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78y · Male·Complications of bowel surgery; specifically post-operative chest infection and …
Barry Howroyd, a 78-year-old man, underwent routine colonoscopy on 7 August 2008 which complicated a known bowel carcinoma diagnosis. The procedure caused bowel perforation, diagnosed the next day via CT imaging. Surgica…
42y · Female·Metastatic breast cancer
Cherie Alderson, aged 42, died from metastatic breast cancer at a hospice after progressive deterioration. She had cerebral palsy from infancy and lived in Department of Human Services care for 42 years. Diagnosed with b…
39y · Female·neurological disorder of unknown cause and right axillary abscess
Donna Lavinia Faure, aged 39, lived in a Department of Human Services group home with a lifelong neurological disability requiring full-time care. In June 2009, she developed an axillary abscess with bacterial infection …
68y · Female·Presumed septic shock with multiple organ failure secondary to acute suppurative…
A 68-year-old woman died from septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to acute suppurative appendicitis complicated by recent peritoneal adhesion division. Admitted on 31 March 2005 with acute abdominal pain, she …
62y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep venous thrombosis of right calf
Ms Wendy Ryder, aged 62, died from pulmonary embolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis (DVT) six weeks after abdominal surgery (total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy) for treatment of severe…
68y · Male·Pneumonia due to bowel obstruction due to follicular lymphoma
Jock Allan Adams, a 68-year-old man imprisoned at Port Phillip Prison with a history of diabetes, schizophrenia, early dementia and follicular lymphoma (treated with chemotherapy), was admitted to St Vincent's Hospital o…
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