119 results for “acute respiratory distress”
84y · Female·multi-organ failure arising from Staphylococcal septicaemia
Laurel Jean Shaw, aged 84, died from multi-organ failure secondary to Staphylococcal septicaemia. She was detained under a Mental Health Act order for Lewy Body Dementia when she developed MRSA pneumonia and sepsis on 15…
2y · Female·pneumonia in a child with reported recent flu-like illness (multiple viral detec…
… symptoms in late April while at a women's refuge. On 2 May evening, appearing increasingly unwell with respiratory symptoms, her mother gave non-prescription cough and pain relief medications. At 3:30 am on 3 May, she …
0y · Female·Methylamphetamine toxicity
…the placenta in lethal concentrations. Initial clinical management was appropriate—the baby showed mild respiratory distress managed with CPAP, had normal vital signs, and was transferred to special care nursery for mon…
60y · Male·respiratory failure and sepsis complicating acute subdural haematoma
…eri died 44 days after exiting a moving vehicle during a police pursuit. He sustained a severe right-sided acute subdural haematoma, cerebral contusions and skull fractures requiring emergency neurosurgery. Post-operati…
66y · Male·Undetermined (natural causes)
…wallowing difficulties died at his supported disability accommodation home on 20 June 2024. He experienced acute respiratory difficulty and was found not breathing by his carer, who initiated CPR. Paramedics attended an…
85y · Female·Asphyxia due to upper airways obstruction by mucoid plugging of the upper airway…
… on 14 April showed deterioration necessitating nil-by-mouth status. She suffered an aspiration event with acute respiratory distress and hypoxia. Given her baseline health, irreversible dysphagia, and failure to improv…
39y · Male·Complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction
…ations of large bowel pseudo-obstruction with aspiration pneumonia. He had been admitted involuntarily for acute psychosis and underwent manual rectal dis-impaction and enemas on 2 February 2017. He collapsed with faeca…
78y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure due to complications of tracheal stenosis
…to hospital with progressive shortness of breath and tracheal stenosis. Over 48 hours of admission, his respiratory rate fluctuated between normal and elevated levels despite a critical 4mm airway narrowing. Key clinica…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to post-operative respiratory distres…
A 10-month-old boy died following elective cleft palate repair surgery complicated by post-operative respiratory distress and subsequent cardiorespiratory arrest. Initial laryngospasm led to suspected post-obstructiv…
86y · Male·Cardiovascular disease in a man with subdural haemorrhage (in keeping with a fal…
…l haematoma requiring urgent surgical drainage. Despite initial recovery post-operatively, he developed respiratory distress and had a ventricular tachycardic arrest on 7 April 2008. The coroner found death resulted fro…
69y · Male·Pericarditis
…me presented to the Emergency Department with dyspnea following an unwitnessed fall. He was diagnosed with acute pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure, rapidly deteriorated, and was placed on BIPAP support. Despi…
82y · Female·Acute bronchopneumonia
Gwenda Margaret Membery, an 82-year-old resident of aged care with dementia, COPD, and diabetes, died from acute bronchopneumonia. She presented with fever and cough on 3 July 2014, was diagnosed with respiratory tract …
37y · Male·Acute asthma (thunderstorm asthma event)
37-year-old male died from acute asthma during the unprecedented Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event (21-22 November 2016). He had moderate…
45y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest due to coronary artery disease, severe psychosis requir…
…ey King, a 45-year-old man with severe psychosis, coronary artery disease, and obesity, died from cardiorespiratory arrest triggered by antipsychotic-induced laryngeal dystonia. Admitted involuntarily for acute psychoti…
53y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to sepsis
…at Rockhampton Watchhouse then transferred to Capricornia Correctional Centre. He developed sepsis from an acute infection (likely pneumonia) and died from multi-organ failure at Rockhampton Hospital. Clinical lessons i…
36y · Female·Complications of pneumonia and pulmonary emphysema with bullae formation; respir…
…eval services; insufficient IV fluid resuscitation (patient encouraged to refuse); misinterpretation of respiratory distress as anxiety/alcohol withdrawal; sparse overnight vital sign monitoring despite clinical deterio…
35y · Female·Acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following intravenous injection of cru…
A 35-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis C and long-standing intravenous drug use died from acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following injection of crushed Xanax tablets. She presented to hospita…
31y · Male·undetermined
…eath remains undetermined despite thorough pathological investigation. Mr Elmas was in seclusion following acute psychotic relapse and violent behaviour. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) vital signs monitoring dur…
84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and multi-system organ failure arising from being a victim of h…
Stanly Roger Walker, aged 84, died on 5 July 2008 from bronchopneumonia and multi-system organ failure following a severe house fire on 16 June 2008 at his Footscray home. The fire started in a CRT computer monitor power…
39y · Male·respiratory failure and cardiac arrest
…9-year-old Indigenous Australian with schizo-affective disorder and significant comorbidities (obesity, respiratory infection, diabetes), presented to Logan Hospital after police noted concerning psychiatric behaviour. …
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