267 results for “severe heart failure”
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,…
82y · Male·sepsis due to infected sacral ulcer with osteomyelitis and necrotising fasciitis
An 82-year-old man with multiple comorbidities developed a sacral pressure injury during admission to a private hospital for investigation of leg weakness. Despite being assessed as high-risk for pressure injury, he was …
77y · Male·complications of haemothorax and hypotension following drainage of pleural effus…
77-year-old male died from complications of haemothorax and hypotension following drainage of pleural effusion post-coronary bypass surgery, in the setting of pre-existing renal impairment and diabetes. During pleural ta…
10y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiorespiratory arrest due to compl…
A 10-year-old boy with severe obstructive sleep apnoea and morbid obesity died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiorespiratory arr…
76y · Female·hospital acquired pneumonia, multiple organ dysfunction and small bowel obstruct…
…ple organ dysfunction, and small bowel obstruction. She was admitted to a rural hospital with acute renal failure and dangerously high potassium levels (8.1 and 7.6 mmol/L). Despite clear evidence of severe illness requ…
28y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in association with pulmonary hype…
…ted to the doctor; (3) no D-dimer or further investigations ordered; (4) two weeks later, Dr B. identified severe pulmonary hypertension on echocardiogram but lacked clinical context, and neither she nor Dr U. conveyed a…
10y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiorespiratory arrest due to compl…
AA, a 10-year-old boy with morbid obesity and severe obstructive sleep apnoea, died from hypoxic brain injury after a cardiorespiratory arrest. He had been adm…
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