82y · Male·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to suture failure of bowel anastomosis foll…
An 82-year-old man died from sepsis due to faecal peritonitis following anastomotic breakdown after right hemi-colectomy for colon cancer. Sur…
63y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis
…allstones, followed by ERCP on 26 June. Despite initial apparent recovery, he deteriorated on 30 June with sepsis and was admitted to Box Hill Hospital. Conservative treatment with antibiotics was chosen over repeat ERCP…
63y · Male·Bowel obstruction
…-old man with severe intellectual disability, quadriplegia, and blindness died from bowel obstruction with sepsis. On 5 September 2015, carers noted cough and eating difficulties. A locum doctor visited, noted hypotensio…
3y · Female·COMPLICATIONS FROM SEVERE CEREBRAL PALSY
…m complications of her severe cerebral palsy. She presented with seizures, dark green sputum, and signs of sepsis (respiratory acidosis confirmed). Despite treatment for presumed chest sepsis and non-invasive ventilation…
6y · Male·Sepsis due to melioidosis
A six-year-old previously healthy boy died from sepsis due to melioidosis after multiple presentations to a remote hospital over five days (5–10 January 2017) wi…
69y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage due to sepsis (Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia), com…
…nd cardiac history, administering aspirin, clopidogrel and enoxaparin. However, the patient had concurrent sepsis (Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia) from a recurrent spinal infection. At the metropolitan hospital, sepsi…
63y · Female·Sepsis with multiorgan failure in the setting of limb cellulitis complicating a …
…harged with advice to see her GP in one week. She returned on 24 January 2024 hypoxic and hypotensive with sepsis, requiring ICU admission. Despite treatment with antibiotics and supportive care, she deteriorated from se…
73y · Male·Sepsis (gram-negative septic shock) secondary to complications of selective inte…
…tional radiologist failed to appreciate the significance of the prior Whipple procedure and its associated sepsis risk. Prophylactic antibiotics (ciprofloxacin and metronidazole) before, during and after SIRT would likel…
51y · Female·peritoneal sepsis with multiple organ failure due to perforation of bowel by for…
A 51-year-old woman with intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder died from peritoneal sepsis and multiple organ failure caused by bowel perforation from a wooden stick. The stick entered her body via…
79y · Female·Sepsis due to urinary tract infection with Group B streptococci
A 79-year-old nursing home resident died of sepsis from urinary tract infection with Group B streptococci after waiting 6 hours in the Emergency Department w…
39y · Female·Sepsis and renal failure secondary to a perinephric abscess
…phric abscess detected when staff noticed a raised area on her lower back. She presented to hospital where sepsis and acute kidney failure were identified. Despite drainage of the abscess and supportive care, her conditi…
57y · Female·Sepsis in the setting of probable aspiration pneumonia
A 57-year-old woman with Down syndrome, blindness, severe dysphagia, dementia, and epilepsy died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia. She lived in a Department of Human Services care facility and presented…
86y · Female·Multiple organ failure following sepsis due to infected pressure ulcer of the hi…
… days, particularly on her right hip which became infected with osteomyelitis. The infection progressed to sepsis and multiple organ failure. She was admitted to hospital on 20 September 2013 and died on 29 September 201…
53y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia with septic shock in a man with severe intellectual disabil…
…rioration (withdrawal, anorexia) and promptly called a locum doctor, who appropriately identified signs of sepsis and arranged immediate hospital transfer. At Austin Hospital, aspiration pneumonia with sepsis was confirm…
61y · Male·Complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma in a man with multiple medical …
…sis, died from complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma. He was admitted to Colac Area Health with sepsis and rectal bleeding secondary to his cancer. Medical staff provided a presumed diagnosis of perforated col…
65y · Male·Adenocarcinoma with unknown primary
…ith unknown primary on 30 May 2025 at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne. He was admitted on 11 May 2025 with sepsis, at which point his chemotherapy was ceased and intravenous antibiotics commenced. Over 14 days his condit…
57y · Male·Sepsis and acute renal failure due to pneumonia
…pital with chest pain, breathing difficulty, atrial fibrillation, and hypoxia. He was diagnosed with chest sepsis, septic shock, respiratory failure, and acute renal failure. Despite ICU admission and treatment with anti…
0y · Male·Streptococcus pyogenes and parechovirus infection
…d presented in cardiac arrest, resuscitation efforts unsuccessful. The coroner found no clinical failings: sepsis recognition is genuinely difficult in young children who may compensate well until sudden collapse; the pr…
1y · Female·Sepsis (Group A Streptococcus)
A nearly 16-month-old girl died from Group A Streptococcal sepsis after presenting to a regional private hospital emergency department. She had been seen multiple times by …
52y · Male·multiple organ failure and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating generalised seps…
A 52-year-old man with longstanding refusal of medical care presented with severe cellulitis, sepsis, and previously undiagnosed heart failure secondary to sleep apnoea. He lacked capacity to consent to trea…
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