60 results for “secondary chest infection”
77y · Female·Complications following a recent fracture and surgical repair of the right hip i…
…formed despite high UTI risk in elderly females; cloudy urine postoperatively suggested possible E. coli infection from catheter. (2) Single perioperative antibiotic dose (Keflin) was inadequate; infection risk appeared…
55y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction secondary to coronary artery thrombosis due to coron…
…dial infarction due to coronary artery thrombosis and atherosclerosis in prison custody. He presented with chest pain on 13 November 2022 (twice) and again on 14 November, but nursing staff did not refer him to a medica…
81y · Male·pneumonia due to traumatic internal bleeding of the chest wall sustained in fall…
… comorbidities residing in aged care suffered an unwitnessed fall on 6 June 2021, sustaining a right-sided chest wall haematoma. Staff found him at 7:40am with low blood pressure and bruising; his doctor was contacted a…
69y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy and PEG tube feeding
…a over several years. She was admitted to Sunshine Hospital on 14 March 2026 with recurrent aspiration and chest imaging showed left lower lobe consolidation. Despite treatment with intravenous antibiotics, her conditio…
6y · Male·pneumonia complicating influenza A (H1N1) infection with secondary streptococcal…
Sebastian Parman, a 6-year-old boy, died from pneumonia complicating influenza H1N1 with secondary group A streptococcal infection causing scarlet fever, empyema and sepsis. Multiple clinical failures co…
0y · Female·Pulmonary hypoplasia in the setting of ascending maternal genital tract infectio…
Hannah McNeil, a term neonate, died from pulmonary hypoplasia secondary to ascending maternal genital tract infection. She was born via emergency caesarean section after induct…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to an out of hospital cardiac arrest second…
…ation, suffering severe hypoxic brain injury. Despite intensive care management including neuroprotection, chest drain insertion for pneumothorax, and antibiotic therapy, he died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy. T…
62y · Male·Mediastinitis due to perforated oesophagus, with severe emphysema as a contribut…
A 62-year-old man with severe emphysema and chronic oesophageal stricture died from mediastinitis secondary to perforated oesophagus. He had undergone 46 oesophageal dilations since December 2022, with frequent m…
71y · Male·Sepsis due to bronchopneumonia and sacral ulcer
Mr John Knight, aged 71, died from sepsis secondary to bronchopneumonia in a psychiatric inpatient unit after five months admission for frontotemporal demen…
54y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary artery atherosclerosis and aneurys…
…shortness of breath and productive cough; the clinical presentation appeared consistent with respiratory infection rather than acute cardiac event. Nursing assessment documented normal breathing and no chest pain. The c…
49y · Male·cardiac hypertrophy (longstanding heart disease) complicated by chronic renal fa…
…pertrophy with underlying chronic renal failure and ventricular arrhythmia. He had presented 16 times with chest pain over 12 months and had multiple abnormal ECGs showing prolonged QTc intervals between 2011-2014. Alth…
67y · Female·bronchopneumonia complicating disseminated pulmonary large cell carcinoma with r…
Nancy McCarthy, 67, presented with progressive back and chest pain initially attributed to vertebral compression fracture. She deteriorated acutely with confusion, agit…
61y · Male·Multiorgan failure, due to, or as a consequence of metastatic lung cancer (suspi…
Shane Anthony May, a 61-year-old prisoner, died of multiorgan failure secondary to metastatic lung cancer after 44 days in custody. He presented with COVID-19 symptoms on reception, th…
62y · Male·Multi-organ infarctions (brain, kidneys, heart) resulting from thromboemboli sec…
Mr TAM, a 62-year-old man with multiple cardiac conditions, died from multi-organ infarction secondary to an atrio-oesophageal fistula that developed after radio-frequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. T…
55y · Male·Pneumonia, bone marrow failure and metastatic carcinoma of unknown origin
Andrew Pollock, a 55-year-old man with Down syndrome living in supported accommodation, presented with chest pain and abdominal pain on 26 May 2011. He had been reviewed at Federation Clinic on 23 May for lower resp…
76y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia and cholangitis; obstructive jaundice from intraduct tumour…
…old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and PEG feeding died from aspiration pneumonia and cholangitis secondary to an obstructive bile duct tumour. She was admitted with obstructive jaundice and sepsis, underwent ERC…
88y · Male·Tuberculous pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures, osteoporosis and…
…primary carer daughter over months before hospitalization. A fall on 8 August 2010 resulted in significant chest injuries. Hospital-acquired pneumonia developed secondary to lung atelectasis from rib pain. The coroner f…
54y · Male·multi-organ failure and sepsis complicating fulminant pneumonia with empyema (op…
A 54-year-old man died from sepsis and multi-organ failure secondary to fulminant pneumonia with empyema. He presented to his GP on 1 April 2021 with concerning signs includ…
24y · Female·Cardiac conducting system disease leading to asystole against a background of a …
…r-old woman with complex congenital cardiac disease, cerebral palsy, and hydrocephalus was admitted to a secondary hospital with a respiratory tract infection and bradycardia with left bundle branch block. She deteriora…
30y · Male·Complications of methylamphetamine toxicity
…ion, officers appropriately recognized his deterioration (agitation, eye twitching, sweating, tachycardia, chest pain) around 5:22pm and promptly contacted Custodial Health Advice Line and arranged ambulance transfer wi…
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