136 results for “recurrent aspiration”
61y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
…ld woman with intellectual disability, wheelchair-bound, and living in supported accommodation died from aspiration pneumonia following community-acquired pneumonia treated in July 2016. She was discharged, then attended…
79y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with COVID-19 and multiple medical co-morbiditie…
Jennifer Turnbull, 79, with cerebral palsy and multiple comorbidities, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by COVID-19. She was admitted to hospital in October 2022 with recurrent aspiratio…
31y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability and epilepsy (palliat…
… a 31-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died of aspiration pneumonia at Maroondah Hospital. Following a COVID-19 infection in December 2023, he experienced recurre…
54y · Female·Multiple organ failure, due to pneumonia in a patient with Guillain-Barré syndro…
…ie Ann Hermans, a 54-year-old Aboriginal woman with Guillain-Barré syndrome, quadriplegia, diabetes, and recurrent infections, died from multiple organ failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia during an ICU admission …
53y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with myotonic dystrophy
A 53-year-old man with myotonic dystrophy and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia after premature discharge from hospital to a communi…
63y · Male·Complications of disseminated tumour (primary site unknown)
… care via a Supervised Treatment Order. His cancer was diagnosed in November 2012 after investigation of recurrent haemoptysis and imaging abnormalities. He was admitted to McKenna House Palliative Care Unit on 29 Decem…
46y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating epistaxis in the setting of prolonged nasal pr…
Hau Bui Nguyen, a 46-year-old man with severe acquired brain injury, dysphagia, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating epistaxis following prolonged nasal pr…
63y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of functional decline in a man with an intel…
A 63-year-old man with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and COPD died from aspiration pneumonia following functional decline. He had a three-month hospital admission with multiple complicati…
64y · Female·Complications of hospital acquired pneumonia and COVID-19 infection
…cember 2022 and was admitted to hospital on 7 December. Over the subsequent three weeks, she experienced recurrent admissions with respiratory compromise, COVID-19, and bacterial pneumonia. A significant clinical challe…
48y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating progressive degenerative neurological disorder…
…nerative neurological disorder, frontotemporal dementia, severe dysphagia, and cerebral palsy, died from aspiration pneumonia after admission to hospital with acute breathing difficulties. He had been in specialist disab…
60y · Female·Focal pneumonia in a woman with emphysema and ischaemic heart disease
…onia at Graylands Hospital. She had been an involuntary patient with multiple prior respiratory arrests, aspiration pneumonia episodes, and recurrent chest infections requiring ICU-level care. On the evening before death…
64y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
…mpster, a 64-year-old man with severe Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and dysphagia, died of pneumonia following aspiration. He had experienced recurrent aspiration pneumonia episodes over several years. Critical clinical lesson…
51y · Female·Status epilepticus on a background of Lennox Gastaut syndrome and cerebral palsy
…ral palsy, died from status epilepticus after prolonged deterioration. She had progressive dysphagia and recurrent seizures despite multiple anti-epileptic medications. A PEG tube was deemed too high-risk given her seve…
81y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in an elderly lady
An 81-year-old woman with intellectual disability, phenylketonuria, and severe dysphagia died from aspiration pneumonia following repeated admissions for the same condition. She had been assessed as 'very high risk…
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
Jeffrey McCarty, a 40-year-old man with cerebral palsy, severe intellectual disability, dysphagia and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from aspiration pneumonia after being placed on a palliative pathway. The cor…
65y · Male·pneumonia and aspiration
John Harwood, a 65-year-old man with Down syndrome, died from aspiration pneumonia following hip prosthesis removal for infection. He experienced multiple aspiration episodes du…
55y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia arising as a consequence of severe acquired brain injury
Sydney Dale Stanfield, 55, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to severe acquired brain injury sustained in childhood. He resided in a disability a…
54y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…a 54-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy and severe dysphasia, died from aspiration pneumonia following admission to Box Hill Hospital. He was admitted with aspiration pneumonia and seizur…
81y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
An 81-year-old woman with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy and dysphagia died from aspiration pneumonia. She resided in DHHS care with appropriate preventative measures in place including softened d…
49y · Female·aspiration pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy
…ear-old woman with cerebral palsy and severe intellectual disability residing in a group home, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted to hospital on 21 June 2010 after vomiting and was treated with antibiotics …
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