124 results for “chest CT scan”
80y · Male·metastatic oesophageal cancer
Josef Lear, an 80-year-old prisoner, died of metastatic oesophageal cancer at the Royal Darwin Hospital Hospice on 7 March 2021. He presented with progressive dysphagia, cough, and weight loss in mid-2020, which was appr…
41y · Male·Acute liver failure with contributing Castleman's disease
A 41-year-old Aboriginal man with HIV and Castleman's disease died from acute liver failure while on home detention. He had variable compliance with antiretroviral therapy, exacerbated by amphetamine use disorder and men…
38y · Male·metastatic lung carcinoma
…oor appetite, and a persistent cough. Despite multiple medical consultations and investigations (X-rays, CT scans), imaging focused on musculoskeletal pathology and missed the underlying malignancy. When sent to Bendigo …
51y · Male·Multiorgan failure in a man with corrected congenital coarctation of the aorta a…
…rctation 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 catheterisati…
73y · Female·coronary atherosclerosis
A 73-year-old woman admitted with severe respiratory distress was appropriately managed in ICU with intubation and extubated after 8 days. She was transferred to coronary care as stable but deteriorated with cardiorespir…
78y · Male·Complications of bowel surgery; specifically post-operative chest infection and …
…CT imaging. Surgical repair proceeded on 9 August with right hemicolectomy. Post-operatively, he developed chest infection on day 4, progressing to sepsis and multi-organ failure. Death resulted from post-operative comp…
73y · Male·Lung cancer (squamous cell carcinoma)
Robert Skilton, aged 73, died of advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung while in prison custody. He had a 59-year smoking history and consistently declined medical care throughout 43 years of incarceration, with up…
89y · Male·combined effects of cerebrovascular accident, pneumonia and chronic cardiac fail…
An 89-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, COPD) presented with chest infection and was admitted for heart failure. He suffered an acute stroke with subsequent delirium and com…
61y · Male·Pneumonia
Kenneth Morrison, a 61-year-old man with Down's syndrome, dementia and multiple comorbidities, died from pneumonia following hospitalisation at Casey Hospital in March 2008. Community Residential Unit (CRU) carers raised…
86y · Male·Acute Myocardial Ischaemia in an Elderly Man with Valvular and Ischaemic Heart D…
…chaemic heart disease, and atrial fibrillation. After his first hernia repair in June 2011, he experienced chest pain on multiple occasions, but this was not clearly documented in a format accessible to the anaesthetist…
79y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with COVID-19 and multiple medical co-morbiditie…
Jennifer Turnbull, 79, with cerebral palsy and multiple comorbidities, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by COVID-19. She was admitted to hospital in October 2022 with recurrent aspiration pneumonia. A PEG tube …
33y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a single vehicle crash, complicated by acalculous…
…aumatic injuries including closed head injury, bilateral lung contusions, complex femur fracture and flail chest. Initial hospital care was appropriate with initial improvement, but the deceased developed complications …
46y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating epistaxis in the setting of prolonged nasal pr…
Hau Bui Nguyen, a 46-year-old man with severe acquired brain injury, dysphagia, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating epistaxis following prolonged nasal prong oxygen therapy. Du…
66y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and influenza A complicating cardiac and renal failure associat…
A 66-year-old man with cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis secondary to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma died from bronchopneumonia and influenza A complicating cardiac and renal failure. He developed delirium, agitation and paranoia dur…
81y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating multiple right-sided rib fractures due to a fal…
… from a 1.5m ladder fall. Initial assessment at a rural hospital on day one was appropriate. However, when chest X-rays on day two revealed 9 rib fractures, the treating general practitioner failed to appreciate the ser…
82y · Female·acute pyelonephritis complicating base of bladder malignancy
Joyce Binch, 82, died of acute pyelonephritis from bladder malignancy while detained under mental health legislation. She was admitted with urinary tract infection, anaemia, acute renal failure, and acute exacerbation of…
55y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicating metastatic carcinoma of the right lung, with emphy…
…coronary atherosclerosis and chronic pancreatitis. He presented to the prison clinic on 15 March 2012 with chest pain, cough and sweats. Clinical examination was unremarkable with normal vital signs and no fever, leadin…
80y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
Robert Mather, 80, died from asphyxia due to choking on food while hospitalised with acute psychosis, severe malnutrition, iron deficiency anaemia and urinary retention. He had schizophrenia with 40+ year history and poo…
3y · Female·bronchopneumonia in an infant with obstructive sleep apnoea
A 3-year-old Aboriginal girl died from bronchopneumonia complicated by severe obstructive sleep apnoea. She had rapid-onset childhood obesity (36 kg at death; normal weight 14-16 kg) with multiple cardiopulmonary complic…
68y · Female·Complications of a fall with contributing factors of respiratory failure, respir…
Irene Charlish, a 68-year-old woman with longstanding schizoaffective disorder and multiple comorbidities, fell at her residential facility on 6 June 2017, sustaining a pneumothorax and rib fracture. She was admitted to …
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