307 results for “chest pain”
92y · Female·Complications of congestive cardiac failure (palliated) in an elderly woman with…
This case involves an elderly woman with congestive cardiac failure, intellectual disability, and multiple comorbidities who died in a Department of Human Services residential care facility. In late September 2012, she d…
83y·cardiac tamponade due to haemopericardium resulting from traumatic parietal peri…
An 83-year-old woman presented to the ED with chest pain and was found to have a pericardial effusion. She underwent an aortic angiogram but critical investig…
61y · Male·ischaemic heart disease with left ventricular hypertrophy
…sterolaemia, age, male sex, and family history of early cardiac death. In February 2020, he presented with chest pain; troponin was negative and a consulting physician attributed it to musculoskeletal or gastrointestina…
45y · Male·Coronary artery disease due to severe atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarcti…
…om coronary artery disease due to severe atherosclerosis. He had a documented history of cardiac symptoms (chest pain presentations in 1996 and 2002) but failed to disclose these to Department of Corrective Services sta…
79y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction
…at Hopkins Correctional Centre, died from acute myocardial infarction. On 29 April 2016, he presented with chest tightness; an ECG showed no abnormalities and he was prescribed hypertension medication. The following mor…
55y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…tric illness treated with antipsychotic medications. In his final weeks, Wakeman complained of back and leg pain and was awaiting a routine GP review. His cellmate found him unresponsive; resuscitation was attempted but …
37y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolus due to left leg deep vein thrombosis
… despite NSW policy requirements; and incomplete diagnostic workup before discharge with a vague 'atypical chest pain' diagnosis. Had PE been diagnosed, anticoagulation could have prevented death. System improvements id…
53y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to triple vessel atherosclerosis and thrombosis …
A 53-year-old man with chest pain on exertion presented to his GP in March 2022. Initial investigations (blood tests, chest X-ray) were…
Philip Byrne: pulmonary thromboembolism due to right calf deep vein thrombosis; …
…monary thromboembolism caused by undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Mr Byrne presented with right calf pain in February 2012; two GPs excluded DVT on clinical examination alone without ordering ultrasound despite hi…
56y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism due to left deep vein thrombosis
… secondary to deep vein thrombosis. He presented to his GP on 20 January 2017 with persistent dyspnoea and chest pain following a 22-hour flight to Greece and respiratory infection there. The GP diagnosed heart failure …
48y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest during a police operation
Corey Selby, aged 48, died from a gunshot wound to the chest on 19 January 2023 outside Tenterfield Police Station after deliberately provoking police to shoot him. He…
37y · Male·complete blockage of the right anterior descending coronary artery with blood cl…
Kenneth Hill, a 37-year-old Aboriginal man, presented to Royal Darwin Hospital Emergency Department with chest pain and dyspnoea during football training. He was triaged as Category 3 by the triage nurse, who found hi…
22y · Female·staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia complicating osteomyelitis of a right 1…
…She was detained in police custody on unpaid fines and presented twice to hospital on 2-3 August 2014 with chest pain. Both doctors discharged her, diagnosing 'behavioural issues' rather than recognising signs of infect…
59y · Male·Head and chest injuries sustained in a single motor vehicle crash
A 59-year-old man died from head and chest injuries sustained in a single motor vehicle crash after consuming alcohol at a hotel. His blood alcohol l…
45y · Female·Sibutramine ingestion in a woman with coronary artery atherosclerosis
…due to cardiovascular safety concerns), fenfluramine, and other cardiotoxic substances. She presented with chest pain and indigestion before sudden collapse. A TGA safety alert had been issued prior to her death. Clinic…
51y · Male·self-inflicted chest injuries due to gunshot wound to chest
A 51-year-old man with a 37-year history of depression and alcoholism died by self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had ceased anti-depressant medication (desvenlafaxine) in September 2019 without documented clinical reason, …
85y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…isease at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He was profoundly deaf from birth and had dementia. Admitted with acute chest pain and difficulty breathing, he became distressed and was refusing oxygen therapy. A Level 1 Inpatient T…
73y · Male·complications of lung carcinoma in a man with multiple comorbidities
… hypertension, hyperlipidemia) and a chronic smoking history, died from complications of lung carcinoma. A chest X-ray in September 2011 suggested possible underlying lesions but Mr Macfie repeatedly refused CT imaging …
55y · Male·Pneumonia, bone marrow failure and metastatic carcinoma of unknown origin
Andrew Pollock, a 55-year-old man with Down syndrome living in supported accommodation, presented with chest pain and abdominal pain on 26 May 2011. He had been reviewed at Federation Clinic on 23 May for lower resp…
81y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating multiple right-sided rib fractures due to a fal…
… from a 1.5m ladder fall. Initial assessment at a rural hospital on day one was appropriate. However, when chest X-rays on day two revealed 9 rib fractures, the treating general practitioner failed to appreciate the ser…
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