178 results for “CT chest”
59y · Male·Combined effects of acute on chronic pneumonia and pulmonary thromboembolism
…ed from acute on chronic pneumonia and pulmonary thromboembolism. He had a long history of recurrent UTIs, chest infections, and significant swallowing dysfunction. During his final admission, recurrent aspiration despi…
58y · Female·pneumonia and cardiac failure complicated by hypoxic brain injury
…ppropriate community accommodation and severe behavioural difficulties. On 3 January 2013, she developed a chest infection with low oxygen saturation (93%). Despite antibiotic changes, she suffered sudden cardiac arrest…
40y · Male·Complications of Influenza A infection in a man with cerebral palsy and congenit…
Benjamin Suggate, a 40-year-old man with cerebral palsy, congenital brain malformation, quadriplegia and intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from complications of Influenza A infec…
63y · Male·Metastatic carcinoma of the lung
…on 23 March 2008 was addressed only by telephone consultation rather than face-to-face examination, and no chest X-ray was ordered despite persistent respiratory symptoms and antibiotic relapse. While earlier diagnosis …
27y · Male·traumatic asphyxia
…his car rolled on a rural property. He was trapped under the vehicle with the car's pillar compressing his chest. Bystanders called 000, and following operator instructions, did not lift the vehicle. Police and ambulanc…
71y · Male·Organ failure in an elderly man receiving palliative medical care for renal fail…
…old life-sentenced prisoner, died of organ failure from chronic renal failure, infective endocarditis, and chest infection. Over 15 years in custody, he developed multiple comorbidities including COPD, early gastric car…
28y · Male·Bronchopneumonia caused by metastatic lung cancer (adenocarcinoma)
…ed from bronchopneumonia caused by metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. He presented with a two-week history of chest swelling in April 2012 and was promptly investigated, diagnosed, and treated. The coroner found no basis f…
83y·cardiac tamponade due to haemopericardium resulting from traumatic parietal peri…
An 83-year-old woman presented to the ED with chest pain and was found to have a pericardial effusion. She underwent an aortic angiogram but critical investig…
69y · Male·metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung with chronic obstructive lung dis…
Barry John Matthews, aged 69, died of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung with chronic obstructive lung disease at an aged care facility while subject to a section 32 detention order. He had undergone chemothe…
71y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery disease
… with a history of ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia, was admitted to hospital with chest pain in August 2013. Initial diagnosis of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome was made, but he declin…
53y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to triple vessel atherosclerosis and thrombosis …
A 53-year-old man with chest pain on exertion presented to his GP in March 2022. Initial investigations (blood tests, chest X-ray) were…
73y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the lung with palliation
…r-old prisoner, died from metastatic lung carcinoma in September 2017. Early in his imprisonment (2013), a chest X-ray showed COPD but this diagnosis was not formally documented or managed despite respiratory symptoms. …
78y · Male·Complications of bowel surgery; specifically post-operative chest infection and …
…CT imaging. Surgical repair proceeded on 9 August with right hemicolectomy. Post-operatively, he developed chest infection on day 4, progressing to sepsis and multi-organ failure. Death resulted from post-operative comp…
86y · Male·Acute Myocardial Ischaemia in an Elderly Man with Valvular and Ischaemic Heart D…
…chaemic heart disease, and atrial fibrillation. After his first hernia repair in June 2011, he experienced chest pain on multiple occasions, but this was not clearly documented in a format accessible to the anaesthetist…
63y · Male·cancer in the left lung metastatic to the heart, right lung, liver, pancreas and…
Victor Albert Campbell, a 63-year-old man remanded in custody for serious criminal offences, was incarcerated at Alice Springs Correctional Centre on 10 April 2013. He was assessed by medical staff and seen by a doctor p…
44y · Male·End stage non-small cell lung carcinoma
Victor Courtney, aged 44, died from end-stage non-small cell lung carcinoma with hepatic metastases while incarcerated at Wolston Correctional Centre. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2012 after presenting w…
72y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage in a man with coronary arteriosclerosis
…of ischaemic heart disease, presented to Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department on 22 October 2000 with chest pain, nausea, vomiting, and headache after arriving in Perth. He was initially diagnosed with unstable ang…
79y · Female·aspiration pneumonia caused by aspiration of emesis secondary to small bowel obs…
Mrs Little, 79, died from aspiration pneumonia caused by small bowel obstruction post-hysterectomy surgery. The obstruction resulted from both pre-existing adhesions and a post-operative haematoma at the surgical site. C…
30y · Male·Acute cardiac failure in association with severe ischaemic heart disease seconda…
A 30-year-old Afghan asylum seeker died from acute cardiac failure due to severe coronary atherosclerosis while in immigration detention. He had developed a large anteroseptal myocardial infarction between 4-18 August 20…
65y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease on a background of hypertension
…on 16 April 2020 after a 24-minute delay in ambulance dispatch. He called triple zero at 00:19 with severe chest pain and difficulty breathing (Priority 2, chest pain determinant 10D02). The dispatcher verbally assigned…
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