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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 …
82y · Male·Cardiomegaly, myocardial fibrosis and ischaemic coronary artery disease in the c…
An 82-year-old man with extensive comorbidities underwent colonoscopy with argon plasma coagulation (APC) for bleeding angiodysplasia. Prolonged activation intervals during the final third of the procedure caused full-th…
64y · Male·Septic shock secondary to urosepsis (Pseudomonas and Stenotropomonas maltophilia…
RD, a 64-year-old man with diabetes, amputation, and COPD, presented to a private hospital emergency department with suspected sepsis (vomiting, diarrhoea, hypotension, acute kidney injury, elevated troponin, hyperkalaem…
64y · Male·bronchopneumonia and sepsis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a man …
Edward Ivan Africh, a 64-year-old sentenced prisoner, died from bronchopneumonia and sepsis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema) in the setting of advanced chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia and heart fai…
Unknown·Panella: pulmonary thromboembolism due to left calf deep vein thrombosis; Skeffi…
Three South Australians died following extended waits on ambulance ramps outside metropolitan hospitals. Anna Panella (76) died from pulmonary thromboembolism; Bernard Skeffington (89) died from aspiration pneumonia afte…
72y · Female·Peritonitis due to perforated diverticulum in transverse colon
Maria Donatelli, a 72-year-old woman with cardiac and renal disease, presented to Peel Health Campus with abdominal pain and vomiting. She was initially managed conservatively with a provisional diagnosis of pancreatitis…
32y · Male·Asphyxia in a man with Friedreich's Ataxia due to positional asphyxia; unable to…
Leslie Troy Ovens, a 32-year-old man with progressive Friedreich's Ataxia, died from positional asphyxia after falling from his wheelchair. He had deteriorated significantly after hospitalisation in June 2013 and was wea…
68y · Female·Multi-organ failure associated with septic shock following duodenal perforation …
Athenia Hana Walden, 68, died from multi-organ failure and septic shock following duodenal perforation during laparoscopic surgery at Swan District Hospital on 8 May 2008. Surgery was performed to remove her gallbladder,…
78y · Female·cardiorespiratory failure, ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease together wit…
Barbara Francis, a 78-year-old resident with dementia at Pearl Supported Care in the dementia unit (Dinah), was punched by another resident (Mr A) on 4 September 2018 and fell backward onto her right hip, sustaining an o…
83y · Female·Hyponatraemic encephalopathy due to adverse effects of citaprolam and duloxetine…
An 83-year-old woman with pre-existing SIADH-related chronic hyponatraemia died from hyponatraemic encephalopathy following antidepressant therapy. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) the importance of accessing prior…
Female·Emily Ruth Leonard: multi-organ failure due to overwhelming sepsis from a perfor…
Two elderly women died following vaginal prolapse surgery performed by the same surgeon, Dr O., with similar mechanisms: bowel perforation leading to peritonitis and sepsis. Mrs Leonard (77) underwent laparoscopic surger…
Female·Betty: cardiac arrhythmia complicating heart failure due to consequences of past…
This inquest examined three deaths of young Aboriginal women from Doomadgee (ages 18, 37, and 17) from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) complications between September 2019 and September 2020. All three deaths were preventa…
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