537 results for “sepsis”
60y · Male·sepsis and aspiration pneumonia in a man with oral squamous cell carcinoma and m…
…en, a 60-year-old man with oral squamous cell carcinoma, lung cancer, and multiple comorbidities died from sepsis and aspiration pneumonia while in prison custody at Fiona Stanley Hospital. He received appropriate medica…
60y · Male·Pulmonary tuberculosis in a man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with…
…agnosed with active TB and received a four-drug treatment regime. Readmitted in June 2024 with multi-organ sepsis and acute kidney injury, he required intensive care. Despite comprehensive care from multiple specialist t…
85y · Male·Sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia due to septic arthritis of left …
An 85-year-old man died in custody from sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia arising from septic arthritis of the left shoulder, on a backgrou…
61y · Male·Right lower lobe pneumonia
…rgling breathing, clinical deterioration was not recognised until 22 December when he presented to ED with sepsis. The coroner found no want of clinical management or care by any involved healthcare providers. For clinic…
85y · Female·Sepsis relating to an infected right shoulder wound (including MRSA)
… when deep joint infection was discovered. Multiple surgical interventions followed. She died 27 June from sepsis with cardiac and respiratory complications. The coroner identified a diagnostic error in misinterpreting a…
52y · Female·Neutropenic sepsis leading to multi-organ failure due to capecitabine toxicity
Mrs L, a 52-year-old woman with T2N0M0 rectal cancer, died from neutropenic sepsis and multi-organ failure secondary to severe capecitabine toxicity on 31 October 2018. She commenced neoadj…
58y · Male·multiorgan failure due to sepsis resulting from repeatedly fractured left humeru…
Wayne Anthony Lowe, aged 58, died of multiorgan failure due to sepsis following repeated humeral fractures sustained in falls. He was admitted with a right proximal humeral fra…
76y · Female·Major organ failure secondary to sepsis due to gram-positive bacteraemia from ur…
Patricia Northcote, a 76-year-old paraplegic woman with advancing dementia, died from sepsis secondary to urinary tract infection complicated by a sacral pressure sore. The pressure injury developed …
86y · Male·multi-organ failure due to sepsis on a background of sacral pressure ulcer
An 86-year-old man died from multi-organ failure due to sepsis from a stage 4 sacral pressure ulcer after 61 days in a regional hospital. Critical failures included dela…
69y · Female·Intra-abdominal sepsis and shock with multi-organ failure following intestinal p…
A 69-year-old woman died from intra-abdominal sepsis and multi-organ failure following a perforated caecum that occurred after lumbar spine surgery. Post-opera…
80y · Female·Haemoperitoneum/retroperitoneal haematoma due to rupture of the abdominal aorta …
… CT ruled out intracranial pathology. She developed undifferentiated shock at 5am, initially attributed to sepsis and treated with fluids and antibiotics. She appeared to stabilize but deteriorated further at 11am with s…
66y · Female·urinary tract infection with contributing hypertensive heart disease, diabetes m…
Rita Ann Broadway, 66, died from urinary tract infection on 2 January 2015, one day after presenting to Modbury Hospital Emergency Department with vaginal pain and signs of infection. She had a long-term indwelling cathe…
26y · Female·Streptococcal Sepsis resulting from Skin Ulceration and complications of Cerebra…
…ld woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability, died on 28 June 2007 of Streptococcal sepsis from infected pressure ulcers. She was cared for at home by her mother Daphne and sister Jenna. Following …
59y · Female·Sepsis in a woman with epilepsy, cerebral palsy and haemochromatosis
A 59-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability died of sepsis from a urinary tract infection (urosepsis) caused by E. coli and Proteus mirabilis. She had four hospital …
3y · Male·Escherichia Coli sepsis in a low birth weight infant
Noah Sheekey, a small-for-gestational-age neonate, died of E. coli sepsis at 3 days old, one day after discharge from hospital. Although his initial condition was reassuring, he wa…
51y · Female·community acquired pneumonia
…aviour necessitating an Inpatient Treatment Order. On 6 September, her condition deteriorated rapidly with sepsis, requiring ICU admission and intubation. During treatment, an Acomed infusion pump failed silently, tempor…
34y · Male·sepsis due to extensive small bowel infarct caused by bowel incarceration within…
Jason Keith Harrison, aged 34, died from sepsis due to extensive small bowel infarction caused by bowel incarceration within a congenital mesenteric herni…
51y · Female·Methemoglobinemia in the context of lignocaine use
Danielle Cadan, 51, died from methemoglobinemia following a tooth extraction under lignocaine anaesthetic at a regional health service. The lignocaine was administered in normal therapeutic dose but triggered this rare l…
0y · Female·Group B Streptococcus meningitis and sepsis
An 18-day-old baby died from late-onset Group B Streptococcus (GBS) meningitis and sepsis. She was born at a regional private hospital after labour complicated by maternal fever (37.6°C), foetal t…
69y · Female·Septic shock due to biliary peritonitis as a consequence of laparoscopic cholecy…
…ay 1 despite consultant's undocumented concerns; (2) failure to initiate antibiotics at ward round despite sepsis indicators; (3) delayed surgical response despite documented critical illness; (4) poor communication betw…
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