29 results for “gastric obstruction”
59y · Male·Massive aspiration in the setting of intubation following complications of sever…
…ed for tachycardia and tachypnoea; he was transferred to ICU and intubated but aspirated large volumes of gastric contents, leading to hypoxia and cardiac arrest. The coroner found medical management reasonable and deat…
29y · Female·Cocaine toxicity
…ling ambulances at 7:38 AM. Expert evidence indicated that even accounting for attempts to clear airway obstruction, emergency services should have been called within minutes. The death occurred in the context of a rela…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to post-operative respiratory distres…
…ted patients, verify tube position with multiple assessment methods (not auscultation alone), investigate gastric distension as a sign of tube malpositioning, maintain capnography during manual ventilation and CPR, and …
15y · Female·cardiac and respiratory arrest following pulmonary aspiration
…ner found the resuscitation appropriate given the acute presentation and potential for treatable airway obstruction. A key gap identified was that the ACD was not prominently placed in her medical file, making it diffic…
0y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic injury of unknown cause
…was agreed. The precise mechanism of the hypoxic insult—whether accidental (positional asphyxia, airway obstruction) or otherwise—could not be determined despite thorough investigation. The coroner found no medical mana…
21y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septicaemia of mixed respiratory (bronchopneumonia) a…
…evere obesity (BMI 52) and multiple comorbidities including sleep apnoea, underwent elective laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery performed by Dr F.. He died on day 7 post-operatively from multi-organ failure due to seps…
56y · Male·Aspiration of gastric content secondary to combined drug toxicity
A 56-year-old de-registered doctor died from aspiration of gastric content secondary to combined drug toxicity. He had a long history of prescription drug dependency and mu…
82y · Female·acute peritonitis, ruptured bowel and incarcerated bowel herniation
An 82-year-old woman admitted with bowel obstruction recovered well initially but suffered a preventable fall in the radiology department when left unattend…
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 known epilepsy managed with mul…
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