171 results for “severe shock”
2y · Male·Group A Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome which probably originated in the thro…
Ryan Saunders, a 2-year-old boy, died from Group A Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome after a 72-hour presentation with fever, pain, and systemic illness. Initial GP care was appropri…
64y · Male·Peritonitis, due to or as a consequence of a ruptured gallbladder, due to or as …
Dennis Childs, a 64-year-old Indigenous man serving a life sentence, died from peritonitis secondary to a ruptured gallbladder. On 8 December 2018, he presented with abdominal pain at the correctional centre but refused …
48y · Male·sepsis and renal failure due to perforated gastric ulcer
…epatitis C and schizo-affective disorder presented to West Coast District Hospital on 20 October 2014 with severe abdominal pain radiating to the right shoulder tip, generalised tenderness, and a pain rating of 8/10. Cli…
58y · Male·Multiple injuries occasioned in a motor vehicle accident (broken neck, ruptured …
Clifford Brown, an Aboriginal man aged 58, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on 18 December 2004 at Barrow Creek, NT. The central clinical issue was the inadequate emergency assessment and…
63y · Male·severe refractory heart failure despite coronary artery bypass and repeated prol…
A 63-year-old man detained under migration law died from severe refractory biventricular heart failure despite coronary artery bypass grafting and intensive cardiovascula…
94y · Female·Sepsis complicating management of vulval carcinoma in an elderly woman with seve…
… (rather than ambulance) to a tertiary hospital for oncology review. On arrival, she collapsed with septic shock and died 5 days later from sepsis. Post-mortem and expert review concluded the sepsis resulted from sponta…
79y · Male·multi-organ failure due to voluntary starvation on a background of severe depres…
A 79-year-old man died from multi-organ failure secondary to voluntary starvation in the context of severe depression following his wife's death. He was admitted after police found him malnourished following 30 da…
38y · Male·Heart failure in a man with dilated cardiomyopathy and focal severe coronary art…
Anthony Axtell, a 38-year-old man with severe dilated cardiomyopathy from amphetamine use, died of heart failure while in prison custody. Initially trea…
62y · Female·Hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock (hysterectomy) in the context of cardiomegaly…
…osis, cardiomegaly, thrombocytopenia, chronic kidney disease, COPD) died from hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock during elective total laparoscopic hysterectomy for an endometrial polyp. Intraoperative blood loss was 20…
69y · Female·Urosepsis secondary to anuric acute renal failure and corona radiata infarct; co…
A 69-year-old diabetic woman presented to Maroondah Hospital Emergency Department on 9 June 2024 with severe right-sided abdominal pain and vomiting. CT imaging at 10:00am confirmed emphysematous pyelitis (gas-formi…
67y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septic shock consequent on faecal peritonitis due to …
…som, 67, underwent elective fundoplication for hiatus hernia and reflux on 21 September 2010. He developed severe right-sided abdominal pain post-operatively. A laparoscopy on 8 October misinterpreted findings and missed…
18y · Female·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (passenger)
…raffic. Despite extensive resuscitation efforts including emergency surgery, she could not be saved due to severe multi-system trauma including retroperitoneal bleeding and devastating brain injury. The coroner found no …
81y · Female·Severe cardiogenic shock complicating cardiac surgery
An 81-year-old woman died of severe cardiogenic shock following elective aortic valve replacement complicated by intraoperative haemodynamic i…
66y · Female·Cardiac failure due to atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease
…d heart failure as it can exacerbate the condition. The patient deteriorated the next day with cardiogenic shock and died despite resuscitation. Expert evidence indicated the patient likely would not have died without s…
44y · Male·pneumonia (with multiple left-sided rib fractures as the antecedent cause)
…ctures secondary to a physical assault. He presented to Westmead Hospital ED with clinical signs of septic shock (tachypnoea, hypoxia, hypotension, hypothermia, elevated lactate 12.7 mmol/L, leukopenia, acute kidney inj…
8y · Female·Chronic myocarditis subsequent to chemotherapy for sialoblastoma
…vomiting and lethargy. Her condition was initially misdiagnosed as post-chemotherapy vomiting, then septic shock—both reasonable diagnoses given available information. Although she was triaged as category 4 rather than …
24y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, due to or as a consequence of cardiac arrest, …
…n detention. His death was preventable and resulted from multiple compounding errors: failure to recognise severe sepsis despite worsening vital signs; lack of appropriate antibiotics at the Manus Island clinic; failure …
19y · Male·Jacob Allan Donohue: multiple (head, trunk and limb) injuries sustained as drive…
Two 19-year-old males died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Midland Highway near Oatlands, Tasmania. The driver of a Kia SUV unintentionally entered the opposing lanes while navigating roadworks in rainy, dark…
53y · Female·acutely decompensated congestive cardiac failure due to blunt traumatic injuries…
A 53-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability and scoliosis died from acute decompensated congestive cardiac failure following b…
1y · Female·acute on chronic respiratory failure
…ratory failure following a dog bite attack. Injuries caused blood loss which, combined with her underlying severe respiratory compromise and probable pulmonary hypertension, proved rapidly fatal. The coroner found that d…
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