267 results for “severe heart failure”
64y · Male·Complications of redo thoracotomy/aortic valve replacement in a man with ischaem…
A 64-year-old physician with significant cardiac history (prior CABG, pacemaker, congestive failure, and newly severe aortic stenosis) underwent redo thoracotomy for aortic valve replacement. During sterna…
81y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
Robert Charles Bropho, an 81-year-old Aboriginal man imprisoned since 2008 with severe medical comorbidities including insulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, chronic renal failure, and sever…
77y · Male·Complications of reaction to an iron infusion in a man with ischaemic heart dise…
A 77-year-old man with iron deficiency anaemia and underlying ischaemic heart disease died from anaphylaxis following iron polymaltose infusion. Critical clinical lessons: (1) IV iron …
0y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to intrapartum asphyxia
…red to a monitoring suite for continuous cardiotocography (CTG). Critically, the CTG recorded the mother's heart rate instead of the baby's for approximately 26 minutes, during which time the baby was likely experiencin…
83y · Female·Congestive cardiac failure due to ischaemic and valvular heart disease
An 83-year-old woman with Down syndrome and cardiac disease died from congestive cardiac failure at Royal Adelaide Hospital following accidental medication administration error in a community group home…
20y · Male·cardiac arrest due to complications of infective endocarditis against a backgrou…
…0-year-old man in custody, died from cardiac arrest due to infective endocarditis complicated by rheumatic heart disease. He had submitted two patient self-referral forms (September 2016 and February 2017) reporting che…
81y · Female·Multisystem failure in the setting of hyponatraemia secondary to chronic malnutr…
An 81-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, heart failure, and dementia died from multisystem failure secondary to severe malnutrition and hyponatraemia. Ov…
75y · Male·Multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity
A 75-year-old man with end-stage cardiac failure and chronic renal failure died from multiorgan failure complicating mixed drug toxicity following intenti…
79y · Male·Complications of peripheral vascular disease with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, atri…
…derwent multiple amputations and vascular interventions but experienced declining renal function, cardiac failure, and episodes of aspiration. While early prison health records contained gaps in wound dressing documenta…
51y · Female·Multiorgan failure in the setting of WHO Class III obesity, chronic excessive al…
…51-year-old woman with WHO Class III obesity, chronic alcohol consumption, and anaemia died of multiorgan failure following admission with community-acquired pneumonia and respiratory failure. She presented with abdomin…
51y · Male·Multiorgan failure in a man with corrected congenital coarctation of the aorta a…
…with complex cardiac history including corrected coarctation of aorta, valvular disease, and biventricular heart failure, presented to Alfred Hospital ED with chest pain and dyspnoea. He was diagnosed with NSTEMI and ad…
69y · Male·amitriptyline and alcohol toxicity with ischaemic heart disease
…overdoses of amitriptyline died from combined amitriptyline and alcohol toxicity with underlying ischaemic heart disease. After a serious intentional overdose in May 2020 requiring ICU admission, hospital psychiatry dir…
47y · Female·Mycoplasma pneumonia secondary to rhinovirus infection
…s identified. This case illustrates appropriate end-of-life decision-making respecting patient autonomy in severe pneumonia.
48y · Male·Multiple injuries in a pedestrian struck by a bus
…by staff, he absconded from the Witt Street facility and ran into traffic on Whitehorse Road. He sustained severe injuries including traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage, spinal injury with paraplegia, ruptured tricuspid v…
60y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease with a bleeding duodenal ulcer being a significant contr…
James Joseph Cunneen, a 60-year-old man with significant medical comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, peripheral arterial disease), died from cardiac arrest due to ischaemic heart disease w…
70y · Male·Complications of Ischaemic cardiomyopathy and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Dise…
…iate accommodation by Corrective Services NSW. The death appears to have been a natural consequence of his severe underlying cardiac and pulmonary disease, with no clinical errors or preventable factors identified.
52y · Male·salt water drowning
…owning whilst diving near Marion Bay, South Australia. Multiple medical and equipment factors contributed: severe obesity (132kg), emphysema with lung bullae, coronary atheroma, enlarged heart, tight-fitting wetsuit caus…
57y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
…significant cardiac history including dilated cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, and congestive cardiac failure, and had been recently discharged from Princess Alexandra Hospital on 16 November after treatment for dys…
85y · Male·Probable pneumonia following a hip fracture (comminuted fracture of right acetab…
…e given his age and poor prognosis. He died from pneumonia on 15 July. The coroner identified significant failures in RFC's falls risk management: assessment was delayed nine days post-admission, high falls risk was not…
65y · Male·Cardiomegaly
Grant White, a 65-year-old man with cardiomegaly and severe mitral regurgitation living in Department of Health and Human Services disability accommodation, died from…
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