105 results for “severe hypoxia”
46y · Male·Cardiomegaly in the setting of hypoventilation syndrome in an obese man with sch…
…t of care contributed to his death. Key clinical lessons include: the complexity of managing patients with severe comorbidities across psychiatric and medical settings; the challenge of safely discontinuing supplementary…
44y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…ure management, and respiratory support in ICU, though he remained hypoxic and difficult to examine due to severe neck flexion and communication difficulties. The coroner found the assessment at Glenside, transfer timing…
52y · Male·end-stage throat cancer
…g palliative care. He had a PEG feeding tube, required regular morphine and sedatives, and was hypoxic and severely malnourished. Despite no restrictions on his movements, he left the hospital at approximately 4.00 am an…
52y · Male·Significant blunt head trauma suffered from an assault inflicted by known person…
…-standing drug dependencies and prior head trauma from a September 2018 scooter accident, died following a severe assault by Cheng Chia involving multiple punches and elbow strikes to the face and head. The coroner found…
90y · Male·bowel obstruction leading to acute renal failure, sepsis and respiratory failure
…spitalisation for cardiac and respiratory issues. He presented to hospital with coffee-ground vomiting and severe abdominal pain. Clinical examination revealed critical illness with haemodynamic instability, hypoxia, per…
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and L…
…iration pneumonia and was receiving nutrition via PEG tube. He presented with acute respiratory distress, hypoxia, and right-sided pneumonia. Despite antibiotic therapy and supportive measures, he deteriorated rapidly. …
48y · Female·Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
…the Mental Health Act at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She had longstanding COAD, right heart failure, chronic hypoxia and cyanosis, complicated by chronic schizophrenia and psychosis that rendered her unable to self-manage …
21y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury arising from severe anaphylactic shock due to administratio…
…gence from anaesthesia, after administration of Sugammadex (neuromuscular reversal agent), Lucas developed severe anaphylactic shock with bronchospasm, wheeze, desaturation and rapid loss of consciousness. Cardiac arrest…
0y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic injury of unknown cause
…scitated and transferred to NICU but suffered extensive brain injury. MRI showed changes characteristic of severe acute hypoxia-ischaemia. Despite advanced medical care including therapeutic hypothermia and specialist co…
52y · Male·salt water drowning
…owning whilst diving near Marion Bay, South Australia. Multiple medical and equipment factors contributed: severe obesity (132kg), emphysema with lung bullae, coronary atheroma, enlarged heart, tight-fitting wetsuit caus…
76y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis in the context of obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea, an…
A 76-year-old man with significant comorbidities including severe obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity, aortic stenosis, and ischaemic heart disease died from acute coronary a…
0y · Male·hypoxia due to intrauterine pneumonia and haemorrhage with uterine rupture in a …
A neonate died shortly after birth from hypoxia due to intrauterine pneumonia, haemorrhage and uterine rupture following prolonged rupture of membranes d…
87y · Female·Pulmonary artery rupture complicating pulmonary artery catheter insertion in a w…
Mrs Jones, an 87-year-old woman with severe ischaemic heart disease, died from pulmonary artery rupture during elective off-pump coronary artery bypas…
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
…revealed ischaemic sigmoid colon which was surgically resected. Despite successful surgery, the prolonged hypoxia from cardiac arrest resulted in severe hypoxic brain injury. He remained in ICU with minimal neurological…
36y · Female·Complications of pneumonia and pulmonary emphysema with bullae formation; respir…
…nia and sepsis. She had multiple 'red flag' indicators of severity including hypotension, tachypnoea, and hypoxia. Critical failures included: inadequate appreciation of sepsis severity; failure to escalate to ICU consu…
46y · Male·Diffuse Alveolar Damage (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome) as a consequence o…
…antibiotic therapy and supportive care, his condition rapidly deteriorated on 27 August with haemoptysis, hypoxia, and fever. He was transferred to Maryborough Base Hospital by ambulance and diagnosed with severe bilate…
64y · Female·Complications of hospital acquired pneumonia and COVID-19 infection
Heather Maree Smith, a 64-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy and multiple comorbidities residing in specialist disability accommodation, died from compl…
68y · Male·Pneumonia on a background of interstitial lung disease
Stephen Lunson, a 68-year-old man with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and interstitial lung disease, died from pneumonia. He had been under medical review for progressive respiratory symptoms since 2019. In early Dec…
84y · Male·acute aspiration complicating periprosthetic fractured right femur (operated) on…
Bryan Roocroft, 84 years old with severe dementia, suffered a periprosthetic right femur fracture after two falls at aged care on 24 December 2020 …
24y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, due to or as a consequence of cardiac arrest, …
…n detention. His death was preventable and resulted from multiple compounding errors: failure to recognise severe sepsis despite worsening vital signs; lack of appropriate antibiotics at the Manus Island clinic; failure …
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