43 results for “aspiration risk from vomiting”
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…d psychiatric disorders including epilepsy, autism, and previous neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), died from aspiration pneumonia following intubation at Werribee Mercy Hospital. He presented with acute abdominal pai…
16y · Male·Complications of acute alcohol intoxication
A 16-year-old male died from complications of acute alcohol intoxication after consuming a dangerous quantity of alcohol (estimated bloo…
62y · Female·hyponatremia (low sodium level 114mmol/L) resulting in seizure, with aspiration …
A 62-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia died from hyponatremia (sodium level 114mmol/L) resulting in seizure and aspiration during involuntary psychiatric ad…
73y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
John Hardy Stow, 73, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by a small bowel obstruction. He had cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, dysp…
72y · Female·Aspiration of gastric contents in a woman with a functional large bowel obstruct…
A 72-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, epilepsy, and constipation died from aspiration of gastric contents complicated by functional large bowel obstruction. She became unwell on 16 J…
82y · Male·complications from multiple injuries received in a motor vehicle accident
Karl Guy Meyers, 82 years old, died from complications of multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He developed an ileus or pseudo-c…
26y · Male·morphine intoxication due to ingestion of poppy tea
A 26-year-old Danish student died from morphine intoxication following ingestion of poppy tea made from illegally harvested opium poppy heads in T…
18y · Female·Acute Alcohol Toxicity with Early Pneumonia and Aspiration
…ff, but resuscitation was unsuccessful due to prolonged down-time. The key clinical lesson: unconsciousness from alcohol intoxication is a medical emergency requiring immediate hospital admission and professional airway …
33y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic brain injury in a man consuming alcohol and met…
A 33-year-old man with alcohol dependence died from aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic brain injury after consuming approximately 40ml of methadone (not prescrib…
4y · Male·Intra-abdominal injuries from blunt force trauma (ruptured duodenum and lacerate…
Tyrell Cobb, a 4-year-old boy, died from intra-abdominal injuries caused by blunt force trauma inflicted on two separate occasions between 22-24 May…
80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
Ernest Charles Willetts, 80, died from aspiration pneumonia following an appendectomy. On hospital day 3, he developed coffee-ground vomitus indic…
15y · Female·Seizure disorder (epilepsy) with associated vomit aspiration; Sudden Unexpected …
A 15-year-old girl with refractory epilepsy and intellectual disability died from a seizure with vomit aspiration at a special needs holiday camp on the second night of attendance. She had …
80y · Male·Vasodilatory shock and multi-organ failure secondary to aspiration and cardiores…
George Kimpton, aged 80, died from vasodilatory shock and multi-organ failure secondary to aspiration pneumonia five hours after cardiopulmona…
35y · Male·acute vomit aspiration in a man with acute large intestine obstruction (severe m…
Stephen 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 gastrointestin…
18y · Female·Colchicine toxicity
An 18-year-old female died from colchicine toxicity after intentional overdose of her father's medications during a mental health crisis. S…
4y · Female·aspiration of vomitus and its treatment due to rheumatic carditis against a back…
A 4-year-old Aboriginal girl from Doomadgee died on 23 July 2009 from aspiration of vomitus complicating rheumatic carditis with concurrent v…
47y · Female·bronchopneumonia in context of ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, a…
Amanda Gilbert, aged 47, died from bronchopneumonia with background ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, and hypoxic brain injury f…
94y · Female·Complications of metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast in a woman with deme…
A 94-year-old woman with advanced dementia and metastatic breast cancer died from complications of her malignancy. She presented repeatedly with vomiting due to duodenal obstruction from me…
Female·Coronary atherosclerosis with ischaemic small bowel and Alzheimer's disease
…'s disease, presented to Maryborough Hospital with a three-day history of abdominal pain, distension, and vomiting. Initially diagnosed with simple constipation and treated with enema and laxatives, she was discharged th…
87y · Male·Strangulated small bowel due to adhesions from previous abdominal surgery
…resumed UTI and dehydration. Within 24 hours, nursing staff observed a distended abdomen and bile-stained vomiting—clinical signs of bowel obstruction. Despite these findings being documented and communicated verbally at…
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