28 results for “nasogastric feeding tube”
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating large bowel volvulus in a man with chronic dys…
Andrew John Martin, aged 57 with cerebral palsy and chronic dysphagia, was admitted with large bowel volvulus managed conservatively per advance directives. After clinical improvement, he was transferred to palliative ca…
11y · Female·pneumonia complicating cytomegalovirus embryopathy
Queenie Michaels, an 11-year-old Aboriginal girl with cytomegalovirus embryopathy and severe physical and cognitive disabilities, died from pneumonia at home while in government care. She had been fostered by Mr and Mrs …
64y · Male·hospital-acquired pneumonia on a background of end-stage cryptogenic liver cirrh…
…e was lawfully detained under the Mental Health Act to enable necessary medical interventions including nasogastric feeding, paracentesis, and endoscopy. Hospital-acquired pneumonia developed on day 9 of treatment, poss…
1y · Female·aspiration of gastric contents due to recent gastroenteritis and vomiting leadin…
…rl with complex medical needs including cyanotic congenital heart disease, gastro-oesophageal reflux, and feeding difficulties. She presented to Mildura Base Hospital on 21 May 2013 with gastroenteritis and vomiting, ha…
0y · Female·Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV 1)
…ed HSV-1 infection acquired perinatally. She presented with sepsis-like symptoms including lethargy, poor feeding, fever and respiratory signs. Clinical management was appropriate and timely, with empirical antibiotics …
46y · Female·Prolonged effects and complications of a head injury, with upper airway obstruct…
Helen Ashburn, a 46-year-old woman with history of alcohol use, coagulopathy and seizures, died from prolonged effects of a severe head injury sustained on 25 October 2011. She presented to Kempsey Hospital with extensiv…
18y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
Tiesha Marie Derbyshire, an 18-year-old with complex mental health conditions including eating disorder, PTSD, and borderline personality disorder, died from mixed drug toxicity after intentionally overdosing on proprano…
31y · Female·organ failure due to anorexia nervosa
…had suffered from this illness for 17 years since age 14, receiving multiple episodes of hospital-based refeeding that never achieved lasting improvement. Clinically, the case illustrates key failures: premature dischar…
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