130 results for “recurrent aspiration pneumonia”
7y · Female·respiratory failure from severe scoliosis due to Murray Valley encephalitis
…alley encephalitis acquired at age two. Her clinical course involved progressive respiratory compromise, recurrent aspiration pneumonia, and progressive spinal deformity. The coroner found that the care, supervision and…
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. She was admit…
72y · Male·Complications of small bowel obstruction in a man with multiple medical co-morbi…
Peter Fiorakis, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, recurrent DVT, cardiomegaly, COPD, ischaemic heart disease and hiatus hernia, presented to Austin Hospital with na…
49y · Male·Complications of craniopharyngioma and pan-hypopituitarism
…e Repatriation Hospital's Palliative Care Unit for symptom management and end-of-life care. He developed aspiration pneumonia and died on 28 July 2010. The coroner found no autopsy necessary, with external examination an…
84y · Male·Respiratory failure complicating hospital acquired pneumonia following surgical …
An 84-year-old man died from respiratory failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia following surgery for recurrent mandibular squamous cell carcinoma. Key clinical lessons: (1) Advanced C…
73y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
John Hardy Stow, 73, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by a small bowel obstruction. He had cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, dysp…
63y · Female·Complications following sedation for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) t…
…ificant neurological risk factor for anaesthesia. Following a dental injury in March 2018, she developed aspiration pneumonia and severe mouth ulcers limiting oral intake. She presented in June requiring hospitalisation …
82y · Male·bronchopneumonia
… 82-year-old man with intellectual disability living in state-managed residential care, died from bronchopneumonia. He presented with respiratory symptoms and was taken to hospital on 1 March 2014, treated with antibiot…
62y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of refractory focal status epilepticus
… history, and multiple comorbidities including severe sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension, died from aspiration pneumonia during refractory focal status epilepticus. She presented with seizures in September 2023, was…
87y · Male·aspiration pneumonia, urinary tract infection and general inanition complicating…
Graham Pemberton, 87 years old with advanced Alzheimer's dementia, died of aspiration pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and general inanition. He was admitted to hospital multiple times in…
79y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to pneumonia and bleeding duodenal ulcer complicating su…
…home, sustaining a left hip fracture requiring surgery. Post-operatively, he developed hospital-acquired pneumonia, upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a duodenal ulcer, acute kidney injury, and severe delirium requiri…
76y · Male·multiple organ failure due to large volume aspiration of gastric contents during…
Maurice Nancarrow, 76, died from multiple organ failure following aspiration of gastric contents during anaesthetic induction for cystoscopy on 15 August 2015. He had undergone colo…
32y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and reflux oesophagitis
Timothy Luke Rubenach, aged 32, died of aspiration pneumonia following severe reflux oesophagitis. He had profound intellectual disability and drug-resista…
7y · Female·aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure in a female child with compl…
… with severe cerebral palsy, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, microcephaly and seizure disorder died of aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure. Born with severe perinatal brain injury, she had complex lifel…
74y · Female·right lower lobe pneumonia (Staphylococcus aureus)
…d 15mg Nitrazepam instead of prescribed 15mg Mirtazapine due to drug name confusion. The sedation caused aspiration of gastric contents, leading to hospital-acquired pneumonia (Staphylococcus aureus) and death. Contribut…
62y · Female·Stomach perforation complicating recurrent pseudo-obstruction of the bowel
Linda Tucker, a 62-year-old woman with intellectual disability and history of recurrent pseudo-obstruction, presented with acute abdominal distension and was admitted to hospital with findings…
Unknown·terminal palliative care in a girl with a clinical diagnosis of aspiration pneum…
A 12-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy (quadriplegia) died from aspiration pneumonia whilst in state care following removal from her mother's care. Her mother, HC, had chronic ben…
Female·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia
Ivy Pearl Ghobrial died from bilateral acute bronchopneumonia at a nursing home in September 2001, following a hypoxic brain injury sustained from a hanging attempt i…
18y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a setting of acquired brain injury from non-accidental h…
Jay Dion Sykes, aged 18, died from aspiration pneumonia in the setting of acquired brain injury sustained non-accidentally as an infant. He had severe…
80y · Male·Vasodilatory shock and multi-organ failure secondary to aspiration and cardiores…
George Kimpton, aged 80, died from vasodilatory shock and multi-organ failure secondary to aspiration pneumonia five hours after cardiopulmonary arrest in hospital following colorectal cancer surgery. He ha…
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