119 results for “aspiration of blood”
33y · Male·lobar pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumonia with septic shock)
Owen King, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man, died of lobar pneumonia on 24 June 2002 at Alice Springs Hospital following brief police custody for alleged intoxication. He was apprehended twice on 23 June under protective cus…
28y · Female·3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA) and ketamine toxicity
Trang Thi Thu Le, 28, died on her birthday from MDMA and ketamine toxicity after attending an electronic dance music event at John Cain Arena. She collapsed after consuming drugs purchased from an unknown source within t…
76y · Female·colchicine toxicity
…n acute attack. She developed diarrhoea from 15 December and died on 19 December with a potentially lethal blood colchicine level of 0.025mg/L. The coroner found no criticism of the treating GP or nursing home. However,…
79y · Male·Respiratory failure due to haemothorax and hospital-acquired pneumonia due to mu…
A 79-year-old man with extensive comorbidities died following multiple falls in residential aged care. He was identified as high falls risk on admission but experienced inadequate falls prevention after a second fall on …
44y · Female·Unascertained
Ms Lina Huynh, a 44-year-old woman of Vietnamese descent with limited English, died on 7 September 2017 from unascertained causes following severe head and facial trauma inflicted by her de facto partner during a methamp…
36y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury due to hanging
Benjamin Johnston, a 36-year-old male, died by hanging after six weeks of varenicline (Champix) treatment for smoking cessation. Two weeks before death, his partner noted significant behavioral changes: withdrawal, irrit…
75y · Female·Septicaemia (Staphylococcus aureus) with antecedent cause of septic arthritis
…c arthritis and contacted orthopaedic registrar Dr N., who advised withholding antibiotics pending joint aspiration at Armidale Rural Referral Hospital. However, critical delays occurred: a non-emergency transport bookin…
76y · Male·Sepsis, with osteomyelitis and infective endocarditis
Alex Mills, a 76-year-old sentenced prisoner with complex medical history including atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, died from sepsis caused by osteomyelitis and infective endocardit…
77y · Male·complications of haemothorax and hypotension following drainage of pleural effus…
77-year-old male died from complications of haemothorax and hypotension following drainage of pleural effusion post-coronary bypass surgery, in the setting of pre-existing renal impairment and diabetes. During pleural ta…
55y · Male·Staphylococcal sepsis, complications of pressure sores and hypostatic pneumonia,…
Stephen Summers, a 55-year-old man with cerebral palsy and profound disability, died from Staphylococcal sepsis after rapid deterioration following deinstitutionalisation from Kew Cottages to community residential accomm…
Female·Sepsis in the setting of a lotus birth
A premature female neonate born at 36+5 weeks via emergency caesarean section developed sepsis and died at 2 days of age. She had been delivered with lotus birth (cord left attached to placenta) and vaginal seeding (mate…
26y · Female·Complications of liposuction surgery: sepsis, decreased respiratory function sec…
Lauren James, a 26-year-old woman, died from complications of elective liposuction surgery performed on 19 January 2007. She presented to the clinic on 22 January with severe pain and asymmetrical swelling of her left th…
38y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Ricky James Bais, a 38-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia and undiagnosed 75% left anterior descending coronary artery narrowing, died during police restraint. He had absconded from mental health detention at Noarl…
41y · Male·Head Injury in a Man with Acute Alcohol Intoxication; basal skull fracture with …
Ronald Gregory Kidner, 41, died from a basal skull fracture and severe head trauma on 25 October 2004, four days after falling at a recreation club while acutely intoxicated. He presented to Nickol Bay Hospital with sign…
49y · Female·Intra-abdominal haemorrhage, septic and haemorrhagic shock as a result of a lapa…
Deborah Burgen died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage complicated by septic shock following delayed emergency surgery for bowel obstruction. She attended the emergency department six times over eleven days with identical …
35y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest in the setting of acute agitation and physical and chem…
…of death. Nursing staff failed to recognise his critically unconscious state, perform adequate assessment (blood pressure, oxygen saturation), or call an ambulance. Clinical lessons include: the danger of prone restrain…
43y · Male·Multi-organ failure with coagulopathy secondary to acute exacerbation of chronic…
A 43-year-old man with a colloid cyst of the third ventricle presenting with progressive headache was admitted for planned endoscopic surgery. Surgery was delayed from Friday to Monday due to unavailability of specialist…
31y · Male·Complications in association with intestinal volvulus
31-year-old Morgan Edwards with Smith-Magenis Syndrome, cerebral palsy and Crohn's disease was discharged from Fiona Stanley Hospital ED on 14 August 2018 without definitive diagnosis despite elevated respiration rate, u…
67y · Female·Pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) in a woman receiving treatment for carcinom…
Peggy Anne Nilon, 67, died from pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) at St John of God Hospital Bunbury on 25 February 2003. Her small cell lung cancer had achieved remission following chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A cr…
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