624 results for “pulmonary disease”
82y · Female·Hyperkalaemia due to acute renal failure on a background of end stage pulmonary …
An 82-year-old woman with terminal pulmonary fibrosis and chronic respiratory failure presented with chest pain, hyperkalaemia and metabolic acidosis…
67y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction
Robert Quartermain, a 67-year-old prisoner with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and previous myocardial infarction, suffered acute myocardial infarction while in custody. He ex…
61y · Male·Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents (post seizure) due to chronic communica…
Michael Phillip Hyde-Wyatt, aged 61, died from pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents following a seizure. He had chronic communicating hydrocephalus and encep…
43y · Male·Bilateral pulmonary thrombo-emboli; contributory factors included obesity, coron…
Paul Harris, a 43-year-old Aboriginal man, died from bilateral pulmonary emboli while hospitalized at Hay District Hospital. He presented in September 2019 with pneumonia and Q …
60y · Male·Congestive Cardiac Failure
A 60-year-old Aboriginal man with end-stage COPD, congestive cardiac failure, and ischaemic heart disease died in prison custody. He likely suffered cardiac collapse around 8:30-9:00pm on 25 October 2014, presse…
62y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of refractory focal status epilepticus
…th cognitive decline, brain tumour history, and multiple comorbidities including severe sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension, died from aspiration pneumonia during refractory focal status epilepticus. She presented w…
89y · Female·Pulmonary embolism due to deep venous thrombosis
Edna Beryl Whalen, aged 89, died from pulmonary embolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis following delayed diagnosis of a femoral neck fracture. She f…
58y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism complicating right calf deep venous thrombosis
…ay with dizziness attributed to beta-blocker side effects and was again discharged. He died at home from pulmonary embolism. The coroner found that while his presentation was atypical of PE, there was conflicting eviden…
82y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest as a result of fractured …
An 82-year-old man died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following perioperative cardiac arrest during ankle fracture surgery. The anesthetist failed to recognise clinical deterioration, did not intubate despite sig…
78y · Male·large left basal ganglia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect
John Joseph Tiernan, 78, died from a large left basal ganglia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect while admitted under an Inpatient Treatment Order (ITO) for acute hyperactive delirium. He had stage 4 lung cancer …
75y · Female·exacerbation of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
…al capacity and guardianship arrangements were implemented; medical care was suitable given her end-stage disease and natural trajectory.
62y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
Peter Albert Begg, a 62-year-old prisoner, died of ischaemic heart disease due to severe coronary atherosclerosis with contributing dothiepin toxicity. He collapsed while pushing a…
64y · Male·Complications of congestive cardiac failure on a background of cardiac hypertrop…
QBT, a 64-year-old man with complex medical and psychiatric history including schizophrenia, COPD, and hypertension, was admitted to Bendigo Hospital on an Assessment Order after police concerns about mental health deter…
67y · Female·bronchopneumonia complicating disseminated pulmonary large cell carcinoma with r…
…are, noting that cancer was unexpected but the poor outcome was inevitable given the extent of metastatic disease. The clinical lesson is the importance of maintaining broad differential diagnoses in patients with progr…
53y · Female·cardiorespiratory arrest in a person with blunt force head injury, end-stage liv…
Sharon Bell was found dead in her hallway on 25 May 2013 aged 53. She had end-stage liver disease with hepatic encephalopathy, had suffered recent blunt force head injuries of unclear origin, and had hig…
54y · Male·Pulmonary embolus
Stephen Ross Brown, a 54-year-old truck driver, died from pulmonary embolism following a heavy vehicle crash on 27 August 2014. His Goldmix Stock Feeds truck suffered catas…
42y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary artery atherosclerosis and left ventricu…
Daryl Jabangardi Riley, a 42-year-old Aboriginal prisoner, died of ischaemic heart disease due to coronary artery atherosclerosis and left ventricular hypertrophy while playing pool in the recreat…
Unknown·Multiple: Olanzapine toxicity, pulmonary thromboembolism, asphyxiation on food, …
…schizophrenia on multiple antipsychotic medications and severe, untreated physical comorbidities (cardiac disease, COPD, obesity). The coroner found preventable clinical failures: (1) antipsychotic polypharmacy without …
76y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating catatonia and depression in the setting of met…
…ation responses, and multidisciplinary management of severe mental illness complicated by serious medical disease. The case highlights challenges in managing patients with concurrent severe psychiatric and oncological i…
86y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of deep leg vein thrombosis, secondary …
Barbara Deal, 86, died from pulmonary embolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis 17 days after lumbar spinal fusion surgery. Critical failures…
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