142 results for “liver cirrhosis”
35y · Male·intra-abdominal haemorrhage caused by ruptured spleen
A 35-year-old man with chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, hepatitis C and other comorbidities presented to his GP on 24 January 2007 with acute …
51y · Female·community acquired pneumonia
Louise Kitty Whiskey, a 51-year-old Aboriginal woman with chronic alcohol misuse, cirrhosis, and recurrent respiratory infections, died from community-acquired pneumonia at Royal Adelaide Hospital…
43y · Male·Incised right radial artery
Bradley Scott, a 43-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence and hepatic cirrhosis, died from exsanguination following an incised right radial artery. After consuming significant quantiti…
56y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest
…iac and respiratory pathology: myocardial fibrosis with mural thrombus, pulmonary thromboembolism, chronic liver disease with portal hypertension, and pulmonary fibrosis. The sequence of events—whether primary cardiac a…
68y · Male·Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
…loss and weakness in September 2017, and diagnostic imaging in February 2018 confirmed advanced, incurable liver cancer with portal vein involvement. He received palliative treatment including TACE and Sorafenib, which …
51y · Male·pneumonia secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic liver disease
A 51-year-old Aboriginal man died from pneumonia secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic liver disease while in custody. He had presented to hospital on 26 May 2010 with abdominal pain and imaging show…
48y · Male·unascertained
Daniel Harvey, a 48-year-old man with morbid obesity, cirrhosis, diabetes, and polysubstance use including methadone and methamphetamine, was found unresponsive in immi…
62y · Female·Hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock (hysterectomy) in the context of cardiomegaly…
A 62-year-old woman with significant comorbidities (cirrhosis, cardiomegaly, thrombocytopenia, chronic kidney disease, COPD) died from hypovolaemic and cardiogenic sh…
58y · Male·effects of chronic alcoholism
Jonathan Mark Hanckel, aged 58, died from chronic alcoholism complicated by Child C cirrhosis, hepatic encephalopathy, coagulopathy, sepsis, and multiple intracranial haemorrhages. While he sustaine…
52y · Male·Left chest cavity and abdominal cavity haemorrhage due to multiple rib fractures…
…esting more aggressive monitoring or earlier surgical intervention might have been warranted. Underlying cirrhosis with portal hypertension contributed to bleeding severity. The case highlights the importance of accurat…
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 am…
64y · Female·Acute bronchopneumonia in a woman with liver failure
Patsy Chubby, 64, died from acute bronchopneumonia complicated by terminal liver failure and multiple chronic conditions (cardiac cirrhosis, heart failure, COPD, diabetes, pulmonary hyper…
55y · Male·Head injury from a fall, contributed to by chronic alcoholism and cirrhosis, res…
John Henry Colbert, a 55-year-old man with chronic alcoholism, Wernicke's encephalitis and cirrhosis, was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital's ICU following a seizure. He was transferred to Ward 4A on 14 Oc…
58y · Male·Multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma due to cirrhosis of the liver due to hepatit…
…slie Burrell, a 58-year-old prisoner with terminal hepatocellular carcinoma secondary to hepatitis C and cirrhosis, died in the Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He was admitted to the ED on 17 September 2016 wit…
58y · Female·pneumonia, likely aspiration pneumonia
Mary Marguerite Dickinson, aged 58, died of pneumonia on 20 January 2018 at the Roy Fagan Centre after admission with a complex scapula fracture and severe cognitive decline from alcoholic dementia. The coroner found her…
36y · Male·Cerebrovascular accident (stroke) - massive intracranial haemorrhage
An Aboriginal man with chronic alcoholism and cirrhosis died from a massive stroke (cerebrovascular accident) while in prison custody. He presented with non-spe…
51y · Male·metastatic small round cell malignancy (Ewing's Sarcoma)
Mark Graham Newstead, a 51-year-old man with schizophrenia and untreated hepatitis C, died from metastatic small round cell tumour (Ewing's Sarcoma) while in custody. He presented with urinary retention and lower limb we…
70y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man with intra-abdominal carcinoma and multiple co-morbidi…
…e 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 from Oxi…
55y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy
Stanley Walter Peter, 55, died of dilated cardiomyopathy while in GSL custody at Port Adelaide Police Station. He had presented with alcohol intoxication (0.311% blood alcohol) on arrest and was transferred to GSL custod…
64y · Male·complications in association with thermal injuries in a man with underlying chro…
Kim Vulich, a 64-year-old man with decompensated liver cirrhosis from chronic alcohol use, developed hepatic encephalopathy and cognitive impairment including po…
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