31 results for “large bowel obstruction”
4y · Female·volvulus of the large intestine
… Bunbury Hospital ED with vomiting and abdominal pain on 1 October 2015. Initial assessment excluded acute bowel obstruction. Despite signs of potential deterioration (progressive tachycardia, abdominal tenderness, lact…
59y · Male·Massive aspiration in the setting of intubation following complications of sever…
…T call was initiated 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 r…
49y · Male·unascertainable; possible explanations include epileptic seizure, cardiac arrhyt…
…f patients on clozapine—particularly regarding cardiac complications and metabolic effects—and appropriate bowel management in patients with psychiatric conditions affecting fluid and dietary intake.
45y · Female·aspiration of vomitus with bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction
…ffective disorder, died on 13 May 2007 at Albany Regional Hospital from aspiration of vomitus secondary to bowel obstruction due to severe faecal impaction. She had been admitted as an involuntary patient on 2 May 2007.…
68y · Male·Stercoral perforation in a man with cerebral palsy
…ies including quadriplegia, dysphagia, and epilepsy, managed by a multidisciplinary team with constipation/bowel management plans in place. In the year before death, his health deteriorated significantly with severe con…
79y · Female·pneumonia in the setting of acute peritonitis due to perforated stomach (operate…
…anuary 2009, she presented with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. CT imaging confirmed gastric outlet obstruction from the balloon. Despite this, her gastroenterologist advised against urgent removal, citing lack of e…
82y · Male·complications from multiple injuries received in a motor vehicle accident
…ons of multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He developed an ileus or pseudo-colonic obstruction requiring nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion. The key clinical issue was Dr H.'s decision to remove the N…
50y · Male·Multi-organ failure caused by low flow ischaemia of coeliac artery and superior …
Adrian Van Die, a 50-year-old with severe ischaemic cardiomyopathy, underwent coronary artery bypass grafting with intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) support. The first IABP ruptured intraoperatively and was replaced. The …
59y · Female·complications of intra-abdominal sepsis, including multi-organ failure and bowel…
59-year-old woman died from intra-abdominal sepsis, multi-organ failure and bowel perforation following median hepatectomy for cholangiocarcinoma. Key clinical issues included: surgical de…
16y · Female·acute abdominal obstruction secondary to adhesions associated with severe pelvic…
A 16-year-old Aboriginal girl died on Christmas Day 2016 from acute abdominal obstruction secondary to severe pelvic inflammatory disease caused by untreated gonorrhoea. Miss T presented to the…
21y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septicaemia of mixed respiratory (bronchopneumonia) a…
…s required; post-operative complications including a subhepatic abscess (undiscovered until autopsy due to large liver and deep location) and bronchopneumonia; a 6-hour period of endotracheal tube cuff leak increasing a…
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