624 results for “pulmonary disease”
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 of the mouth with multiple rec…
10y · Female·Septic shock and multiple organ failure as complications of advanced metastatic …
…took Tamar to El Salvador in early September 2009, avoiding court proceedings. After 6 weeks of untreated disease, Tamar deteriorated significantly with weight loss, paraplegia, and pleural effusion before hospitalisati…
58y · Male·carcinomatosis from unknown primary
…ght loss of 9.4 kg was documented in November. CT scan on 29 November 2019 revealed widespread metastatic disease in vertebral column, liver and bones. Expert review concluded the cancer likely developed in October-Nove…
65y · Male·Traumatic high cervical spine injury in the setting of frontal head impact in a …
A 65-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis died from traumatic cervical spine injury after being arrested for public drunkenness by a single-officer police patrol. During arrest and transportation to the police vehicl…
Multiple: pneumonia with cardiomyopathy (Kugena female); septic shock from pneum…
…9. All deceased had severe alcohol addiction and comorbidities including pneumonia, cardiomyopathy, liver disease, and seizures. Deaths resulted from untreated chronic conditions exacerbated by rough sleeping, inadequat…
35y · Female·aortic dissection with associated acute aortitis
A 35-year-old Aboriginal woman with schizoaffective disorder presenting with acute psychosis and chest pain was appropriately referred for psychiatric assessment and retrieval. CareFlight transport was timely and the rec…
69y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (choking)
A 69-year-old male with bipolar affective disorder and suspected frontotemporal dementia, admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric hospital, choked on bread while eating breakfast unattended and suffered a cardiac arrest.…
63y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of functional decline in a man with an intel…
A 63-year-old man with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and COPD died from aspiration pneumonia following functional decline. He had a three-month hospital admission with multiple complications includi…
79y · Female·Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Jean Alice Dowson, 79, died in an aged care facility after being commenced on end-of-life medications. She had severe COPD and was frail (29kg). On 10 April 2017, when she deteriorated with respiratory distress, a Clinic…
65y · Female·gastrointestinal haemorrhage from duodenal ulcer
Margaret Bodell, 65-year-old with severe COAD and emphysema, was admitted with respiratory failure and developed a duodenal ulcer bleeding during hospitalisation. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) careful oxygen man…
63y · Male·Metastatic carcinoma of the lung
Lawrence Jeffrey, a 63-year-old inmate at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, died from metastatic lung carcinoma on 11 May 2008. He presented with symptoms consistent with his known chronic conditions (asthma, COPD, silicos…
65y · Male·Cardiomegaly
…initively establish whether intervention would have prevented death given his severe pre-existing cardiac disease.
44y · Male·bronchopneumonia in the setting of combined drug effect
Leighton Wood, 44, died from bronchopneumonia in the setting of combined drug effect. He had schizoaffective disorder, anti-social personality disorder, and chronic polysubstance use disorder (alcohol, methylamphetamine,…
79y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy with decompensated heart failure not appropriately treate…
A 79-year-old woman with severe COPD and heart failure presented with two weeks of nausea and vomiting. She was diagnosed with left ventricular failure (EF 33%) on day 1 of admission. Two cardiologists had key roles: Dr …
86y · Male·head injury (acute intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage)
An 86-year-old man with recurrent falls history was admitted to hospital after a fall at home. He was initially assessed as low falls risk (11/20 on FRAT) but then reassessed as medium risk. Despite falls interventions i…
78y · Male·metastatic malignancy (unknown primary) with contributing right-sided heart fail…
…in March 2013 revealed liver metastases; prostate cancer entered remission with hormone therapy but liver disease progressed, indicating a different primary source (possibly bowel). No colonoscopy or liver biopsy was pe…
50y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the chest
Mark Sheppard, aged 50, died from gunshot wounds sustained during a police response to a hoax emergency call at a caravan park. He had terminal end-stage COPD with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and was using home oxygen…
51y · Male·Sepsis due to or as a consequence of right lower limb necrotising fasciitis due …
A 51-year-old man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma died from sepsis following necrotising fasciitis of the lower limb, which developed after a pseudo-aneurysm complication from coronary angiography. Key clinical less…
67y · Male·Complications of pressure ulcers in the setting of a thoracic vertebral fracture…
Michael Young, 67, died from pressure ulcer complications following a spinal injury sustained during a CT scan on 3 January 2023. He had fallen from his wheelchair at home and presented to ED with hypotension and back pa…
85y · Female·Multisystem failure complicating ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic bowel in …
…lective left total knee replacement at a private hospital from multisystem failure due to ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic bowel. Critical clinical lessons: (1) Multiple abnormal vital signs (low oxygen saturation,…
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