953 results for “infection”
0y · Female·brain death complicating head and neck injury
A five-month-old girl died from catastrophic brain injuries caused by violent shaking on 20 May 2019. Medical evidence established she was shaken by an adult on at least two occasions: once around 6 May 2019 (evidenced b…
40y · Male·septic complications from injuries received from multiple dog bites sustained on…
Colin Amatto, a 40-year-old Yuin man, died from septic complications following a devastating dog attack with over 80 bite wounds. Critical clinical lesson: the same dog (Boof, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier) had attacked a…
63y · Male·metastatic rectal carcinoma
Jeremy Scott, a 63-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic rectal carcinoma on 3 July 2017. From 2015 onwards, he reported rectal and anal symptoms including pain, bleeding, and palpable masses, which were repeatedly att…
56y · Male·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
Ross Martin, a 56-year-old man with a long history of depression, died from acute pentobarbitone (Nembutal) toxicity obtained online, combined with toxic levels of zopiclone, less than two weeks after premature discharge…
78y · Female·cardiorespiratory failure, ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease together wit…
Barbara Francis, a 78-year-old resident with dementia at Pearl Supported Care in the dementia unit (Dinah), was punched by another resident (Mr A) on 4 September 2018 and fell backward onto her right hip, sustaining an o…
83y · Female·Hyponatraemic encephalopathy due to adverse effects of citaprolam and duloxetine…
An 83-year-old woman with pre-existing SIADH-related chronic hyponatraemia died from hyponatraemic encephalopathy following antidepressant therapy. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) the importance of accessing prior…
36y · Male·bronchial asthma
Nathan Reynolds, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man with severe asthma, died from bronchial asthma in prison on 1 September 2018. His death exposed critical failings in both immediate emergency response and chronic disease man…
44y · Female·unascertained (consistent with Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Staphylococcus aur…
Maureen Mandijarra, a 44-year-old Aboriginal woman with poorly controlled diabetes and recurrent skin infections, was arrested at Male Oval on 29 November 2012 for street drinking under a zero-tolerance police approa…
41y · Female·Peritonitis following surgical procedure to the urinary bladder, due to infected…
Cheryl Lee Edmiston, a healthy 41-year-old woman, died of peritonitis and sepsis following minor bladder procedures (cystoscopy, hydrodilatation, and biopsy) at Joondalup Health Campus on 14 February 2003. The biopsies w…
46y · Female·Complications following cardiorespiratory arrest in association with an air embo…
A 46-year-old woman died from air embolism during a gastroscopy to manage complications from bariatric surgery. The initial laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on 9 November 2007 had a staple misfire that was inadequately re…
67y · Female·Pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) in a woman receiving treatment for carcinom…
Peggy Anne Nilon, 67, died from pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) at St John of God Hospital Bunbury on 25 February 2003. Her small cell lung cancer had achieved remission following chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A cr…
15y · Male·Cerebral ischaemia in a young man with a blocked ventricular peritoneal shunt an…
Vaughn Richard Rasmussen, a 15-year-old boy with congenital abnormalities and a ventricular-peritoneal (VP) shunt, died from cerebral ischaemia caused by acute blockage of his VP shunt on 17 November 2009. Between 12-16 …
88y · Female·Acute on chronic renal failure due to dehydration on a background of Lewy body d…
An 88-year-old woman with Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease and congestive cardiac failure died from acute kidney injury precipitated by severe dehydration in aged care. June 2020 blood tests showed mild hypernatra…
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