145 results for “reflux disease”
89y · Male·ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with aspiratio…
An 89-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease, COPD, dementia, and Korsakoff syndrome died at a nursing home from cardiorespiratory failure with aspira…
71y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
71-year-old man died of ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis while on home detention bail. He had significant cardiovascular risk fact…
59y · Female·Pneumonia
Tamara Kudeviita, a 59-year-old woman with Down's syndrome and advanced Alzheimer's disease, died of pneumonia in a palliative care unit. She had been declining throughout 2022, with loss of swallo…
86y · Male·progressive cognitive decline/decompensation and gastrointestinal haemorrhage
An 86-year-old man with Parkinson's disease and long-standing gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) sustained a traumatic brain injury from a fall…
79y · Male·Complications associated with metastatic colorectal carcinoma and diabetes melli…
…ner with extensive comorbidities including metastatic colorectal cancer, diabetes, stage 4 chronic kidney disease, and osteomyelitis, died from cancer complications. He was appropriately placed in palliative care and re…
86y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease on a background of valvular heart disease, prostatic enl…
…d prisoner with multiple chronic illnesses (COPD, atrial fibrillation, emphysema) died of ischaemic heart disease in a palliative care unit. He was admitted to hospital on 21 April 2019 with end-stage COPD and died 19 d…
87y · Female·Sepsis
An 87-year-old woman with dementia, heart failure, and cerebrovascular disease died of sepsis on an aged psychiatry unit. She was admitted under mental health legislation following beh…
58y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis
… presentation and normal vital signs. Expert review confirmed an ECG would likely not have identified the disease and was not negligent to omit. The death was not preventable.
82y · Male·Pneumonia on a background of ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease
…n 82-year-old man with advanced dementia, hearing impairment, and multiple comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, COPD) died of pneumonia at a residential aged care facility. He had been under guardianshi…
67y · Male·acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage complicating peptic ulcer of the duodenum wit…
…(2) Proton pump inhibitor (Esomeprazole) charting failed from 6 August onwards despite the patient's known reflux oesophagitis and pre-admission use of Rabeprazole; multiple practitioners failed to recognize this omissio…
74y · Male·Hospital acquired pneumonia complicating chronic lung disease
David Maynard, 74 years old, died from hospital-acquired pneumonia complicating chronic lung disease. He was admitted to Royal Melbourne Hospital in July 2016 with chest pain and delirium attributed to hypo…
72y · Female·Bronchopneumonia
… aortic stenosis, and intellectual disability, died of bronchopneumonia with contributing ischaemic heart disease. She was seen by her geriatrician two days before death and found well with only lymphoedema noted. She h…
58y · Male·adenocarcinoma of the right lung
Barry John Hockey, a 58-year-old prisoner, died of advanced lung adenocarcinoma with metastatic disease and acute bronchopneumonia while in the Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He presented in November…
59y · Male·Carcinomatosis due to adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
…une 2018, initially managed as gastritis. A hospital referral on 2 July 2018 revealed advanced metastatic disease. Despite appropriate palliative care, he deteriorated rapidly and died three weeks later. Clinical expert…
74y · Female·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery thrombosis
…ented to emergency department with chest pain on 6 January 2017. She was diagnosed with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and discharged after 53 minutes. She died of acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery th…
72y · Male·Coronary artery atherosclerosis
Brian Roy Gallagher, a 72-year-old man with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability living in disability support accommodation, died from coronary artery atherosclerosis. He was noted to be unwell on the day of death …
70y · Male·Cause unascertained - possibly positional asphyxia or arrhythmic event secondary…
Bruce Allan was a 70-year-old man with multiple disabilities who resided in a DHHS managed facility. He was found out of bed in a slumped position with his head tucked under his body. Despite resuscitation attempts, he c…
74y · Male·Congestive heart failure on a background of recent influenza A infection, end st…
… of congestive heart failure in the setting of influenza A infection, end-stage dementia, and Parkinson's disease while in Port Phillip Prison. He had been transferred from St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne for palliative…
75y · Female·postoperative delirium/exacerbation of community acquired pneumonia following le…
A 75-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease, anemia, and significant mobility impairment fell in her aged care facility despite documented high falls…
78y · Female·aspiration pneumonia complicating electroconvulsive therapy on a background of e…
…treatment-resistant psychotic symptoms in the context of end-stage Lewy Body dementia and cerebrovascular disease. She was admitted under a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order after developing delusions and refu…
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