124 results for “chest CT scan”
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…
62y · Male·cerebral haemorrhage (intracerebral bleed, large lobar within left cerebral hemi…
A 62-year-old man presented to ED with dyspnoea, diaphoresis, and hypertension caused by an evolving cerebral haemorrhage. He was initially misdiagnosed with NSTEMI based on elevated troponin and atrial fibrillation, lea…
68y · Female·Acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery atherosclerosis
…year-old woman presented to St Vincent's Hospital emergency department with upper abdominal and left-sided chest pain following a stationary bicycle fall. Clinicians attributed her symptoms to codeine adverse reaction a…
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…
63y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the lung (small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with poorl…
A 63-year-old male prisoner died from metastatic small cell lung cancer with adenocarcinoma features. Cancer was incidentally discovered during investigation of a deep vein thrombosis in October 2018, leading to one mont…
66y · Male·carcinomatosis complicated by recurrent sepsis and multisystem failure in a man …
A 66-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma died in hospital from carcinomatosis with sepsis and multisystem failure. Critical clinical lesson: haematuria in 2005 was not adequately investigated with imaging despite recu…
62y · Male·Complications of metastatic malignancy (likely lung primary)
Colin James Whaley, aged 62, died from complications of metastatic lung cancer while in custody at Junee Correctional Centre. He was a heavy smoker admitted to prison in June 2023. Significant weight loss (40kg) during i…
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. …
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…
82y · Male·Pneumonia in an elderly man with advanced lung cancer (squamous cell carcinoma)
Charles William Mapp, 82, died of pneumonia secondary to advanced lung cancer at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. He had been an involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital for nine years with chronic schizophren…
32y · Female·Perforation of the bowel in the context of constipation and intellectual disabil…
Jessica Louis, a 32-year-old non-verbal woman with intellectual disability and Opitz Trigonocephaly Syndrome, died from bowel perforation secondary to severe constipation and pica (compulsive ingestion of non-food items)…
72y · Male·Complications of subtotal colectomy for diffuse polyposis and invasive adenocarc…
Melvin Lynch, aged 72, died in custody at Prince of Wales Hospital on 9 December 2019, nine days after elective subtotal colectomy for bowel cancer. Post-operatively, he developed complications including pleural effusion…
60y · Female·Focal pneumonia in a woman with emphysema and ischaemic heart disease
… involuntary patient with multiple prior respiratory arrests, aspiration pneumonia episodes, and recurrent chest infections requiring ICU-level care. On the evening before death, she was sedated with temazepam (20mg) fo…
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…
76y · Male·right lower lobe pneumonia on a background of frontotemporal dementia, chronic o…
A 76-year-old man with frontotemporal dementia, COPD, and osteoporosis died of right lower lobe pneumonia following multiple falls causing pelvic and rib fractures at a nursing home. He was admitted to hospital on 9 Febr…
29y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating acute and chronic Wernicke's encephalopathy an…
Grant Austin, a 29-year-old man with intellectual disability and morbid obesity, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating Wernicke's encephalopathy. He presented with prolonged refusal to eat and drink from December 2…
84y · Female·left subdural haematoma resulting from head injury due to fall from standing
An 84-year-old woman suffered a fatal head injury after slipping on steps at a café in Stanley, Tasmania on 20 October 2021, resulting in a left subdural haematoma. She was appropriately transported to neurosurgical faci…
75y · Male·Right haemothorax complicating intercostal catheter insertion for the treatment …
… record of cessation of drainage; removal of the catheter at 7.30pm despite persistent effusion shown on CT scan at 5.50pm; failure to activate MET calls despite vital sign deterioration meeting criteria at 4.00-4.30am; …
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…
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