133 results for “acute on chronic heart failure”
84y · Female·sepsis and cardiac failure in a woman with hypertensive ischaemic and valvular h…
Aldona Mariana Playford, an 84-year-old woman with extensive medical comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, and severe biventricular dysfunction, died of sepsis and cardiac failure. …
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure following surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneur…
…bert Paul Rodda, a 62-year-old long-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. I…
35y · Male·Methylamphetamine toxicity; chronic hepatitis as contributing factor
… methylamphetamine leaked into his stomach over 18 hours, causing stimulant-induced cardiac arrhythmia and acute heart failure. Post-mortem blood levels were very high at 6.2mg/L. Chronic hepatitis B was a contributing …
37y · Male·acute viral pneumonia secondary to swine flu (H1N1) infection of the lungs, exac…
Steven Andrew Forbes, age 37, died of acute viral pneumonia secondary to H1N1 influenza, complicated by chronic rheumatic heart disease. He died in po…
71y · Male·End-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and atherosclerotic heart diseas…
Colin Albert Winter, a 71-year-old prisoner who died from end-stage COPD and atherosclerotic heart disease, received comprehensive medical care during 33 years of incarceration at Casuarina Prison. Key cli…
75y · Male·End-stage renal disease, with hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, and diabete…
…ase while incarcerated at Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He had multiple comorbidities including heart failure, diabetes, hypertension, and ischaemic heart disease. During routine haemodialysis on 12 July 2021…
62y · Male·Congestive Cardiac Failure in a man with Ischaemic and Hypertensive Heart Diseas…
Greg Howarth, a 62-year-old man incarcerated at Port Phillip Prison, died from congestive cardiac failure precipitated by acute myocardial infarction in the setting of ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. H…
79y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to pneumonia and bleeding duodenal ulcer complicating su…
A 79-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease and dementia fell at home, sustaining a left hip fracture requiring surgery. Post-operatively, he …
88y · Male·General frailty and inanition; antecedent conditions: chronic cardiac and renal …
…dy at Kevin Waller Aged Care Unit, Long Bay Correctional Centre from general frailty and inanition due to chronic cardiac and renal failure and diabetes. The coroner found he received appropriate care and treatment from…
52y · Male·multiple organ failure and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating generalised seps…
… longstanding refusal of medical care presented with severe cellulitis, sepsis, and previously undiagnosed heart failure secondary to sleep apnoea. He lacked capacity to consent to treatment due to a psychotic illness a…
78y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating neck of femur fracture (operated) on a backgrou…
A 78-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (heart failure, renal disease, COPD) suffered a neck of femur fracture from an unwitnessed fall at an aged care f…
59y · Male·ischaemic heart disease in the context of acute-on-chronic kidney failure associ…
Arthur James Bonney, a 59-year-old prisoner with advanced cardiac disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes, underwent a CT scan with iodinated contrast on 30 July 2015 at Fiona Stanle…
67y · Female·choking and ischaemic heart disease
Patricia Ann Fidge, 67, died at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital from choking and ischaemic heart disease. She was admitted with delirium, hypernatremia, and multiple comorbidities including COPD and slee…
67y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
Donald Hay, a 67-year-old prisoner with a lengthy history of heart disease, suffered an acute myocardial infarction while in custody at Wolston Correctional Centre on 15 Nov…
77y · Female·Complications following a recent fracture and surgical repair of the right hip i…
A 77-year-old woman with complex comorbidities (atrial fibrillation, aortic stenosis, chronic renal impairment, emphysema) on Warfarin sustained a femur fracture and underwent ORIF on day 3 of admiss…
75y · Male·Multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity
A 75-year-old man with end-stage cardiac failure and chronic renal failure died from multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity following intenti…
83y · Female·decompensated right heart failure (cor pulmonale) immediately following mitral v…
An 83-year-old woman died from decompensated right heart failure (cor pulmonale) immediately following mitral valve replacement surgery. She had chronic pulmonary …
70y · Male·organising diffuse alveolar damage in the setting of hypertensive heart disease,…
…died in prison custody from organising diffuse alveolar damage in the setting of pre-existing hypertensive heart disease, right ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery atherosclerosis, and COPD. He presented on 18 Apri…
31y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…, left ventricular hypertrophy, coronary atherosclerosis) and poorly controlled diabetes died of ischaemic heart disease in custody. Despite commendable efforts by the prison medical officer to optimise his health throu…
73y · Male·Acute on chronic renal failure and multi-factorial encephalopathy in a man with …
A 73-year-old man with significant comorbidities (cirrhosis, dilated cardiomyopathy, chronic kidney disease) died in prison from acute-on-chronic renal failure, hepatic encephalopathy, and multiorga…
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