119 results for “acute respiratory distress”
66y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
…ion and prescribed antibiotics. Staff monitored her at 10-minute intervals. That midnight she developed respiratory distress and arrested. Autopsy revealed 95% left anterior descending artery occlusion with myocardial s…
83y · Male·pneumonia and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by Legionella ba…
An 83-year-old man died from pneumonia and respiratory distress caused by Legionella bacterium. He presented with abdominal symptoms and was initially misdiag…
Unknown·Ms Fensom: influenza A (H1N1 2009, pandemic swine flu) with myocarditis causing …
Two deaths from H1N1 influenza in 2009. Ms Fensom (41) died from myocarditis complicating swine flu after inadequate recognition and management of persistent hypotension at Millicent Hospital. Her condition required esca…
29y · Female·respiratory depression caused by morphine intoxication on a background of upper …
A 29-year-old woman with infectious mononucleosis and severe sore throat died from respiratory depression caused by morphine intoxication with concurrent upper airway narrowing. A GP administered 30…
36y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating injecting drug use
A 36-year-old man with a 13-year history of schizophrenia and substance abuse was admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric unit on 15 September 2012 after community deterioration. He improved over several weeks and was tr…
42y · Male·Cardiac arrest following hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, likely due to E.coli …
Jarrod Wright, a 42-year-old man admitted with cellulitis, developed sepsis-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring ICU care with non-invasive ventilation. Critical failures o…
18y · Male·acute asthma
Omar Jamil Moujalled, 18 years old, died from acute asthma during the unprecedented thunderstorm asthma event in Melbourne on 21 November 2016. He had pre-exi…
3y · Male·unascertained
…1 months, presented to Bell Street Family Medical Centre on 28 June 2003 with chest pain and mild upper respiratory symptoms. He was diagnosed with mild symptoms and given prednisolone. That evening, he experienced sudd…
50y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
Allen Burke, a 50-year-old Aboriginal man in custody, died from acute myocardial infarction due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. On the morning of his death, he reported hea…
33y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during restraint, involving a predisposition to cardiac…
…ar-old Indigenous man died following police restraint and inappropriate midazolam administration during an acute drug-induced behavioural disturbance. Mr Coolwell sustained injuries while in acute methamphetamine-induce…
33y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging with resuscitation
…d curfew. Following relationship difficulties, arrest of his girlfriend, and a miscarriage, he experienced acute emotional distress. On 18 March 2022, after his girlfriend blocked contact, he posted suicide threats on s…
47y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating systolic cardiac arrest in the set…
…howed high sensitization to rye grass pollen. On 21 November, during severe thunderstorms, she experienced acute respiratory distress at home, lost consciousness en route to a clinic. Bystanders initiated CPR; an ambula…
88y · Female·combined effects of an overdose of hydromorphone and complications of pneumonia …
…cal transplant for clostridium difficile colitis was prescribed 0.5 mg hydromorphone subcutaneously for respiratory distress on 24 October 2013. Two nurses unfamiliar with hydromorphone administered a 10-fold overdose (…
17y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy Complicating Anaphylaxis
…rather than Category 2; whether he was informed of the wheeze is disputed. When James deteriorated with respiratory distress some 12 minutes later, adrenaline was administered but he rapidly progressed to cardiac arrest…
79y · Male·ischaemic heart disease complicating chronic obstructive airways disease
…irways disease while subject to an Inpatient Treatment Order at Flinders Medical Centre. He presented with acute delirium and agitation following a fall, requiring significant sedation. A MET call was made on 12 August …
39y · Male·COMPLICATIONS OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
…ing requiring environmental restrictions. On the day of death, while being driven by a carer, he developed acute respiratory distress and collapsed. CPR was commenced but unsuccessful. The coroner found no evidence of i…
46y · Female·acute mixed drug toxicity due to accidental self-administered drug overdose
Dr V., an obstetrician-gynaecologist trainee, died from acute mixed drug toxicity on 18 January 2013 following self-administration of multiple anaesthetic drugs (propof…
56y · Male·urosepsis
…essment at 11:45am noted he seemed well with only minor wounds. By 6:30pm he was critically unwell with respiratory distress, slurred speech, and shallow breathing. He died despite resuscitation attempts. The coroner fo…
78y · Male·COVID-19 pneumonitis on a background of ANCA nephropathy, hypertension, and diab…
Denis Ives, a 78-year-old man with type 1 diabetes, chronic kidney disease stage 4, ANCA nephropathy and hypertension, died of COVID-19 pneumonitis while in custody at Long Bay Correctional Centre. He tested positive for…
69y · Male·Myocardial infarction secondary to coronary artery atherosclerosis in the settin…
…d man with intellectual disability, COPD, emphysema and heavy smoking history, presented to the ED with respiratory distress on 26 May 2016. He was diagnosed with infective exacerbation of COPD and treated for septic sh…
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