73 results for “abdominal examination”
73y · Female·coronary atherosclerosis
…espiratory arrest. Autopsy revealed coronary atherosclerosis as primary cause with contributing anterior abdominal wall haematoma related to anticoagulant therapy. All independent expert review confirmed anticoagulant d…
31y · Female·Ruptured splenic artery aneurysm with extensive retroperitoneal and intraperiton…
…woman at 32 weeks gestation, presented to the Royal Women's Hospital with sudden-onset severe left-sided abdominal pain and hypotension on 21 March 2010. She was assessed by registrar Dr F. and covering specialist Dr L.…
1y · Male·Blunt force abdominal trauma; laceration of spleen with intra-abdominal haemorrh…
A 14-month-old Aboriginal boy died from blunt force abdominal trauma with a splenic laceration on 13 January 2019. He had multiple injuries documented at autopsy incl…
60y · Female·Non-operative management of ruptured oesophagus (palliated)
…ar-old woman with epilepsy and intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, presented with abdominal pain on 18 March 2023. Initial examination by her GP showed mild tenderness that improved. She deteriora…
77y · Female·haemoperitoneum and retroperitoneal haematoma secondary to Type I aortic dissect…
Helen Mary Badcock, 77, presented to Launceston General Hospital on Christmas Day 2020 with abdominal pain and right leg numbness. Ambulance paramedics documented inability to obtain blood pressure on her r…
64y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
…ellectual disability in supported residential care died from ischaemic heart disease. She presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea on 8 June 2010, was examined by a general practitioner who diagnosed gastro…
45y · Male·Intra Abdominal Haemorrhage Associated with Metastatic Carcinoma of the Oesophag…
Reginald Brian O'Neill, a 45-year-old sentenced prisoner at Karnet Prison Farm, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage associated with metastatic oesophageal carcinoma on 6 December 2003. In late November 2003, …
72y · Male·acute gangrene of colon with probable perforation along with bowel obstruction a…
…iabetes and cardiac disease, presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on Christmas Day 2002 with acute abdominal pain and vomiting. Over two days, his condition deteriorated but ischaemic bowel disease was not diagnos…
16y · Male·Internal haemorrhage due to closed chest and abdominal injuries sustained in mot…
Todd Best, aged 16, died from internal haemorrhage following blunt chest and abdominal trauma sustained when struck by a police vehicle while evading custody. He had been arrested for propert…
Female·Emily Ruth Leonard: multi-organ failure due to overwhelming sepsis from a perfor…
…oach in patients with extensive adhesions; heightened vigilance for early peritonitis signs post-complex abdominal surgery; appropriate drain placement; the importance of formal accreditation and examinations for comple…
17y · Male·Multi-organ failure with terminal fungal sepsis (Aspergillus) on a background of…
…minal fungal sepsis. The critical issue identified was a substantial delay in investigating acute severe abdominal pain on 13 May 2011. Despite classic peritoneal signs noted at 9:30 pm (generalised tenderness, guarding…
67y · Female·perforated gastric ulcer; morphine toxicity also made a significant contribution
Mrs Lillian Shaw, a 67-year-old obese woman with a history of NSAID use, presented with vomiting and abdominal pain over 36 hours. A GP visited three times without performing adequate physical examination, failed to…
88y · Male·Ischaemic bowel in a man with fractured pelvis secondary to a motor vehicle inci…
…He was admitted to Alfred Hospital with multiple pelvic fractures and developed acute kidney injury with abdominal pain. Imaging revealed portal vein thrombosis. Despite pain and delirium, no acute surgical intervention…
64y · Male·Small bowel infarction due to a volvulus owing to adhesions in the small intesti…
…, aged 64, presented to Royal Hobart Hospital's Emergency Department in October 2012 with severe central abdominal pain. The ED consultant diagnosed bowel obstruction but failed to consider critical complications such a…
11y · Male·complications of bowel obstruction in the setting of chronic constipation
…rs with multiple admissions for bowel washouts. Despite referral to RCH paediatric surgery in 2021, his examination under anaesthesia was delayed until after the surgeon's leave, scheduled for February 2022. On 23 March…
58y · Male·complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction
…ion following discharge from hospital after inadequate assessment. He had presented to the ED with lower abdominal pain and severe faecal loading (bowel dilation 19cm). Despite a critical admission one year prior requir…
Male·unascertained
…ding and weighted with a barbell. The body showed post-mortem amputation of head, neck and limbs, and an abdominal incision. Toxicological testing detected cocaine. Despite four years of extensive police investigation i…
49y · Female·Widespread small and large bowel, splenic and hepatic infarction secondary to se…
…ritical stenosis of the superior mesenteric and coeliac arteries. She presented to the ED with months of abdominal pain, weight loss and diarrhoea, initially suspected to be ulcerative colitis. A CT scan on 26 August id…
64y · Male·necrotising fasciitis precipitated by a fishbone perforating his rectum, leading…
…hen he returned on 8 December with markedly elevated white cell count and radiographic evidence of intra-abdominal pathology, a first-year registrar (Dr C.) attributed symptoms to urinary retention and referred to urolo…
0y · Male·Complications of small bowel obstruction due to post operative adhesions
…ed vomiting but did not adequately elicit medical history, failed to recognise the significance of prior abdominal and thoracic surgery in a vomiting infant, and provided only an equivocal recommendation for hospital tr…
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