29 results for “intra-abdominal bleeding”
72y · Male·hypovolemic shock due to haemoperitoneum following surgical repair of an abdomin…
A 72-year-old man died from hypovolemic shock due to intra-abdominal haemorrhage following Spigelian hernia repair. Post-operatively he presented with hypotension, bradyc…
41y · Female·intra-abdominal haemorrhage caused by a ruptured spleen due to blunt force traum…
A 41-year-old Aboriginal woman died from a ruptured spleen caused by blunt force trauma from her intoxicated boyfriend after police failed to provide adequate care and protection. Officers Goldstein and Cook took her int…
45y · Male·Sudden death of unascertained cause, occurring eight days after laparoscopic cho…
… found approximately 1 litre of blood in the peritoneal cavity. Pathologists could not determine when the bleeding occurred or definitively establish that this volume of blood caused death in an otherwise healthy 45-year…
78y · Female·multi-organ failure due to haemorrhage into the abdomen, pelvis and retroperiton…
78-year-old Jehovah's Witness died from multi-organ failure secondary to intra-abdominal and retroperitoneal haemorrhage following extensive anterior and posterior lumbar spinal fusion surge…
Female·Emily Ruth Leonard: multi-organ failure due to overwhelming sepsis from a perfor…
…ithin 24 hours, leading to contamination, aspiration pneumonia, ARDS, necrotising fasciitis, intracranial bleeding during anticoagulation, and death. Both surgeries involved extensive adhesiolysis. Expert evidence sugges…
68y · Male·surgical complications following laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholecystitis,…
…atively, he developed profound hypotension. The treating team disagreed on whether the cause was internal bleeding or sepsis. A diagnosis of bleeding should have been reached earlier based on clinical signs, blood test r…
41y · Female·secondary haemorrhage following gastric banding surgery
…bruary with wound infection but cancelled her surgical appointment. She died 21 February from massive intra-abdominal bleeding from infected necrotic tissue at the band site. The coroner found the surgery was competentl…
63y · Male·pneumonia complicating anoxic brain injury, due to post-operative haemorrhage as…
A 63-year-old man died from pneumonia complicating anoxic brain injury following a post-operative haemorrhage from the inferior epigastric artery during ileostomy closure surgery. The critical failure was a 2.5-hour dela…
19y · Female·Meningococcal septicaemia
Emma McGrath, a 19-year-old nursing student, died from meningococcal septicaemia caused by the W strain after presenting to the ED with a 12-hour history of vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever. The atypical pre…
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