31 results for “central arterial line insertion”
24y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of severe thermal burns
Omid Masoumali, a 24-year-old Iranian refugee detained on Nauru under Australian offshore processing arrangements, suffered severe thermal burns (>50% TBSA) on 27 April 2016 after self-immolating at the Nibok settlement.…
18y · Male·Multi organ failure due to sepsis from a Group A streptococcus infection
Alex Braes, an 18-year-old from Broken Hill NSW, died of multi-organ failure due to Group A streptococcus sepsis. He presented to Broken Hill Base Hospital three times over 24 hours with knee pain that progressed to seps…
62y · Female·Haemorrhage caused by abdominoperineal excision of the rectum
A 62-year-old woman died of uncontrollable haemorrhage following an abdominoperineal excision of the rectum (APER) at a remote hospital. The coroner found the operation itself was inappropriate: performed for undiagnosed…
70y · Male·severe metabolic acidosis due to multi organ failure including liver ischaemia
70-year-old Sean Thomas Montgomery died from severe metabolic acidosis and multi-organ failure following a thoracoscopic repair of a chronic right diaphragmatic hernia. The coroner identified multiple significant failing…
21y · Female·Multiple organ failure as a result of overwhelming Streptococcus pyogenes (Group…
… sepsis protocols with low thresholds (respiratory rate ≥20), ensure direct consultant access via dedicated lines, document all clinical advice, use telehealth for visual assessment, lower triage heart rate criteria to 1…
64y · Male·Septic shock secondary to urosepsis (Pseudomonas and Stenotropomonas maltophilia…
RD, a 64-year-old man with diabetes, amputation, and COPD, presented to a private hospital emergency department with suspected sepsis (vomiting, diarrhoea, hypotension, acute kidney injury, elevated troponin, hyperkalaem…
71y · Female·Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, with coronary artery atherosclerosis contrib…
Sandra Cree, a 71-year-old woman, died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) after undergoing an elective endovascular repair procedure in Brisbane. She presented to a remote hospital (Lightning Ridge Multi-Pur…
57y · Female·Intra-abdominal Haemorrhage following Appendectomy, with contributing factor of …
A 57-year-old woman with COAD, hypertension, and unrecognized severe coronary atherosclerosis presented with appendicitis. Surgery was performed by an unsupervised surgeon operating on friable tissues with limited visibi…
62y · Female·Hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock (hysterectomy) in the context of cardiomegaly…
A 62-year-old woman with significant comorbidities (cirrhosis, cardiomegaly, thrombocytopenia, chronic kidney disease, COPD) died from hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock during elective total laparoscopic hysterectomy fo…
18y · Male·Hypoglycaemic hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, due to massive liver necrosis, d…
An 18-year-old remand prisoner died from acute liver failure secondary to Hepatitis B and C infection. He presented with fever and malaise on 15 February but was assessed only for boils and not thoroughly evaluated. Clin…
12y · Male·Cardiac haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of congenital aortic stenosis (su…
Joshua Statis, a 12-year-old with complex congenital aortic stenosis, died 18 days after a redo Konno procedure and aortic valve replacement when a CardioCel patch to the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) ruptured, …
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