26 results for “lower back pain”
74y · Female·Infective exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease in the setting of …
Caroline McCormack, 74, died from infective exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease following a medication administration error where pregabalin was erroneously included in her Webster-pak despite being cease…
84y · Female·left lower lung bronchopneumonia in conjunction with small distal pulmonary embo…
An 84-year-old woman with comorbidities sustained right shoulder and pelvic fractures from an accidental fall. She presented to ED with low oxygen saturation (77%) requiring supplemental oxygen. Despite these injuries an…
44y · Male·Combined drug effect (oxycodone and benzodiazepines)
A 44-year-old man with a history of heroin addiction registered as a drug addict in 2010 died from combined drug effect involving oxycodone and benzodiazepines. Despite being a registered drug addict, he obtained prescri…
70y · Female·Severe dehydration and renal complications secondary to intestinal obstruction d…
A 70-year-old woman presented to a rural hospital with 48 hours of vomiting and dehydration secondary to an inguinal hernia obstruction. The initial assessment by the hospital medical officer failed to adequately review …
61y · Male·metastatic oesophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma
Terrence Wells, a 61-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic oesophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma in December 2018. Cancer was diagnosed in April 2018 after he reported difficulty swallowing, which was initially attribut…
63y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 63-year-old man with treatment-resistant depression died by hanging. His wife had been maintaining a 'suicide watch' for six weeks prior to his death and telephoned his GP on the morning of his final appointment, expli…
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