146 results for “abdominal CT”
22y · Female·bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction
…normalities affecting bowel function, died from bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction complicated by abdominal compartment syndrome. She presented to Carnarvon Hospital on 26 October 2016 with severe constipation. C…
76y · Female·multiple organ failure due to abdominal wall cellulitis (surgically treated)
…oman with multiple comorbidities in residential aged care, died from multiple organ failure secondary to abdominal wall cellulitis. A critical care failure occurred when an old dressing left in an abdominal skin fold on…
68y · Female·Anaphylactoid reaction to intravenous CT scan contrast medium leading to cardior…
A 68-year-old woman with asthma presented to hospital with abdominal pain suggestive of biliary obstruction. A CT scan with intravenous contrast was ordered to clarify the d…
23y · Female·Necrotising retroperitoneal fasciitis due to acute perforated gangrenous appendi…
…tual impairment under OPG guardianship for healthcare decisions, presented to Redcliffe Hospital ED with abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. Despite clinical concerns (fever, tachycardia, elevated white cells, pyuri…
82y · Male·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to suture failure of bowel anastomosis foll…
…roceeded without incident. Five days post-operatively, he developed symptoms of bowel leak (hiccoughing, abdominal distension, vomiting, confusion) but diagnosis was delayed because he lacked typical sepsis markers (nor…
59y · Male·Ruptured atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysm (operated)
A 59-year-old man with a non-ruptured 8cm infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) presenting with acute back pain was transferred from Bendigo to Royal Melbourne Ho…
39y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis and sepsis due to pyelonep…
Lorna May Woods, 39, died from pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis and sepsis secondary to pyelonephritis on a background of metastatic ovarian cancer. She presented to Joondalup Health Campus with uros…
55y · Female·Complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma
…rectal carcinoma. She presented to her GP on 29 July 2019 with three days of appetite loss and suspected abdominal pain, exhibiting low blood pressure, low pulse, and abdominal tenderness. She was referred to ED and adm…
58y · Male·carcinomatosis from unknown primary
… from metastatic cancer of unknown primary in January 2020. He presented with multiple episodes of back, abdominal, shoulder and rib pain between July and November 2019, initially attributed to musculoskeletal causes in…
70y · Male·Complications of cerebral palsy with Covid-19 infection as a contributing factor
…he was appropriately transitioned to comfort care. A post-mortem CT scan incidentally identified a large abdominal mass favouring malignancy. The death was from natural causes and was not unexpected given his pre-existi…
49y · Male·pneumonia, hypoxic brain injury and cardiac arrest
49-year-old male with chronic cannabis dependence and depression developed post-surgical delirium following emergency anterior resection for perforated diverticulum. He became acutely agitated and paranoid, was detained …
75y · Female·Complications including acute pancreatitis and refractory intra-abdominal sepsis…
Lee Milcherdy, 75, died from complications including acute pancreatitis and refractory intra-abdominal sepsis following an unnecessary ERCP procedure. An MRCP scan on 12 October 2018 showed no gallstone, mak…
39y · Female·multiorgan failure and probable sepsis
…iving in residential care, presented to Knox Private Hospital with fever, shortness of breath, vomiting, abdominal pain, and hypotension. She was intubated and admitted to ICU with suspected sepsis. CT imaging revealed …
49y · Female·Intra-abdominal haemorrhage, septic and haemorrhagic shock as a result of a lapa…
Deborah Burgen died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage complicated by septic shock following delayed emergency surgery for bowel obstruction. She a…
60y · Female·Peritonitis due to anastomotic leak following subtotal colectomy for treatment o…
…rly postoperative bronchospasm complicated clinical assessment, leading focus on respiratory rather than abdominal pathology. Leak presented atypically early (day 3 postop) with subtle signs that were missed or misattri…
72y · Male·acute gangrene of colon with probable perforation along with bowel obstruction a…
…iabetes and cardiac disease, presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on Christmas Day 2002 with acute abdominal pain and vomiting. Over two days, his condition deteriorated but ischaemic bowel disease was not diagnos…
58y · Female·Ischaemic small bowel due to bowel obstruction most likely due to a combination …
…sease recurrence. On 22 November, she presented to GP with two weeks of diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea, and abdominal pain. The GP noted possible obstruction, ordered imaging and bloods, and referred non-urgently to gastro…
59y · Female·multi-organ failure as a result of metastatic cervical cancer
…ontrol and a NFR order was established with family consent. She deteriorated rapidly post-procedure with abdominal pain, became unrousable with GCS 3, and died despite being deemed appropriate for palliative management.…
46y · Female·Complications following cardiorespiratory arrest in association with an air embo…
A 46-year-old woman died from air embolism during a gastroscopy to manage complications from bariatric surgery. The initial laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on 9 November 2007 had a staple misfire that was inadequately re…
75y · Male·left retroperitoneal haemorrhage associated with lumbar spine surgery
…s extensive surgical options for medically complex elderly patients; earlier imaging when post-operative abdominal symptoms persist despite initial investigation; and careful risk-benefit analysis of anticoagulation in …
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