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36y · Female·Acute brain injury due to intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to sepsis
A 36-year-old woman with intravenous heroin use history presented with depressed consciousness and purpuric rash. Paramedics appropriately administered empiric antibiotics for suspected meningococcal sepsis. Hospital inv…
29y · Female·Invasive aspergillosis
A 29-year-old registered nurse with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) died from invasive aspergillosis. Dr G. prescribed lamotrigine 100 mg daily (double the recommended initial dose of 50 mg) on first consultation with…
54y · Female·sepsis
Ms Julie Stephens, aged 54, was admitted to Frankston Hospital on 5 December 2008 with a chest infection and multiple comorbidities including cardiac failure, respiratory failure, and obesity. She deteriorated with septi…
21y · Male·Sepsis and Streptococcus pyogenes necrotising fasciitis of the left leg
A 21-year-old university student sustained an ankle injury during an evening out and attended hospital ED the following day with ankle pain. X-rays showed no fracture and he was diagnosed with a sprained ankle, discharge…
85y · Female·Sepsis relating to an infected right shoulder wound (including MRSA)
Ellen Plymin, aged 85, sustained a fractured humerus in a fall and underwent surgical fixation at Western Hospital on 10 May 2007. She returned to Westgate Aged Care Facility post-operatively on 14 May. By 28 May, wound …
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