165 results for “multiple organ failure”
65y · Male·Multi-organ failure in a man with an ischaemic right leg treated with opioids
A 65-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions (COPD, cardiac failure, diabetes, obesity) was admitted with pneumonia and severe isch…
87y · Male·Consequences of an assault with severe facial fractures
…ng an assault by his daughter-in-law. He presented to hospital in critical condition with cardiac arrest, multiple facial fractures, and subsequently developed large cerebral infarcts. Despite resuscitation and ICU manag…
78y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating neck of femur fracture (operated) on a backgrou…
A 78-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (heart failure, renal disease, COPD) suffered a neck of femur fracture from an unwitnessed …
57y · Male·Multiple Organ Failure and Intra-Abdominal Haemorrhage following Cholecystectomy
A 57-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (obesity, diabetes, hypertension, COAD, sleep apnoea) underwent elective laparoscopic chole…
51y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to Influenza A pneumonia, in the context of chronic k…
…history including myasthenia gravis, chronic kidney disease, COPD, and ischaemic heart disease, died from multiple organ failure due to Influenza A pneumonia while in ICU custody. He was a prisoner with chronic health co…
89y · Male·multi-organ failure on a background of advanced dementia and small cell lung can…
An 89-year-old prisoner with advanced dementia and small cell lung cancer died from multi-organ failure whilst in lawful custody at Yatala Labour Prison. He entered prison aged 83 with complex medical n…
54y · Female·Multiple organ failure, due to pneumonia in a patient with Guillain-Barré syndro…
…boriginal woman with Guillain-Barré syndrome, quadriplegia, diabetes, and recurrent infections, died from multiple organ failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia during an ICU admission at The Canberra Hospital. The fa…
64y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to paracetamol toxicity
A 64-year-old man died from multiple organ failure due to chronic paracetamol toxicity after taking regular paracetamol 500mg four times daily…
81y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating head, chest and abdominal injuries sustained du…
An 81-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, chronic renal impairment, past stroke, pacemaker) was struck by a …
78y · Female·Multiple organ failure secondary to sepsis and renal failure due to bronchopneum…
…presented to hospital malnourished, dehydrated, and with COVID-19 pneumonia, followed by sepsis and renal failure leading to multiple organ failure and death on 1 March 2022. The pathologist stated earlier medical inter…
79y · Female·multiple organ failure sustained from injuries received when struck by a truck a…
Mrs Pamela Bernice Gee, aged 79, died from multiple organ failure following severe injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. She was struck by a refuse…
44y · Female·Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)-like virus infection following failed …
… woman died on 1 January 2007, six days after receiving a cadaveric renal transplant. She was one of three organ recipients from the same donor who died within six days of each other from a novel lymphocytic choriomenin…
68y · Female·Presumed septic shock with multiple organ failure secondary to acute suppurative…
A 68-year-old woman died from septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to acute suppurative appendicitis complicated by recent peritoneal adhesion division. Ad…
59y · Male·multiorgan failure complicating paracetamol toxicity
David James Dorling, a 59-year-old man with multiple sclerosis, ischaemic heart disease, and diabetes, ingested 90-100 paracetamol tablets on 1 February 2024 …
68y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to gram-negative sepsis on a background of recent myocar…
A 68-year-old male prisoner with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, end-stage renal failure, COPD, morbid obesity) presented with acute myocardial i…
74y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction complicated by multiple organ failure
Ronald William Beaumont, 74, died from acute myocardial infarction complicated by multiple organ failure following a second shoulder washout procedure. Key clinical lessons: (1) Despite inadverten…
<1y · Unknown·sepsis leading to multiple organ failure syndrome
…sing the acute bacterial infection. Surgical intervention occurred too late. The child died of sepsis and multiple organ failure. Earlier recognition, appropriate escalation, timely IV access, and senior involvement coul…
76y · Male·Bronchopneumonia with multiple organ failure in the setting of advanced metastat…
John Henry Waterfall, a 76-year-old prisoner at Acacia Prison, died from bronchopneumonia with multiple organ failure secondary to advanced metastatic prostate cancer. He received generally appropriate medical…
73y · Male·multisystem organ failure in the context of trauma and limb fracture
A 73-year-old Indigenous man with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, obesity, sleep apnoea, ischaemic heart disease) sustained a right …
74y · Male·small intestinal ischaemia caused by aortic atherosclerosis
…s within hours of admission. Despite clear warning signs and abnormal blood tests indicating infection and organ dysfunction, a MET call was not made for 18 hours. The underlying ischaemic bowel was not diagnosed until …
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