87 results for “severe abdominal pain”
66y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
…should verify calculations independently; and pre-existing cardiac disease may remain asymptomatic despite severe pathology, particularly in pain patients receiving excellent analgesia from intrathecal delivery.
26y · Female·sepsis
… infection caused by MRSA on 22 October 2014. She presented to the Emergency Department on 20 October with severe pain, tachycardia (125 bpm), and fever. Dr P., the obstetrics registrar, conducted an inadequate assessmen…
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…
76y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to sepsis with peritonitis and pancreatitis, secondar…
…for gallstone removal. The procedure itself was appropriate and uneventful. Post-operatively, he developed severe abdominal pain and a CT scan at 21:25 revealed suspected perforation of the common bile duct/duodenum with…
58y · Male·complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction
…ion following discharge from hospital after inadequate assessment. He had presented to the ED with lower abdominal pain and severe faecal loading (bowel dilation 19cm). Despite a critical admission one year prior requir…
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
… died from aspiration pneumonia following intubation at Werribee Mercy Hospital. He presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting, imaging suggested small bowel obstruction, and he became agitated during nasogastric …
44y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
…oea on exertion, concerning for possible cardiac pathology. Despite investigation including chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, and echocardiogram (all reportedly normal), the underlying coronary artery disease was not i…
51y · Female·Multiorgan failure in the setting of WHO Class III obesity, chronic excessive al…
…ailure following admission with community-acquired pneumonia and respiratory failure. She presented with abdominal pain and reduced responsiveness on 4 November 2024, was found to have type 2 respiratory failure, acute …
72y · Female·probable sepsis complicating chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
…ar-old woman died of sepsis complicating chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She presented to ED with severe abdominal pain, elevated lactate (6.1 mmol/L), and signs of shock. The surgical team failed to recognize e…
21y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septicaemia of mixed respiratory (bronchopneumonia) a…
Shannon Tang, a 21-year-old from Singapore with severe obesity (BMI 52) and multiple comorbidities including sleep apnoea, underwent elective laparoscopic gastri…
41y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia; contributing factors: toxic megacolon, ce…
David Orton, a 41-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died from cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia complicated by toxic megacolon and Salmone…
26y · Female·cardiorespiratory arrest due to massive gastric dilatation with gastric rupture
…due to massive gastric dilatation with rupture following a bulimic episode. She presented to hospital with severe abdominal pain and was incorrectly diagnosed with constipation by Dr F., the surgical registrar. While the…
79y · Female·pneumonia in the setting of acute peritonitis due to perforated stomach (operate…
…alloon on 11 September 2008 for weight loss prior to hernia repair. On 30 January 2009, she presented with severe abdominal pain and vomiting. CT imaging confirmed gastric outlet obstruction from the balloon. Despite thi…
46y · Female·Complications following cardiorespiratory arrest in association with an air embo…
… to read nursing notes documenting signs of sepsis (green bile drainage, elevated vital signs, shoulder tip pain), instead documenting her as 'stable'. On 12 November, critical observations showing respiratory distress (…
51y · Male·Multiorgan failure in a man with corrected congenital coarctation of the aorta a…
…ion of aorta, valvular disease, and biventricular heart failure, presented to Alfred Hospital ED with chest pain and dyspnoea. He was diagnosed with NSTEMI and admitted. During preparation for cardiac catheterisation, he…
60y · Male·Ischaemic gut secondary to superior mesenteric artery dissection complicating in…
A 60-year-old man with severe coronary artery disease presented with acute myocardial infarction, requiring emergency stenting and subse…
19y · Female·Meningococcal septicaemia
…icaemia caused by the W strain after presenting to the ED with a 12-hour history of vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever. The atypical presentation of gastrointestinal symptoms rather than classic meningeal sig…
70y · Female·Cardiac arrest caused by a combination of gastric haemorrhage and pneumonia exac…
…caused by gastric haemorrhage and pneumonia on a background of coronary artery disease. She presented with severe epigastric pain and was appropriately admitted for investigation. Initial blood tests and CT scan showed n…
68y · Female·Anaphylactoid reaction to intravenous CT scan contrast medium leading to cardior…
A 68-year-old woman with asthma presented to hospital with abdominal pain suggestive of biliary obstruction. A CT scan with intravenous contrast was ordered to clarify the d…
57y · Male·Multiple organ failure in consequence of peritonitis resulting from complication…
…tis resulting from complications of gastric banding surgery. He presented to the ED on 18 July 2002 with abdominal pain and vomiting. Dr B. appropriately assessed him and proposed aspiration of the band and nasogastric …
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