27 results for “percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion”
3y · Male·Pneumonia and respiratory failure in association with metachromatic leukodystrop…
Child F, aged 3 years, died of pneumonia and respiratory failure complicating metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a rare neurodegenerative genetic disorder. He had previously suffered severe non-accidental injuries inclu…
64y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following insertion of a jejunostomy tube
… 64-year-old with cerebral palsy, oropharyngeal dysphagia, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, underwent insertion of a feeding jejunostomy tube (FJT) on 23 December 2004 to bypass his stomach and improve nutrition. The…
53y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of oesophageal cancer and ischaemic heart d…
Anthony Stephen Gibson, aged 53, died in hospital from aspiration pneumonia secondary to oesophageal cancer and ischaemic heart disease. He was serving a prison sentence and was shackled to his bed throughout most of his…
2y · Male·multiorgan failure in a boy with clinically suspected sepsis and Cockayne syndro…
A 2-year-old boy with Cockayne syndrome (a rare life-limiting genetic condition) died from multiorgan failure due to clinically suspected sepsis following hospitalisation for acute illness with vomiting, lethargy and poo…
57y · Female·small bowel ischaemia; distal gastrectomy
57-year-old woman underwent distal gastrectomy and vagotomy for gastric outlet obstruction in August 2008. Coroner found she suffered an aberrant surgical reconstruction during the procedure, with abnormal bowel anatomy …
60y · Male·sepsis and aspiration pneumonia in a man with oral squamous cell carcinoma and m…
Henry Allen, a 60-year-old man with oral squamous cell carcinoma, lung cancer, and multiple comorbidities died from sepsis and aspiration pneumonia while in prison custody at Fiona Stanley Hospital. He received appropria…
7y · Female·respiratory failure from severe scoliosis due to Murray Valley encephalitis
Ruby Blitner died from respiratory failure secondary to severe scoliosis caused by Murray Valley encephalitis acquired at age two. Her clinical course involved progressive respiratory compromise, recurrent aspiration pne…
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