537 results for “sepsis”
81y · Male·Chronic lung disease (severe COPD) with atherosclerotic cardiovascular and valvu…
An 81-year-old man with severe COPD died following inappropriate interhospital transfer to a private hospital and subsequent management errors. Key clinical lessons: (1) patients with CO2 retention require explicit ident…
8y · Male·ischaemic bowel due to strangulated small bowel obstruction secondary to congeni…
An eight-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder (level 1) died from ischaemic bowel due to strangulated small bowel obstruction from a rare congenital band adhesion. He presented to a regional hospital with abdominal…
28y · Female·Multi-organ failure due to Clostridium perfringens myonecrosis complicating lipo…
Lauren Edgar, a 28-year-old woman, died of multi-organ failure from Clostridium perfringens myonecrosis (gas gangrene) following a liposuction procedure performed by Dr K. on 5 March 2008. She presented to hospital on 8 …
36y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating injecting drug use
…d and was found 29 hours later, developed multi-organ failure from complications of injecting drug use and sepsis, and died 6 November 2012. While the death resulted from unintended consequences of drug injection rather …
31y · Male·Upper airway obstruction due to pharyngeal abscess caused by dental abscess, whi…
Karl Scholz, 31-year-old male, died from upper airway obstruction due to pharyngeal abscess originating from untreated dental infection. He presented with severe facial cellulitis and abscess following dental procedures …
Salmonella infection contributing to deaths in gastroenteritis outbreak
Four elderly residents of Broughton Hall aged care facility died during a 2007 Salmonella gastroenteritis outbreak. A three-day delay in notifying the Department of Health (April 7 to April 10) prevented early identifica…
40y · Male·Unascertained; opioid withdrawal-related seizure or cardiac arrhythmia could not…
…days, no clear diagnosis emerged. He was found unresponsive in his cell. The autopsy excluded head injury, sepsis, and opioid toxicity but could not definitively exclude withdrawal-related seizure or cardiac arrhythmia. …
33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy with an antecedent cause of in-hospital cardiop…
Melissa King, aged 33, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest at Blacktown Hospital. She presented with severe malnutrition, electrolyte derangements including hyponatraem…
10y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiorespiratory arrest due to compl…
AA, a 10-year-old boy with morbid obesity and severe obstructive sleep apnoea, died from hypoxic brain injury after a cardiorespiratory arrest. He had been admitted to hospital in May 2008 with these diagnoses and was pr…
22y · Female·staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a right 1…
…included failure to take temperature, perform chest X-ray, and properly consider tachycardia as markers of sepsis. The coroner found premature diagnostic closure significantly contributed to a preventable or possibly pre…
73y · Female·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of sepsis due to or as a conse…
…nterventions, she became fluid-overloaded with declining renal function. She deteriorated on day 6 with urosepsis and acute kidney injury requiring ICU admission. After initial improvement, she was discharged back to the…
45y · Female·multiple organ failure following thermal injuries (severe burns)
Wendy Bearfoot, a 45-year-old DEC (Department of Environment and Conservation) employee, died from multiple organ failure following severe thermal burns (80% of body) sustained in a bushfire burnover on 12 October 2012. …
41y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia; contributing factors: toxic megacolon, ce…
David Orton, a 41-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died from cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia complicated by toxic megacolon and Salmonella infection. Over 18 mon…
67y · Female·Pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) in a woman receiving treatment for carcinom…
Peggy Anne Nilon, 67, died from pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) at St John of God Hospital Bunbury on 25 February 2003. Her small cell lung cancer had achieved remission following chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A cr…
48y · Male·Coronary artery disease precipitating acute myocardial infarction resulting in c…
Roy Rodney Jacobs, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man with cirrhosis and coronary artery disease, died of acute myocardial infarction at Cherbourg Hospital after presenting three times over 28-30 August 2016 with chest pain an…
28y · Male·hypovolemia secondary to haemorrhage from operative exploration of multiple stab…
A 28-year-old Aboriginal male died from hypovolemic shock following operative exploration of multiple stab wounds to the thigh. The death was preventable. Critical failures included: delayed surgery from Friday to Saturd…
Female·Betty: cardiac arrhythmia complicating heart failure due to consequences of past…
This inquest examined three deaths of young Aboriginal women from Doomadgee (ages 18, 37, and 17) from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) complications between September 2019 and September 2020. All three deaths were preventa…
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