64 results for “chronic abdominal pain”
68y · Male·infarction of the small and large bowel due to superior mesenteric artery thromb…
A 68-year-old man with extensive systemic vascular disease presented with 10 days of nonspecific abdominal pain. Initial presentations at local hospital and GP were attributed to possible gallstones or gastritis…
57y · Female·aspiration of gastric contents caused by combined drug and alcohol toxicity resu…
…ons died from aspiration of gastric contents caused by combined drug and alcohol toxicity. She had severe chronic pain following abdominal surgeries, opioid addiction managed with methadone, depression, and multiple psy…
51y · Male·pneumonia secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic liver disease
A 51-year-old Aboriginal man died from pneumonia secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic liver disease while in custody. He had presented to hospital on 26 May 2010 with abdominal pain and imagi…
53y · Female·sepsis and multiple organ failure attributable to infarction/necrosis of small b…
A 53-year-old woman with Type II diabetes, obesity, and Korsakoff dementia presented with acute severe abdominal pain from superior mesenteric artery (SMA) thrombosis at 3:00 AM on 19 August. Despite elevated lactate,…
58y · Female·Ischaemic small bowel due to bowel obstruction most likely due to a combination …
…sease recurrence. On 22 November, she presented to GP with two weeks of diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea, and abdominal pain. The GP noted possible obstruction, ordered imaging and bloods, and referred non-urgently to gastro…
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
Daniel Allan Sullivan, a 48-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia who had been an involuntary patient at Graylands Hospital for 23 years, presented …
45y · Female·Pethidine toxicity
Maree Arthur died from pethidine toxicity at home on 2 February 2008, aged 45. She had complex chronic pain from previous surgeries and motor vehicle injury. Her GP, Dr P., prescribed large quantities of peth…
69y · Female·Intra-abdominal sepsis and shock with multi-organ failure following intestinal p…
A 69-year-old woman died from intra-abdominal sepsis and multi-organ failure following a perforated caecum that occurred after lumbar spine surgery. P…
76y · Female·multiple organ failure due to abdominal wall cellulitis (surgically treated)
…oman with multiple comorbidities in residential aged care, died from multiple organ failure secondary to abdominal wall cellulitis. A critical care failure occurred when an old dressing left in an abdominal skin fold on…
79y · Female·Ischaemic bowel in the setting of cardiomegaly, pneumonia and chronic renal fail…
A 79-year-old woman died from ischaemic bowel in the setting of cardiomegaly, pneumonia and chronic renal failure, four days after discharge from hospital following a hysterectomy for endometrial cancer. K…
58y · Female·undetermined; possible mixed drug intoxication and/or adrenal insufficiency
…ation and adrenal insufficiency were potential contributors. She had complex medical conditions requiring chronic pethidine (opioid) therapy for gut pain management. Toxicology revealed toxic pethidine levels and additi…
40y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug …
Trent Ian Johnston, a 40-year-old man with a history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, alcohol and substance abuse, died from aspiration pneumonitis complicated by mixe…
61y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
…e 2 diabetes, heavy smoking history, and intravenous drug use. CT scans in 2013 and 2015 revealed severe abdominal aortic calcification, later noted as 'age-advanced atherosclerosis' on lumbar spine X-ray in 2016. Clini…
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 (soiling) from infancy, p…
49y · Male·Metastatic cholangiocarcinoma
…lepsy, cirrhosis, and hepatitis C, died in custody from metastatic cholangiocarcinoma. He presented with abdominal pain and leg swelling; initial ED assessment on 19 October 2017 did not identify serious pathology and h…
76y · Female·Undetermined (natural causes)
HJ, a 76-year-old woman with chronic psychotic disorder and paranoid delusions, presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, and small bowel obstr…
66y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
…ndently; and pre-existing cardiac disease may remain asymptomatic despite severe pathology, particularly in pain patients receiving excellent analgesia from intrathecal delivery.
27y · Male·chest and abdominal injuries from single motorcycle crash
Jacob Wilson, aged 27, died from chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on 22 January 2018. He was travelling to a scheduled mental hea…
51y · Female·Multiorgan failure in the setting of WHO Class III obesity, chronic excessive al…
A 51-year-old woman with WHO Class III obesity, chronic alcohol consumption, and anaemia died of multiorgan failure following admission with community-acquired p…
58y · Male·complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction
…ion following discharge from hospital after inadequate assessment. He had presented to the ED with lower abdominal pain and severe faecal loading (bowel dilation 19cm). Despite a critical admission one year prior requir…
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