98 results for “acute cardiac event”
71y · Male·cardiac arrest due to hyperkalemia due to acute on chronic renal failure, with r…
…mic heart disease, and chronic renal failure, underwent elective ileostomy reversal surgery. He died from cardiac arrest due to hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis two days post-operatively. Expert renal review identifi…
52y · Male·Coronary Atherosclerosis
… was immediate and appropriate, with Code Blue initiated by a prison officer. Despite EcHO system outage preventing access to medical history, nursing staff provided competent emergency care including intubation during …
31y · Male·Undetermined
…police, then administered droperidol by paramedics. He deteriorated rapidly in the ambulance and suffered cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed severe premature coronary atherosclerosis. Death was undetermined, likely multif…
85y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…eart disease at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He was profoundly deaf from birth and had dementia. Admitted with acute chest pain and difficulty breathing, he became distressed and was refusing oxygen therapy. A Level 1 Inpat…
41y · Male·Pheniramine toxicity
…ude: the diagnostic difficulty in distinguishing drug toxicity from psychiatric illness or intoxication in acute presentations; the importance of comprehensive medication history and substance abuse screening in patient…
68y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of recent surgery
…operation. A MET call at 5:30am revealed non-specific symptoms consistent with several diagnoses (sepsis, cardiac event, PE). Clinical examination, investigations and differential diagnosis approach were appropriate at …
73y · Male·Acute subdural haematoma
Kerry James Murphy, 73, died from acute subdural haematoma following a fall in Royal Darwin Hospital's overcrowded Emergency Department. He was ad…
33y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to sepsis on a background of severe ischaemic cardiomyop…
… poor medication compliance, ongoing methamphetamine use despite being on home detention, and progressive cardiac deterioration. He presented to hospital on 30 November 2016 severely septic with cellulitis, requiring in…
64y · Female·Haemorrhage into atheromatous plaque, due to coronary atherosclerosis
…ed on 27 May 2008 from coronary atherosclerosis with haemorrhage into atheromatous plaque. She suffered an acute cardiac event on 5 May 2008 requiring emergency pacemaker insertion. After three weeks in ICU with mechani…
62y · Male·cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode
Michael Adams, aged 62 with chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode at a supported residential facility. During escalating psychotic be…
67y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease; coronary artery atherosclerosis (stented)
A 67-year-old man with extensive cardiac history presented to the ED with recurrent ischaemic-sounding chest pain. Despite multiple episodes of ch…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest in the se…
…emic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest during the November 21, 2016 Thunderstorm Asthma event in Melbourne. She had known asthma with poor medication compliance, was highly sensitized to rye grass pol…
78y · Male·Ischemic heart disease
…17 December 2011. Stress from an altercation over disabled parking at a nearby church likely triggered his acute cardiac event. He collapsed twice in the police station foyer; his second collapse occurred while in ventr…
81y · Male·Unable to determine - likely dehydration and exposure in remote bushland terrain…
Joseph Wellard Higgs, aged 81, disappeared in May 1986 from a remote area near Davyhurst, Western Australia. He had cognitive decline with short-term memory loss, difficulty walking due to hip surgery complications, a he…
82y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis with significant contrib…
…ith advanced ischaemic heart disease and emphysema died from myocardial infarction while in custody in the Acute Care Management Unit of a correctional facility. Correctional officers failed to read his Risk Interventio…
12y · Male·Unascertained in the setting of immersion; involuntary inhalation of water after…
… died by submersion in a cold, murky dam at a school camp. After 4-5 minutes of swimming, Kyle experienced acute difficulty, likely related to panic, anxiety, possible asthma, or an unidentified cardiac event. He became…
49y · Male·Coronary artery occlusion due to, or as a consequence of, coronary artery athero…
…cal lessons include: (1) chest pain in high-risk patients (age, ethnicity, male gender) should be assumed cardiac until proven otherwise, not dismissed by patient denial; (2) vital signs assessment was incomplete—blood …
73y · Male·Gregory Frank Burkhalter: carbon monoxide toxicity due to inhalation of carbon m…
…ffered severe burns, survived initially but died from complications including myocardial infarction during acute resuscitation and subsequent sepsis from burn injuries. The coroner found no working smoke alarms in the r…
58y · Male·acute myocardial infarction caused by ischaemic heart disease
Gregory Merriman, a 58-year-old Aboriginal man, died from acute myocardial infarction caused by advanced ischaemic heart disease while in custody at Metropolitan Receptio…
68y · Female·Complications of a fall with contributing factors of respiratory failure, respir…
…tion, not overdose. The coroner found her death resulted from natural causes (likely respiratory failure, cardiac event, or pulmonary embolism) compounded by her complex medical and psychiatric conditions. Care was deem…
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