49 results for “obstructive airways disease”
69y · Female·Asthma
June Sylvia Long, aged 69, suffered an asthma attack at home on 28 June 1994 and was transported to Alfred Hospital. She deteriorated overnight in the hospital's Respiratory Ward despite initial improvement in Emergency …
81y · Male·bronchopneumonia
An 81-year-old man with dementia, congestive cardiac failure, chronic lung disease and hip fractures died of bronchopneumonia four days after discharge from palliative care to a nursing ho…
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…
81y · Female·aspiration pneumonia, exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease (emphy…
Patricia Nina George, an 81-year-old woman detained under mental health legislation at Glenside Campus, died from aspiration pneumonia, COPD exacerbation and congestive heart failure. A critical ambulance transfer delay …
38y · Male·acute cardiac arrhythmia in a man with cardiomegaly, focal coronary atherosclero…
Russell Brockliss, a 38-year-old Aboriginal man with severe treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder and significant cardiovascular risk factors (obesity, smoking, focal coronary atherosclerosis), died from acute car…
80y · Female·Acute upper airway obstruction secondary to aspiration of food bolus
Beatrice Ivy Brown, aged 80, died at an aged care facility from acute upper airway obstruction and aspiration of a food bolus following a choking episode. Clinical lessons include: (1) documentation of prior choking epis…
Unknown·Multiple: Olanzapine toxicity, pulmonary thromboembolism, asphyxiation on food, …
…schizophrenia on multiple antipsychotic medications and severe, untreated physical comorbidities (cardiac disease, COPD, obesity). The coroner found preventable clinical failures: (1) antipsychotic polypharmacy without …
60y · Female·Peritonitis due to anastomotic leak following subtotal colectomy for treatment o…
60-year-old woman died from septic shock due to anastomotic leak following subtotal colectomy for synchronous bowel cancers. Early postoperative bronchospasm complicated clinical assessment, leading focus on respiratory …
64y · Female·Respiratory arrest secondary to morphine overdosage on a background of mild to m…
A 64-year-old woman died from respiratory arrest secondary to morphine overdose after ingesting 17 tablets of slow-release morphine (Kapanol) and diazepam. Initial emergency assessment by an intern was appropriate, but c…
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