140 results for “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”
56y · Female·Bronchial asthma and emphysema
…s. Key clinical lessons include: integrated management of comorbid serious mental illness and respiratory disease is complex; fluctuating low oxygen saturations may represent artifacts and compensatory physiology in COP…
69y · Male·Myocardial infarction secondary to coronary artery atherosclerosis in the settin…
…ibuting factor that delayed medical attention, though survival remained unlikely given extensive coronary disease.
58y · Male·Haemopericardium secondary to ruptured right coronary artery aneurysm
Anthony Mahoney, a 58-year-old man with intellectual disability living in a disability residential unit, died from haemopericardium secondary to rupture of a right coronary artery aneurysm. The aneurysm had been identifi…
70y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man with intra-abdominal carcinoma and multiple co-morbidi…
… multiple comorbidities. A life-sentenced prisoner, he had extensive medical conditions including cardiac disease, liver cirrhosis, and COPD. Key clinical issues included: (1) unauthorised self-administration of oxygen …
82y · Male·Complications associated with advanced chronic lung disease
Ivan Metcalfe, aged 82, died of complications from advanced chronic lung disease while in prison custody. He had multiple comorbidities including diabetes, ischaemic cardiov…
74y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and coronary atherosclerosis
Mr Robert Howlett, a 74-year-old man with extensive comorbidities including chronic lung disease, hypertension and severe hearing disability, died of ischaemic heart disease and coronary at…
67y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease; coronary artery atherosclerosis (stented)
A 67-year-old man with extensive cardiac history presented to the ED with recurrent ischaemic-sounding chest pain. Despite multiple episodes of chest pain during admission, initial ECGs and troponins were normal. Followi…
80y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating terminal palliative care in an elderly man with ch…
Aurelio Monterlegre Cruz, an 80-year-old man with complex medical conditions including chronic renal failure, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, and COPD, died of bronchopneumonia complicating termina…
76y · Female·infective exacerbation of chronic congestive cardiac failure due to Respiratory …
Patricia Marie Foster, 76, died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital from infective exacerbation of chronic congestive cardiac failure due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus. She presented with multifactorial respirat…
55y · Female·ischaemic heart disease complicated by epilepsy, asthma and schizophrenia
…ning she was found unresponsive and died despite resuscitation attempts. Autopsy revealed ischaemic heart disease with significant coronary stenosis as the primary cause. The coroner found the hospital care appropriate.…
38y · Male·acute cardiac arrhythmia in a man with cardiomegaly, focal coronary atherosclero…
… despite documented low oxygen saturations and high-risk cardiac status; a missed opportunity to perform pulmonary function testing during his April-May 2019 admission; failure to obtain physical observations on the eve…
85y · Male·metastatic prostate cancer
…t for prostate cancer when an enlarged prostate was noted in 2017, subsequently diagnosed with metastatic disease in 2018 with a Gleason score of 9. He suffered two falls in custody, the second resulting in hip fracture…
84y · Male·advanced atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease
John Harold Tunks, an 84-year-old man, died of advanced atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease with contributing emphysema from lifelong smoking. He lived alone despite documented cognitive impairment…
56y · Male·acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (bronchial asthma) i…
… 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 Goldfields Regional Prison wi…
93y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
A 93-year-old man with extensive cardiac history died of ischaemic heart disease while detained under the Mental Health Act. He presented with delirium likely secondary to urinary tract …
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 …
70y · Male·organising diffuse alveolar damage in the setting of hypertensive heart disease,…
… prison custody from organising diffuse alveolar damage in the setting of pre-existing hypertensive heart disease, right ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery atherosclerosis, and COPD. He presented on 18 April 2023 …
71y · Female·Diffuse Lymphoid Malignancy
…ancy (high-grade lymphoma) discovered shortly before her death. She had extensive comorbidities including chronic heart failure, renal impairment, diabetes, and COPD. While receiving medical care both in custody and at …
71y · Male·end-stage cardiac failure on a background of ischaemic heart disease with dilate…
Keith Freeman, aged 71, died in custody from end-stage cardiac failure with ischaemic heart disease and dilated cardiomyopathy. He had complex cardiac history including previous CABG, aortic valve replacem…
76y · Female·pulmonary embolism due to carcinomatosis
…ospital with shortness of breath and was initially diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia and later pulmonary oedema. Both diagnoses were incorrect. She had widespread cancer (carcinomatosis) with multiple pulmonar…
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