183 results for “pulmonary oedema”
78y · Male·cardiomegaly with left ventricular hypertrophy and atherosclerotic cardiovascula…
…entricular hypertrophy and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with contributing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He had significant cardiac history including prior myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest requir…
69y · Male·Pericarditis
…nted to the Emergency Department with dyspnea following an unwitnessed fall. He was diagnosed with acute pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure, rapidly deteriorated, and was placed on BIPAP support. Despite treat…
62y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of refractory focal status epilepticus
…th cognitive decline, brain tumour history, and multiple comorbidities including severe sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension, died from aspiration pneumonia during refractory focal status epilepticus. She presented w…
46y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism complicating left calf deep venous thrombosis
…Clexane and a follow-up ultrasound appointment. That evening at home he collapsed and died from a saddle pulmonary embolism. The coroner found the triage assessment was appropriate, Fast Track referral was justified, an…
57y · Female·Complications of muscular dystrophy
A 57-year-old woman with longstanding muscular dystrophy and newly diagnosed cardiomyopathy died from complications of her underlying condition. She became acutely unwell overnight at her residential support facility wit…
36y · Female·exercise-associated hyponatraemia with fatal cardiac arrhythmia in the setting o…
A 36-year-old female died on the Kokoda Track from exercise-associated hyponatraemia (EAH) with fatal cardiac arrhythmia. She was a fit, well-prepared trekker who became disoriented, confused, and seizing on day 2 of the…
38y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to bilateral deep calf vein thrombi
…umonia with oxygen and antibiotics. He rapidly deteriorated and died in cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed pulmonary thromboembolism from bilateral deep vein thrombi as the cause of death, with dilated cardiomyopathy as a…
46y · Male·Cardiomegaly in the setting of hypoventilation syndrome in an obese man with sch…
A 46-year-old man with schizophrenia, COPD, hypoventilation syndrome, obesity and cardiomegaly died suddenly on a psychiatric inpatient unit from a cardiac arrhythmia. He had experienced multiple respiratory crises requi…
70y · Female·Cardiac arrest caused by a combination of gastric haemorrhage and pneumonia exac…
Mrs Kathleen Anne Conlan, 70, died from cardiac arrest caused by gastric haemorrhage and pneumonia on a background of coronary artery disease. She presented with severe epigastric pain and was appropriately admitted for …
61y · Female·Diffuse alveolar damage in a woman with restrictive lung disease following catar…
…of the procedure. Despite this decompensation, the second part proceeded, requiring intubation for acute pulmonary oedema. She died five days later from diffuse alveolar damage. The coroner found the surgery was inappro…
58y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism complicating right calf deep venous thrombosis
…ay with dizziness attributed to beta-blocker side effects and was again discharged. He died at home from pulmonary embolism. The coroner found that while his presentation was atypical of PE, there was conflicting eviden…
55y · Female·ischaemic heart disease complicated by epilepsy, asthma and schizophrenia
A 55-year-old woman with schizophrenia, epilepsy, asthma and COPD presented to hospital with abdominal pain and confusion. Initial ED assessment treated presumed UTI and discharged her. She returned the next day with wor…
48y · Female·Unascertained; presumed sudden cardiac arrhythmia
…, and multiple comorbidities died unexpectedly in residential care. Post-mortem examination showed acute pulmonary oedema and intra-alveolar haemorrhage with no anatomical cause identified. Toxicology revealed olanzapin…
56y · Male·Benzalkonium chloride toxicity
Stephen Lim, aged 56, died from benzalkonium chloride toxicity after deliberately ingesting approximately 2.5 litres of Pine-O-Cleen disinfectant on 25 September 2010. His death occurred from acute lung injury due to asp…
45y · Male·undetermined in a man in correctional services custody with a chronic history of…
…July 2014 from an undetermined cause in a man with chronic illicit drug use. Forensic pathology revealed pulmonary oedema, hepatic cirrhosis, and evidence of recent intravenous drug use. Toxicology detected multiple dru…
70y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 70-year-old sentenced prisoner with severe ischaemic heart disease and prior myocardial infarctions died from acute myocardial infarction with coronary artery atherosclerosis. He presented with severe chest pain on 5 O…
81y · Male·haemopericardium due to ruptured myocardial infarction due to coronary artery at…
Frank Dorman, an 81-year-old man under guardianship orders residing in aged care, died from a ruptured myocardial infarction with haemopericardium due to coronary artery thrombosis. He was found deceased in his bathroom …
68y · Female·Coronary heart disease
… mistakenly believed she had a cardiology appointment arranged. She re-presented 48 hours later in acute pulmonary oedema and died despite resuscitation. Clinical lessons: inadequate length of stay for diagnostic clarit…
49y · Male·effects of fire (70% body surface area full and partial thickness burns)
A 49-year-old man died from severe burns sustained at a hotel beer garden fireplace. He had consumed approximately 20 pots of beer over two days and had a blood alcohol level of 0.3g/100ml at autopsy. The fireplace guard…
71y · Male·Organ failure in an elderly man receiving palliative medical care for renal fail…
Gheorghe Gruici, a 71-year-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 includi…
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