307 results for “chest pain”
62y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
… toxicity. He collapsed while pushing a food trolley and did not respond to resuscitation. He had reported chest pain and shortness of breath two months prior, for which the prison doctor prescribed nitrolingual spray. …
58y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism complicating right calf deep venous thrombosis
Michael Burns, 58, presented to hospital with exertional chest pain and shortness of breath. He was diagnosed with stable angina and discharged home on cardiac medicatio…
70y · Male·Hemopericardium due to ruptured aortic dissection contributed to by hypertension
…on and atrial fibrillation, died from hemopericardium due to ruptured aortic dissection. He collapsed with chest pain while at work in the correctional facility and was promptly attended to by corrective officers and Ju…
50y · Male·Unascertained
…a, palpitations) to his workplace contact. He had two prior ED presentations and two GP visits in 2022 for chest pain and respiratory symptoms. The cause of death remains unascertained despite postmortem examination and…
3y · Male·unascertained
…med Tartoussi, aged 3 years 11 months, presented to Bell Street Family Medical Centre on 28 June 2003 with chest pain and mild upper respiratory symptoms. He was diagnosed with mild symptoms and given prednisolone. That…
48y · Male·Dilated cardiomyopathy with contributing factor of acute renal impairment
…ty living in a group home, died from dilated cardiomyopathy with acute renal impairment. He presented with chest, rib cage and abdominal pain on 5 October 2018, was assessed by multiple GPs who diagnosed chest infection…
31y · Male·Acute Myocardial Infarction
…. He had a long history of methamphetamine use and untreated cardiac damage. On 28 April 2015, he reported chest pain to a nurse, who recorded vital signs within normal range and did not perform an ECG or arrange medica…
52y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
…h cholesterol, and hypertension. During custody from February 2019, Anderson presented multiple times with chest pain and was appropriately referred to Prince of Wales Hospital for specialist cardiac evaluation, includi…
77y · Male·Stroke; cardiogenic shock; severe aortic stenosis with three vessel coronary art…
…giographic/ultrasound imaging; and importantly, a 9-hour delay in medical review when Mr Neitsch developed chest pain with acute ECG changes at 20:00. By the time he was reviewed at 04:00, he was in severe cardiogenic s…
65y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to or as a consequence of coronary atheroscleros…
…r-old prisoner with known coronary artery disease, presented to prison medical centre on 13 July 2007 with chest pain, coughing up blood, fever and shortness of breath. He was appropriately diagnosed with lower respirat…
57y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating metastatic and locally advanced primary adenocarci…
…d appropriate medical assessment across 98 prison medical visits, was properly transferred to hospital when pain management became inadequate, and was appropriately managed with palliative care at Bethesda Hospital. The …
36y · Male·morphine toxicity
…hree 100mg MS Contin tablets within 6 hours, despite being opioid-naïve. He presented to ED with pleuritic chest pain, received 15mg IV morphine, and was discharged with a prescription for 100mg MS Contin tablets twice …
63y · Male·massive pulmonary embolism due to immobilised left leg from torn Achilles tendon
…lles tendon rupture died from massive pulmonary embolism 15 days after injury. He presented to ED with calf pain, was diagnosed with ruptured Achilles tendon via ultrasound, and discharged with aspirin and a back slab. A…
79y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy with decompensated heart failure not appropriately treate…
…3%) on day 1 of admission. Two cardiologists had key roles: Dr K.'s initial assessment focused narrowly on chest pain, missing the opportunity to review the chest X-ray showing pleural effusions and to communicate the s…
63y · Male·Atherosclerotic Heart Disease
A 63-year-old farmer presented to a small rural hospital with atypical chest pain symptoms (also reporting indigestion, shivering, and numbness). Although a registered nurse appropria…
40y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon cardiac disease, possible viral infection o…
…r, Mr. Magro submitted urgent handmade medical requests describing severe respiratory distress, fever, and chest pain—marked URGENT. Endorsed Enrolled Nurse McMahon received this form but apparently dismissed it without…
70y · Male·chronic obstructive lung disease with emphysema on a background of advanced vasc…
… at a residential care facility. He was admitted to hospital on 10 March 2015 with shortness of breath and chest pain, found to have a large left spontaneous pneumothorax requiring chest drain insertion. Despite drain p…
12y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating an aortic root abscess (operated) …
…tism spectrum disorder presented with a week of fever and non-specific symptoms (cough, vomiting, abdominal pain, chest pain) to a rural hospital. Despite high inflammatory markers and blood culture eventually showing pn…
25y · Male·positional asphyxia in a man with extensive old hypoxic brain damage, acute ches…
…ine Hospital from positional asphyxia while receiving concurrent morphine therapy and suffering from acute chest infection. The coroner found he was positioned across his bed with his head hyperextended and a bolster cu…
51y · Male·Metastatic small cell lung cancer
…at Port Phillip Prison, died from metastatic small cell lung cancer on 22 December 2013. He presented with chest pain in April 2013, was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer, and underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy…
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