163 results for “acute respiratory infection”
51y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy and epilepsy
… cerebral palsy, epilepsy and intellectual disability, died from aspiration pneumonia following COVID-19 infection. She was initially hospitalised in November 2022 with COVID-19 and pneumonia, stabilised, and was discha…
91y · Male·complications of pneumonia
…y Hospital, then transferred to Prince of Wales Hospital on 9 April where he deteriorated with evidence of acute myocardial damage and pulmonary oedema. He died on 19 April 2015. Expert respiratory physician assessment …
59y · Male·Combined effects of acute on chronic pneumonia and pulmonary thromboembolism
A 59-year-old man with intellectual disability and minimal verbal communication died from acute on chronic pneumonia and pulmonary thromboembolism. He had a long history of recurrent UTIs, chest infecti…
56y · Male·fatal cardiac arrhythmia due to complications from acute bronchopneumonia and ar…
…l impairment, died in custody 17 days after arrest. He died from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia resulting from acute bronchopneumonia combined with undiagnosed arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD). Heavy alcoho…
3y · Male·unascertained
…1 months, presented to Bell Street Family Medical Centre on 28 June 2003 with chest pain and mild upper respiratory symptoms. He was diagnosed with mild symptoms and given prednisolone. That evening, he experienced sudd…
0y · Female·Pneumonia in an infant with surgically repaired congenital heart disease, premat…
…sease status post multiple repairs, necrotising enterocolitis with ileostomy, failure to thrive) died from acute pneumonia caused by rhinovirus, norovirus, and secondary Staphylococcus aureus infection. She was in out-o…
83y · Female·Acute on chronic renal failure secondary to infectious exacerbation of chronic o…
An 83-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic renal failure died from acute-on-chronic renal failure complicated by infectious exacerbation of COPD. She presented to hospital on 13 O…
66y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
…sty cough. Paramedics found normal vital signs and advised calling a locum doctor, who diagnosed a chest infection and prescribed antibiotics. Staff monitored her at 10-minute intervals. That midnight she developed resp…
33y · Male·Marburg variant of multiple sclerosis
… initially presented with urinary retention on 1 December 2022, which was appropriately investigated. When acute neurological symptoms emerged on 3 December, he received comprehensive investigations including MRI, lumba…
33y · Male·Fatal cardiac arrhythmia, secondary to acute kidney injury
…2016 at Liverpool Hospital. He died 38 hours post-operatively from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to acute kidney injury with severe hyperkalaemia. Pre-operative assessment identified significant risks (obesity, h…
85y · Male·respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
An 85-year-old man with COPD, diabetes, and peripheral vascular disease died from type 1 respiratory failure due to mucous plugging of airways. He presented with a foot ulcer and acute respiratory exacerb…
39y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…deteriorated; he was transferred from Colac Area Health to Geelong Hospital on July 28, 2009. He developed acute respiratory failure and died on July 30, 2009 from aspiration pneumonia. The coroner found that his underl…
49y · Male·Acute bronchopneumonia as a consequence of recent intracranial and intra-cerebra…
Peter Raymond Jacobs, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with severe cirrhosis and chronic alcohol abuse, was apprehended by police on 5 April 2008 for intoxication. He fell twice before custody (hitting his head at Town Hall …
65y · Male·complications of end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
…ed 65, died from complications of end-stage COPD following a complex hospital admission. He presented with acute limb ischaemia requiring femoral embolectomy, subsequently developed compartment syndrome, pancolitis with…
77y · Male·respiratory failure caused by severe pneumonia
Ronald Allen Hampton, aged 77, died from respiratory failure due to severe pneumonia while detained under the Mental Health Act at Glenside Hospital. He had…
54y · Female·sepsis
Ms Julie Stephens, aged 54, was admitted to Frankston Hospital on 5 December 2008 with a chest infection and multiple comorbidities including cardiac failure, respiratory failure, and obesity. She deteriorated…
54y · Male·Unascertained
A 54-year-old man with HIV, hepatitis C, cirrhosis, and significant immunocompromise presented with acute sepsis on 23 December 2016. Despite rapid ambulance response with sepsis protocol initiation and ICU-level…
66y · Male·inanition and probable respiratory tract infection complicating Alzheimer's deme…
Peter Joseph Hammond, aged 66, died from inanition and probable respiratory tract infection complicating advanced Alzheimer's dementia. He was admitted to the Acute Older Persons …
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
…finger laceration. He presented with fever and chest pain but was initially misdiagnosed as having viral infection. Following appropriate blood tests revealing thrombocytopenia, he was admitted to RAH. He absconded afte…
2y · Male·multiorgan failure in a boy with clinically suspected sepsis and Cockayne syndro…
…c condition) died from multiorgan failure due to clinically suspected sepsis following hospitalisation for acute illness with vomiting, lethargy and poor oral intake. He was admitted to Perth Children's Hospital paediat…
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