537 results for “sepsis”
7y · Female·multiorgan failure due to fulminant sepsis (Streptococcus pyogenes)
7-year-old Aishwarya Aswath Chavittupara died from multiorgan failure due to fulminant sepsis (Streptococcus pyogenes) after approximately 90 minutes in Perth Children's Hospital emergency department.…
22y · Male·Meningococcal meningitis and sepsis
Daniel Roulant, 22, died from meningococcal meningitis and sepsis within 24 hours of symptom onset. He presented to his GP on 23 November 2017 with a viral head cold, low-g…
86y · Female·multi-organ failure due to sepsis
…itted with acute delirium and paranoia, subsequently placed on an Inpatient Treatment Order. She developed sepsis secondary to staphylococcal salivary gland infection, likely triggered by her refusal to eat or drink due …
48y · Male·sepsis in the setting of aspiration pneumonia and bowel obstruction
…ldi, a 48-year-old man with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability living in supported care, died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia and bowel obstruction. He presented to hospital with abdominal pain and …
61y · Female·Decompensated liver failure - Child's Pugh B cirrhosis secondary to renal failur…
…enal failure. She was admitted to Ballarat Base Hospital on 6 September 2023 with liver failure, developed sepsis and multi-organ failure, and commenced end-of-life care on 10 September 2023. The coroner found no evidenc…
54y · Male·Respiratory failure secondary to prolonged ventilation for the management of sep…
Christopher McIntosh, a 54-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, died from respiratory failure secondary to sepsis originating from an infected foot ulcer while incarcerated at Hopkins Correctional Centre. The coroner fou…
83y · Male·Pneumonia
…ted on 12 February following discussion with family. He died on 19 February from pneumonia with documented sepsis. The coroner found death from natural causes with no suspicious circumstances. Clinical management appears…
66y · Male·hepatorenal failure and biliary sepsis complicating common bile duct obstruction
A 66-year-old man incarcerated in Port Lincoln Prison died from hepatorenal failure and biliary sepsis complicating common bile duct obstruction. He presented with progressive jaundice, dark urine, and signs o…
90y · Male·bowel obstruction leading to acute renal failure, sepsis and respiratory failure
…with advanced dementia and multiple comorbidities died from bowel obstruction causing acute renal failure, sepsis, and respiratory failure. He had recently been placed in aged care under guardianship orders following hos…
63y · Female·sepsis and pneumonia due to immobility with sacral ulcer resulting from schizoph…
Sandra Shields, aged 63, died of sepsis and pneumonia secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer in the context of treatment-resistant catatonic schizop…
47y · Male·Follicular lymphoma with transformation to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and the…
…ansformed to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with complications including tumour lysis syndrome, neutropenic sepsis, and acute kidney injury. He had been receiving oncology treatment at Prince of Wales Hospital while in cu…
64y · Male·respiratory failure and sepsis on a background of end-stage disseminated small c…
… 64-year-old prisoner with end-stage disseminated small cell lung cancer died from respiratory failure and sepsis at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had presented with collapse, fever, and hypotension in January 2016. Invest…
69y · Male·septic shock with multi-organ failure in a man with neutropenic sepsis on a back…
…Collie Hospital ED with fever, rigors, and critical neutropenia, but Dr V. failed to recognise neutropenic sepsis, did not initiate antibiotics, and discharged him inappropriately. Early recognition of febrile neutropeni…
50y · Male·Sepsis of unknown organism in respiratory
…t with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, chronic dysphagia, and obstructive sleep apnoea, died from sepsis of unknown respiratory organism. He had experienced declining health with six hospitalisations in 2022, in…
82y · Female·sepsis with septic shock due to ascending cholangitis
…mpbell, an 82-year-old woman with delusional disorder subject to mental health treatment orders, died from sepsis with septic shock due to ascending cholangitis. She had gallstones identified on MRCP during psychiatric a…
48y · Female·abdominal sepsis in a woman with coronary artery disease, post-repair small bowe…
…ress. She developed peritonitis and was transferred to Northern Hospital on 4 April. She died of abdominal sepsis caused by small bowel perforation following hernia repair, complicated by underlying coronary artery disea…
45y · Male·abdominal sepsis on a background of metastatic lung carcinoma
A 45-year-old man with advanced metastatic lung cancer died from abdominal sepsis secondary to bowel perforation while imprisoned. He presented with respiratory symptoms in January 2019, w…
46y · Male·sepsis following haemorrhoidectomy
46-year-old Justin Mark Dobson died from sepsis following a routine haemorrhoidectomy on 17 July 2019. He was discharged to the ward overnight but deterio…
67y · Female·Intra-abdominal sepsis complicating an anastomotic leak following elective surge…
A 67-year-old woman died from intra-abdominal sepsis following an anastomotic leak from elective colorectal surgery to repair a vesico-colic fistula. The initi…
72y · Female·probable sepsis complicating chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
A 72-year-old woman died of sepsis complicating chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She presented to ED with severe abdominal pain, elev…
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