231 results for “respiratory symptoms”
62y · Male·multi organ failure due to atypical pneumonia
…illiam Gripton, 62 years old with post-polio syndrome, presented to Kangaroo Island Hospital with upper respiratory tract infection that progressed to atypical pneumonia causing multi-organ failure and death. Critical c…
56y · Female·asthma
Maria Valler, a 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability and autism who was living in Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) supported accommodation, died from acute asthma while returning from a walking ex…
51y · Male·complications of opiate toxicity; cardiac and respiratory arrest following drug …
Ziad Hamawy, a 51-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and polysubstance use disorder, died from opiate toxicity after cardiac arrest following his discharge from Concord Hospital's mental health unit on 18 March 2019…
50y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury suffered during cardiac and respiratory arrest cause…
… normal and Glasgow Coma Scale was 15/15. Despite ongoing monitoring by police, Mitchell suffered cardiorespiratory arrest at 3:21pm while in the watchhouse and died the following day from hypoxic brain injury. Medical …
34y · Male·multi-organ failure with right-sided tension pneumothorax
…n to multi-organ failure with tension pneumothorax. Key learning: when re-presenting patients have severe symptoms with radiological abnormalities suggesting infection, senior clinician review and timely integration of a…
35y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest in the setting of acute agitation and physical and chem…
…or over six minutes, then positioned upright when moved outside. Post-mortem examination revealed cardiorespiratory arrest. The coroner found that hypoventilation from restraint in the prone position—compounded by prior…
25y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to methadone toxicity
…, fell within acceptable clinical practice given the doctor's experience and Steven's reported withdrawal symptoms. Critical gaps existed in handover protocols between health and corrections staff, wellbeing check proced…
28y · Female·Anaphylactic reaction to anaesthetic drug (suxamethonium), with underlying coron…
…l anaesthesia at a regional hospital. Despite competent initial airway management, she developed severe respiratory distress immediately after induction, subsequently progressing to cardiovascular collapse and death. Ex…
Male·David Gurralpa: sudden heart attack (coronary atherosclerosis with long-standing…
Two deaths resulted from police restraint in prone positions. David Gurralpa, a 39-year-old Aboriginal man with pre-existing coronary artery disease, died of sudden cardiac arrest following police restraint during a dome…
28y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in association with pulmonary hype…
…cific PE risk assessment using Wells/PERC criteria, appropriate investigation of chest pain and pleuritic symptoms, and timely communication of serious findings.
67y · Female·Pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) in a woman receiving treatment for carcinom…
Peggy Anne Nilon, 67, died from pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) at St John of God Hospital Bunbury on 25 February 2003. Her small cell lung cancer had achieved remission following chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A cr…
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