121 results for “acute abdominal pain”
59y · Male·Ruptured atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysm (operated)
A 59-year-old man with a non-ruptured 8cm infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) presenting with acute back pain was transferred from Bendigo to Royal Melbourne Ho…
57y · Male·Small bowel obstruction due to mid small bowel volvulus
…uction due to mid-bowel volvulus. The case highlights the challenge of recognising subtle presentations of acute abdominal catastrophe in patients with communication difficulties and chronic constipation. Earlier recogn…
90y · Male·bowel obstruction leading to acute renal failure, sepsis and respiratory failure
A 90-year-old man with advanced dementia and multiple comorbidities died from bowel obstruction causing acute renal failure, sepsis, and respiratory failure. He had recently been placed in aged care under guardianshi…
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure following surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneur…
…-term prisoner with extensive medical comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, COPD, and a known abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), presented with chest pain in September 2015. Imaging revealed his AAA had rupture…
4y · Female·volvulus of the large intestine
…ar-old with Down syndrome and prior mid-gut volvulus, presented to Bunbury Hospital ED with vomiting and abdominal pain on 1 October 2015. Initial assessment excluded acute bowel obstruction. Despite signs of potential …
72y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to sepsis caused by abdominal adhesions from previous…
Michael Hamilton, 72, presented with acute abdominal pain post-bladder surgery while anticoagulated with warfarin. Initial assessment suspected duode…
64y · Male·Peritonitis, due to or as a consequence of a ruptured gallbladder, due to or as …
…ntence, died from peritonitis secondary to a ruptured gallbladder. On 8 December 2018, he presented with abdominal pain at the correctional centre but refused hospital transfer despite clinical concerns. He was given mo…
68y · Female·Acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 68-year-old woman presented to St Vincent's Hospital emergency department with upper abdominal and left-sided chest pain following a stationary bicycle fall. Clinicians attributed her symptoms to cod…
45y · Male·abdominal sepsis on a background of metastatic lung carcinoma
A 45-year-old man with advanced metastatic lung cancer died from abdominal sepsis secondary to bowel perforation while imprisoned. He presented with respiratory symptoms in Januar…
35y · Male·intra-abdominal haemorrhage caused by ruptured spleen
… liver disease, cirrhosis, hepatitis C and other comorbidities presented to his GP on 24 January 2007 with acute severe chest pain, profuse sweating, shaking, vomiting and a history of passing black blood per rectum. Ex…
76y · Male·ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
Kenneth Carter, 76, died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) on 8 June 2005. He had presented to Flinders Medical Centre Emergency Department o…
26y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury in the setting of immersion
…my Hauserman, a 26-year-old woman with schizophrenia and anorexia, was admitted to a psychiatric ward with acute psychosis due to non-compliance with clozapine. Over two days, she developed severe abdominal pain and con…
65y · Male·Metastatic disease with gastrointestinal primary (adenocarcinoma)
… intellectual disability residing in supported accommodation, presented to hospital in January 2025 with abdominal pain and was found to have metastatic adenocarcinoma of gastrointestinal origin with ascites and renal i…
38y · Male·haemopericardium (pericardial tamponade) due to aortic dissection
…d from haemopericardium due to aortic dissection. He presented to ED on 9 June 2015 with severe back and abdominal pain, elevated lactate, and neurological symptoms suggesting vascular pathology. Junior registrar and se…
47y · Male·acute renal failure caused by bilateral ureteral obstruction due to metastatic c…
Sean Waygood, an Extreme High Security prisoner, died from acute renal failure caused by metastatic colorectal cancer. He presented with abdominal pain, constipation, and …
55y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity in a woman with coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 55-year-old woman with complex medical history including chronic pain, previous multiple abdominal surgeries, gastrointestinal disorders, mental health issues including DID, and…
78y · Male·Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
A 78-year-old man with coronary artery disease and hypertension died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm while an involuntary psychiatric inpatient. He had presented with late-onset psychosis a…
11y · Male·Brown snake envenomation
…s to alcohol consumption. They did not seek medical attention. Over 10 hours, Tristian deteriorated with abdominal pain and repeated vomiting but remained conscious and mobile, making the severity non-obvious. He died f…
58y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating sigmoid volvulus, in a man with multiple scler…
…ultiple sclerosis and recurrent sigmoid volvulus, presented to Box Hill Hospital on 25 January 2023 with abdominal pain and distension. He underwent rectal tube insertion via sigmoidoscopy on 26 January with initial imp…
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 attributed to possible gallstones or gastritis…
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