77 results for “small bowel obstruction”
<1y · Male·Complications of small bowel obstruction due to post operative adhesions
Marcus Charles, a 3-month-old neonate, died from small bowel obstruction due to postoperative adhesions following earlier surgical repair of oesophageal atresia …
45y · Male·abdominal sepsis on a background of metastatic lung carcinoma
A 45-year-old man with advanced metastatic lung cancer died from abdominal sepsis secondary to bowel perforation while imprisoned. He presented with respiratory symptoms in January 2019, was diagnosed with t…
42y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of impacted large bowel in a man with intell…
…ability, autism, and chronic constipation, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by an impacted large bowel. He was admitted to hospital on 12 October 2018 with acute pancreatitis and bowel obstruction, treated in …
23y · Male·complications of bowel obstruction by adhesions
… history; medical staff misdiagnosed the presentation as food poisoning or indigestion without considering bowel obstruction or exploring adequate differential diagnosis. On 8 January, when he collapsed, bowel obstructi…
69y · Female·faecal peritonitis due to small bowel obstruction and perforation due to periton…
…thout diagnosis. She deteriorated rapidly and died at home the next morning from faecal peritonitis due to small bowel obstruction and perforation from peritoneal adhesions. The coroner found the standard of care was se…
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 region…
62y · Female·Acute bacterial peritonitis and pneumonia
… findings and did not review her before discharge. Had she remained in hospital for proper assessment, the bowel obstruction would likely have been diagnosed and treated surgically, preventing death. The coroner identif…
Female·Coronary atherosclerosis with ischaemic small bowel and Alzheimer's disease
…h enema and laxatives, she was discharged then readmitted when symptoms persisted. At Hervey Bay Hospital, bowel obstruction was confirmed. Due to elevated lactate on arterial blood gas and lack of available ventilated …
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…ubation at Werribee Mercy Hospital. He presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting, imaging suggested small bowel obstruction, and he became agitated during nasogastric tube insertion. Ketamine was administered for…
69y · Male·Perforated bowel/septicaemia as a result of diverticulitis
…iagnosis of depression and constipation. He returned 2 days later critically unwell and died of perforated bowel and septicaemia secondary to diverticulitis. Critical failures included: missing early signs of serious in…
76y · Male·small bowel obstruction in the setting of terminal metastatic neuro-endocrine tu…
A 76-year-old Aboriginal man died of small bowel obstruction from metastatic neuro-endocrine tumour after spending nearly two years requesting medica…
60y · Male·metastatic atrial sarcomatoid tumour
Steve Fesus, aged 60, died in custody at Prince of Wales Hospital from metastatic atrial sarcomatoid tumour. He had been diagnosed with cardiac cancer in 2016, underwent surgery, and was in remission until metastases wer…
75y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of epilepsy and cerebral palsy
Raymond Charles Levy, a 75-year-old man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy living in supported disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He presented to hospital with fatigue, fever and cough on 18 October …
Female·Verris Dawn Wright: septic shock due to small bowel ischaemia secondary to small…
…scalate when she deteriorated over four hours. No doctor reviewed her before she died of septic shock from bowel obstruction. Communication failures and an uncharged doctor's mobile phone prevented escalation. Jasmyn Ca…
27y · Male·multiple organ failure due to the consequences of multiple gunshot wounds to the…
…t 2008 when he presented with vomiting and abdominal pain, which led to emergency surgery revealing a rare small bowel volvulus requiring total bowel resection. Expert evidence established that this volvulus was excepti…
87y · Male·Strangulated small bowel due to adhesions from previous abdominal surgery
…n. Within 24 hours, nursing staff observed a distended abdomen and bile-stained vomiting—clinical signs of bowel obstruction. Despite these findings being documented and communicated verbally at handover, the informatio…
20y · Female·cardiac dysrhythmia/arrest in a 20 year old Down's Syndrome female following abd…
…isenmenger syndrome (cyanotic heart disease with ventricular septal defect) was admitted with abdominal obstruction. After appropriate diagnostic workup, laparotomy was performed for small bowel obstruction caused by a …
67y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septic shock consequent on faecal peritonitis due to …
…d abdominal pain post-operatively. A laparoscopy on 8 October misinterpreted findings and missed ischaemic bowel—a critical diagnostic error. The expert review identified a 48-hour delay before appropriate laparotomy on…
89y · Male·combination of biochemical consequences of colonic pseudo-obstruction and faecal…
…rcoral colitis. He resided in a residential aged care facility (RACF) where staff failed to recognize that small bowel movements represented faecal overflow rather than normal bowel function. Despite bowel charts docume…
90y · Female·abdominal sepsis complicating perforated diverticular abscess of the sigmoid col…
…al Victoria, died from abdominal sepsis complicating a perforated diverticular abscess. She presented with bowel obstruction requiring laparotomy on 21 October 2019, was discharged on 30 October appearing recovered, the…
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