30 results for “spinal imaging”
32y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to a combination of factors arising from subdural haema…
A 32-year-old fit and healthy woman died from hypoxic brain injury following complications of spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. She developed a subdural haematoma (rare complication) and persistent p…
75y · Male·bronchopneumonia
Barry Ronald Tate, 75, died of bronchopneumonia following a fall at a palliative care ward. He sustained an unwitnessed fall on 26 September 2019 while attempting to shave himself without assistance, despite being advise…
68y · Male·community-acquired pneumonia in a setting of advanced centriacinar emphysema, al…
…prior splenectomy was absent despite characteristic blood film findings (Howell-Jolly bodies) in 2012 and imaging findings suggesting splenic dysfunction in 2010; (2) asplenic patients require prophylactic vaccination, …
63y · Male·cancer in the left lung metastatic to the heart, right lung, liver, pancreas and…
…nal Centre on 10 April 2013. He was assessed by medical staff and seen by a doctor promptly. By May 2013, imaging revealed an irregular nodule that was later found to be metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung with widesp…
54y · Male·Complications of pelvic and spinal fractures sustained in a fall in man with Dow…
…Barr, a 54-year-old man with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from complications of pelvic and spinal fractures sustained in a fall. Following his mother's death in January 2021 and his February fall, Mr Barr…
63y · Male·Sepsis in a man with complicated peripheral vascular disease
Hong Tay, a 63-year-old man with extensive peripheral vascular disease, diabetes, and prior amputations, died from sepsis in an aged care facility following a cervical spine fracture sustained in a fall. After conservati…
38y · Male·metastatic lung carcinoma
…te, and a persistent cough. Despite multiple medical consultations and investigations (X-rays, CT scans), imaging focused on musculoskeletal pathology and missed the underlying malignancy. When sent to Bendigo Hospital …
43y · Male·hypoxic brain injury secondary to asphyxiation by ligature
…ain injury due to asphyxiation by ligature while an inpatient at a rehabilitation centre. He had undergone spinal surgery for back pain and cauda equina syndrome but was failing to improve. On 10 April, nursing staff lea…
83y · Female·Pneumonia complicating rib and pelvic fractures sustained in the setting of mult…
Margaret Barton, 83, died of pneumonia complicating rib and pelvic fractures from multiple falls. Critical clinical lessons: (1) The Oxazepam regimen directly contributed to her death. Dr C. tripled her dose from 15mg to…
58y · Male·metastatic adenocarcinomatosis with unknown primary source
…al or further investigation as recommended, the treating GP adopted a 'wait and see' approach with repeat imaging planned for 6-12 months, citing the patient's reluctance to travel to Adelaide. No documentation of this …
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