69 results for “acute bowel obstruction”
58y · Male·complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction
Paul Desmond Smith, aged 58, died from complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction following discharge from hospital after inadequate assessment. He had presented to the …
70y · Female·Severe dehydration and renal complications secondary to intestinal obstruction d…
…presented to a rural hospital with 48 hours of vomiting and dehydration secondary to an inguinal hernia obstruction. The initial assessment by the hospital medical officer failed to adequately review ambulance notes doc…
62y · Female·Acute bacterial peritonitis and pneumonia
Rosemarie Campbell, 62, died 27 February 2022 from acute bacterial peritonitis and pneumonia following a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at Wesley Hospital. Pre-operative…
49y · Female·Intra-abdominal haemorrhage, septic and haemorrhagic shock as a result of a lapa…
… died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage complicated by septic shock following delayed emergency surgery for bowel obstruction. She attended the emergency department six times over eleven days with identical symptoms but …
76y · Male·Small bowel obstruction and acute renal failure, due to or as a consequence of m…
Adrian Adams, aged 76, died in Princess Alexandra Hospital from small bowel obstruction and acute renal failure secondary to metastatic colorectal cancer. He was serving an eight-yea…
35y · Male·acute vomit aspiration in a man with acute large intestine obstruction (severe m…
…en Michael Kell, a 35-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died at Graylands Hospital from acute vomit aspiration in the setting of acute large bowel obstruction and clozapine-induced gastrointestinal hy…
57y · Female·small bowel ischaemia; distal gastrectomy
57-year-old woman underwent distal gastrectomy and vagotomy for gastric outlet obstruction in August 2008. Coroner found she suffered an aberrant surgical reconstruction during the procedure, wi…
58y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating sigmoid volvulus, in a man with multiple scler…
…linical lessons include recognizing aspiration risk in patients with severe neurological disease, managing acute bowel obstruction in complex patients, and timely escalation to palliative care when life-prolonging measu…
88y · Female·Complications of a pedestrian accident including subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdu…
…anaged conservatively at Ballarat Base Hospital with neurosurgery consultation. Subsequently she developed acute delirium, a large bowel obstruction, and NSTEMI. She was transferred to a rehabilitation facility then bac…
65y · Female·decompensated liver failure
…itted following an intoxicated fall causing an olecranon fracture. Post-operatively, she developed a small bowel obstruction and rapidly decompensated. Clinical lessons include: recognising that cirrhotic patients metab…
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating large bowel volvulus in a man with chronic dys…
Andrew John Martin, aged 57 with cerebral palsy and chronic dysphagia, was admitted with large bowel volvulus managed conservatively per advance directives. After clinical improvement, he was transferred to …
Female·Coronary atherosclerosis with ischaemic small bowel and Alzheimer's disease
…h enema and laxatives, she was discharged then readmitted when symptoms persisted. At Hervey Bay Hospital, bowel obstruction was confirmed. Due to elevated lactate on arterial blood gas and lack of available ventilated …
10y · Female·Ischaemic large bowel; large bowel obstruction secondary to chronic constipation
Child W, aged 10, died from ischaemic large bowel secondary to chronic constipation and faecal impaction. She had lifelong constipation and encopresis (soil…
89y · Female·acute renal failure with severe electrolyte disturbance due to sigmoid volvulus …
An 89-year-old woman with severe vascular dementia died from acute renal failure due to sigmoid volvulus while detained under the Mental Health Act. She was admitted to hosp…
4y · Female·volvulus of the large intestine
…ted to Bunbury Hospital ED with vomiting and abdominal pain on 1 October 2015. Initial assessment excluded acute bowel obstruction. Despite signs of potential deterioration (progressive tachycardia, abdominal tenderness…
22y · Female·bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction
Susan Windie, a 22-year-old with rare congenital abnormalities affecting bowel function, died from bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction complicated by abdominal compartment syndrom…
82y · Female·acute peritonitis, ruptured bowel and incarcerated bowel herniation
An 82-year-old woman admitted with bowel obstruction recovered well initially but suffered a preventable fall in the radiology department when left…
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
… for 23 years, presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 13 June 2004 with abdominal pain and signs of acute bowel obstruction. Initial assessment identified sigmoid volvulus on imaging. He deteriorated with oxygen …
11y · Male·complications of bowel obstruction in the setting of chronic constipation
RDZ was an 11-year-old Aboriginal boy who died from complications of bowel obstruction secondary to chronic constipation with a fecalith. He had been under paediatric care for years…
8y · Male·ischaemic bowel due to strangulated small bowel obstruction secondary to congeni…
An eight-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder (level 1) died from ischaemic bowel due to strangulated small bowel obstruction from a rare congenital band adhesion. He presented to a region…
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