133 results for “acute on chronic heart failure”
68y · Female·Coronary heart disease
A 68-year-old woman with diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, COPD and chronic renal failure presented with chest pain and dyspnoea. She was admitted with suspected congestive cardiac …
83y · Female·Complications following fracture and surgical repair of the left hip in an elder…
Mrs Nola Inez Daniel, an 83-year-old with chronic lung disease, osteoporosis, and cardiac disease, was admitted to Regis Forrest Gardens for respite care o…
56y · Male·acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (bronchial asthma) i…
…year-old Aboriginal man from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, died in custody at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital from acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (asthma). He was a remand prisoner at Eastern Goldfi…
75y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease in the setting of unstable type 2 diabetes mellitus and …
Veronica Roberts, 75, died from ischaemic heart disease complicated by unstable diabetes and a medication error. On 4 October 2020, her insulin dose was i…
91y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to inanition complicating prolonged delirium of uncertai…
Gordon Charles Smith, 91, died from multi-organ failure due to severe malnutrition (inanition) complicating prolonged delirium of unknown cause at Repatriation G…
92y · Female·decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae low…
A 92-year-old woman with dementia, heart disease, and COPD died from decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae l…
60y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease with a bleeding duodenal ulcer being a significant contr…
James Joseph Cunneen, a 60-year-old man with significant medical comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, peripheral arterial disease), died from cardiac arrest due to ischaemic heart disease w…
73y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 73-year-old man found a purse at a shopping centre and attempted to leave his details with the information desk rather than hand it in directly. A security officer, believing him suspicious, confronted, accused him of …
88y · Female·combined effects of an overdose of hydromorphone and complications of pneumonia …
An 88-year-old woman with chronic lung disease, heart disease, and recent pneumonia following faecal transplant for clostridium difficile c…
77y · Male·Complications of methotrexate toxicity in a man with chronic renal impairment, c…
A 77-year-old man with chronic kidney disease, COPD, and mild cardiac failure died from methotrexate toxicity after a GP prescribed it a…
48y · Male·myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis (medically treated)
Garnett Mickelo, aged 48, died from myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis while in custody at Woodford Correctional Centre on 24 November 2012, shortly after discharge from Princess Alexandra Hospital fol…
59y · Male·disseminated carcinoma due to right lung carcinoma
Rex Harold, a 59-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, alcohol-induced brain injury, chronic obstructive airways disease, and diabetes, died in custody from disseminated small cell lung carcinoma. H…
57y · Female·Complications of muscular dystrophy
…strophy and newly diagnosed cardiomyopathy died from complications of her underlying condition. She became acutely unwell overnight at her residential support facility with respiratory distress and required emergency tr…
81y · Female·Multisystem failure in the setting of hyponatraemia secondary to chronic malnutr…
An 81-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, heart failure, and dementia died from multisystem failure secondary to severe malnutrition…
48y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia which occurred in the context of physical exertion and hypoxi…
…hillip Walton, a 48-year-old with schizophrenia well-managed on clozapine for nearly 20 years, suffered an acute psychotic episode likely precipitated by cannabis use at a circus. After aggressive behaviour requiring po…
65y · Female·Combined effects of acute pneumonia, pancreatitis, urinary tract infection, and …
A 65-year-old woman with chronic alcohol use disorder, multiple comorbidities, and progressive functional decline died from combined effec…
86y · Male·Cardiovascular disease in a man with subdural haemorrhage (in keeping with a fal…
George Samuel Holmes, an 85-year-old man with significant cardiovascular history (prior myocardial infarction, stroke, atrial fibrillation) on anticoagulation, collapsed in his prison cell on 4 April 2008. He sustained a…
39y · Male·Coronary thrombosis caused by coronary atherosclerosis
Lenard Casey, a 39-year-old Aboriginal man with severe coronary artery disease, died of acute coronary thrombosis while in custody. Arrested for assault on his partner, he developed chest pain at the …
46y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease
Frank Albert, a 46-year-old Aboriginal man, died from atherosclerotic heart disease while incarcerated at West Kimberley Regional Prison. Although his death was caused by severe coro…
72y · Female·acute on chronic renal failure due to sepsis and chronic left leg cellulitis
…rie Dawn Grant, a 72-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including pulmonary hypertension, cardiac failure, COPD, and myelofibrosis, had a well-documented history of recurrent falls with prolonged periods unable …
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