46 results for “upper respiratory tract infection”
4y · Female·aspiration of vomitus and its treatment due to rheumatic carditis against a back…
…e died on 23 July 2009 from aspiration of vomitus complicating rheumatic carditis with concurrent viral respiratory tract infection. She presented with fever and cough on 19, 21, and 22 July; nursing reviews were adequa…
2y · Male·pneumonia in association with bronchiolitis
… checks during the night when the child was coughing and in the morning before discovery. Children with respiratory symptoms can deteriorate rapidly due to physiological compensation mechanisms. The death was from natur…
17y · Female·Acute Lymphocytic Meningitis and Focal Myocarditis
…evere headaches, myalgias, and vomiting. On 28 December 2008, she was discharged with a diagnosis of viral upper respiratory tract infection after symptomatic treatment. She re-presented on 7 January 2009 with worsening…
4y · Male·Complications of T-cell lymphoma
Nghi Pham was a 4-year-old admitted to Sunshine Hospital with facial swelling, stridor, and upper respiratory symptoms. He was examined by emergency and ENT teams, diagnosed with adenoiditis and sinusitis…
47y · Male·bronchopneumonia and upper airway obstruction in a man with end-stage oral cance…
James David Hector, a 47-year-old Aboriginal man, died of bronchopneumonia and upper airway obstruction related to end-stage oral cancer. He had a 13-year history of squamous cell carcinoma o…
33y · Male·Fatal cardiac arrhythmia, secondary to acute kidney injury
… case highlights the need for bariatric-specific protocols, reliable weight measurement, and continuous respiratory monitoring for obese post-operative patients on opioids.
72y · Male·Bilateral pneumothoraces and pneumoperitoneum due to insufflation of the bladder…
Stephen Herczeg, a 72-year-old patient with COPD and urinary tract infection, died from bilateral pneumothoraces and pneumoperitoneum caused by insufflation of his bladder w…
57y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy
…epsy, and a history of aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia. She presented to hospital with upper respiratory symptoms initially managed in community by general practitioner with antibiotics. Her conditio…
8y · Male·Streptococcus pyogenes and parechovirus infection
…n eight-month-old boy in state child protection care died from Streptococcus pyogenes and parechovirus coinfection. He presented to regional ED on 2 September with fever and ear infection signs, then 4 September with mi…
5y · Female·Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Classic Type 1a)
A 5-month-old infant died suddenly at a family day care facility on her first day of formal care, with autopsy findings consistent with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The child had been fully swaddled with arms enc…
0y · Unknown·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from cardiorespiratory arrest due to …
…m asphyxia while positioned in an over-the-shoulder infant sling at a shopping centre. The baby had recent upper respiratory tract infection with RSV, which reduced respiratory reserve. The sling's design and positionin…
1y · Female·Sepsis (Group A Streptococcus)
… emergency department. She had been seen multiple times by different GPs in the preceding weeks with viral upper respiratory tract infection symptoms and chronic impetigo. Although GP management was deemed appropriate b…
Sudden Unexplained Death of an Infant (SUDI) in an unsafe sleeping environment; …
Three Aboriginal infants died in unsafe co-sleeping environments in the Northern Territory. Baby K (3 months), Baby B (2 months), and Baby S (5 weeks) all died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) associated wi…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to post-operative respiratory distres…
A 10-month-old boy died following elective cleft palate repair surgery complicated by post-operative respiratory distress and subsequent cardiorespiratory arrest. Initial laryngospasm led to suspected post-obstructiv…
37y · Male·Cardiac failure due to sepsis due to bilateral bronchopneumonia
…streaked sputum. Vital signs were not systematically assessed or recorded—blood pressure was not taken, respiratory rate was assessed by observation only (not counting breaths), and none of the results were documented. …
5y · Male·Pneumococcal meningitis (fulminant, serotype 29)
…umococcal meningitis (serotype 29) on 23 April 2010. He was examined by his paediatrician on 19 April with upper respiratory symptoms and appeared well with no concerning signs. Over the following days, he developed vom…
1y · Male·Cerebral anoxia caused by cardiac arrest caused by bronchiolitis and bronchopneu…
…al anoxia following cardiac arrest caused by bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia secondary to influenza A infection. He initially presented with croup symptoms on 15 July 2005, was discharged after appropriate treatment.…
50y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis
A 50-year-old Tamil Sri Lankan man in immigration detention at Curtin IDC died from severe coronary atherosclerosis. He was assessed using a temporary "fast track" health screening process due to overcrowding at Christma…
19y · Male·acute bacterial meningitis with secondary cerebritis (meningococcus)
…tion, both nursing staff and his mother, a junior doctor (Dr D., only 2 weeks in ED) misdiagnosed him with upper respiratory tract infection. The supervising senior doctor (Dr B.) did not personally examine him despite …
3y · Male·Brainstem ischaemia in association with Arnold Chiari malformation
…lications and emergency decompression surgery. The coroner found that after Matthew's presentation with respiratory distress on 6 October 2006, a decompression with duraplasty should have been offered and discussed with…
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