischaemic heart disease) presented with ongoing chest infection symptoms across multipl…
79y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
John Angeles, aged 79, died of ischaemic heart disease while serving a life sentence for murder. He had severe triple-vessel coronary disease, chronic lung dise…
83y · Male·pulmonary fat embolism complicating interstitial lung disease
An 83-year-old experienced motorcyclist died from pulmonary fat embolism complicating interstitial lung disease following a compound fracture of the right tibia sustained in a motorcycle crash. Mr Salter lost concentr…
45y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxia following cardio-respiratory collapse due to anaphylaxis…
A 45-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, and recurrent lower limb infections died from anaphylaxis to intravenously administered flucloxacillin. …
59y · Male·disseminated carcinoma due to right lung carcinoma
… 59-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, alcohol-induced brain injury, chronic obstructive airways disease, and diabetes, died in custody from disseminated small cell lung carcinoma. He was transferred to hospita…
47y · Male·acute renal failure caused by bilateral ureteral obstruction due to metastatic c…
Sean Waygood, an Extreme High Security prisoner, died from acute renal failure caused by metastatic colorectal cancer. He presented with abdominal pain, constipation, and blood …
64y · Male·Septic shock secondary to urosepsis (Pseudomonas and Stenotropomonas maltophilia…
…recognize sepsis or clinical deterioration. Critical errors included: misinterpreting elevated troponin as renal failure alone, not initiating antibiotics despite infection signs, not correcting hyperkalaemia, and trans…
55y · Male·probable sepsis in the setting of immunosuppression, a skin wound and chronic di…
David Paul Unwin, a 55-year-old kidney transplant recipient with polycystic kidney disease, died of sepsis in January 2017. He presented with progressive symptoms including chronic diarrhoea, weig…
75y · Male·bilateral subdural haematoma due to fall
Walter Robert Hanslow, a 75-year-old man with Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and significant mobility limitations, sustained a fall at a nursing home on 9 June …
63y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Dragan Jacovic, a 63-year-old life prisoner with extensive comorbidities including severe ischaemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and chronic paranoid schizophrenia, was admitted to hospital on…
80y · Male·metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
Cemil Guler, an 80-year-old man, died from metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma at Braeside Hospital. He was a forensic patient under Mental Health Act detention after being found not guilty by reason of mental illness of…
72y · Female·acute on chronic renal failure due to sepsis and chronic left leg cellulitis
… the floor for 24–48 hours before police welfare check found her. She was readmitted with sepsis and acute renal failure, dying days later. The coroner identified critical discharge planning failures: absence of unified…
66y · Male·multiple organ failure associated with the combined effects of complications of …
…mediate methotrexate toxicity resolved, subsequent complications including vasculitis and coronary artery disease led to his death. Clinical lessons include: always obtain baseline blood tests before methotrexate; consi…
75y · Female·Renal failure and ketoacidosis in a woman with chronic alcoholism and type 2 dia…
A 75-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes and chronic alcoholism died from renal failure and ketoacidosis at home. She was isolated, dependent on her elderly husband for care, and living …
65y · Male·Metastatic disease with gastrointestinal primary (adenocarcinoma)
…abdominal pain and was found to have metastatic adenocarcinoma of gastrointestinal origin with ascites and renal involvement. He was transitioned to palliative care and died six weeks later. The coroner found care was a…
53y · Male·decompensated alcoholic liver disease in the setting of gastro-intestinal haemor…
A 53-year-old man with advanced alcoholic liver disease (Child-Pugh C) died of decompensated liver disease with gastrointestinal haemorrhage. He was arrested for…
67y · Female·Right coronary artery dissection following angiography stenting and attempted ro…
Margaret Richardson, 67, died from right coronary artery dissection during rotational atherectomy on 24 January 2017 at Launceston General Hospital. She had suffered acute myocardial infarction on 14 January with 95% occ…
74y · Female·Cardio-renal failure due to gangrene of calculous gallbladder, with significant …
…oner found her death was caused by underlying conditions (gangrenous gallbladder, cardiac and respiratory disease) though the anaphylaxis occurred and she suffered arrest. Key failures: triage nurse did not document the…
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