292 results for “ischaemic heart disease”
86y · Male·Complications post laparoscopic cholecystectomy
…transfusion. Myocardial infarction occurred intraoperatively in a patient with underlying coronary artery disease and was unresuscitable. While the delay between admission and surgery (outside 72-hour guideline window) …
61y · Male·cardiac tamponade caused by aortic dissection due to hypertension
…t pain on 31 October 2006. The Emergency Department doctor, Dr H., assessed him as intermediate risk for ischaemic heart disease and admitted him to the cardiac care unit. On 1 November, junior doctors Dr W. and Dr C. i…
82y · Male·hypostatic pneumonia
An 82-year-old man with dementia and multiple comorbidities died of hypostatic pneumonia following complications from a fall at a residential aged care facility. He sustained an L2 compression fracture from an unwitnesse…
78y · Female·urinary tract infection and pneumonia on a background of facial fractures and de…
A 78-year-old woman with mixed dementia living in aged care suffered an unwitnessed fall on 22 March 2023, sustaining facial fractures and eye laceration. The fractures were not identified during her initial hospital ass…
68y · Male·infarction of the small and large bowel due to superior mesenteric artery thromb…
A 68-year-old man with extensive systemic vascular disease presented with 10 days of nonspecific abdominal pain. Initial presentations at local hospital and GP were…
56y · Male·acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (bronchial asthma) i…
… died in custody at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital from acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (asthma). He was a remand prisoner at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison with poorly controlled asthma co…
90y · Female·abdominal sepsis complicating perforated diverticular abscess of the sigmoid col…
Thelma Annie Ogilvy, a 90-year-old woman from rural Victoria, died from abdominal sepsis complicating a perforated diverticular abscess. She presented with bowel obstruction requiring laparotomy on 21 October 2019, was d…
86y · Male·Multisystem failure complicating injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision…
An 86-year-old man with cardiac history died from multisystem failure following a pedestrian motor vehicle collision. He was struck by a prime mover while crossing against traffic, sustaining a broken leg, pelvis fractur…
81y · Female·aspiration pneumonia, exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease (emphy…
…al health legislation at Glenside Campus, died from aspiration pneumonia, COPD exacerbation and congestive heart failure. A critical ambulance transfer delay occurred when her initial request (5:45 am) was cancelled due…
65y · Male·Traumatic high cervical spine injury in the setting of frontal head impact in a …
A 65-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis died from traumatic cervical spine injury after being arrested for public drunkenness by a single-officer police patrol. During arrest and transportation to the police vehicl…
48y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia which occurred in the context of physical exertion and hypoxi…
… 100 seconds. He lost consciousness and suffered cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed chronic coronary artery disease and elevated clozapine levels. Clinical experts concluded restraint-induced hypoxia precipitated fatal ar…
58y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism complicating right calf deep venous thrombosis
Michael Burns, 58, presented to hospital with exertional chest pain and shortness of breath. He was diagnosed with stable angina and discharged home on cardiac medications. He returned the next day with dizziness attribu…
82y · Male·Trauma related intracerebral haemorrhage
An 82-year-old man with dementia, cerebellar ataxia, and mobility limitations fell from his wheelchair down three concrete steps (480cm drop) while attending a hearing aid appointment at an off-site clinic. He sustained …
29y · Female·acute myocardial infarction due to stenotic coronary vessel (left anterior desce…
Rebecca Richardson, a 29-year-old with type 1 diabetes and coronary artery disease, died of acute myocardial infarction on 7-9 May 2019. She presented to NWRH ED on 6 May with abdominal pa…
68y · Female·Complications of a right subdural haemorrhage (palliated), sustained in a fall
Vanna Vassallo, a 68-year-old with schizophrenia, chronic comorbidities and documented high fall risk, died from complications of a subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall at an aged mental health inpatient unit. She ha…
84y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction precipitated by upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage f…
An 84-year-old man with multiple comorbidities was prescribed rivaroxaban for deep vein thrombosis despite being a practicing Jehovah's Witness who refused blood transfusions. Rivaroxaban cannot be monitored or reversed,…
85y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage in the setting of a fall in a man with multiple comorbi…
An 85-year-old man with multiple comorbidities suffered a fall at home and was transported to hospital with stroke symptoms. A CT brain scan revealed subtle subarachnoid haemorrhage (traumatic), but the VST consultant ne…
Multiple causes across 22 deaths: ligature compression of the neck (17 hangings)…
…itions in Aboriginal communities: extreme poverty, overcrowded substandard housing, food insecurity, high disease burden, low education attainment (80% of Fitzroy Crossing students leave school without basic literacy/nu…
73y · Male·Complications of cervical fractures and spinal injury (operated), sustained in a…
A 73-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, cardiac disease, liver cancer) slipped on wet tiles outside McDonald's and sustained cervical and thoracic spine fracture…
42y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
Jonathon Candy, aged 42, died from acute coronary syndrome one day after inappropriate discharge from Queen Elizabeth Hospital ED. He presented with recurrent chest pain on exertion (gym evening of 18 May, workplace morn…
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