204 results for “pulmonary embolism”
73y · Female·pulmonary embolus
Mary Collis, a 73-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and type 2 diabetes, died from pulmonary embolus whilst an inpatient at Launceston General Hospital on 15 June 2020. She was admitted after becom…
89y · Female·Multiple organ failure with cachexia on a background of chronic lower limb ulcer…
An 89-year-old woman with chronic venous leg ulcers complicated by squamous cell carcinoma died of multiple organ failure in a nursing home. She had been under guardianship following hospitalization in January 2013 for d…
26y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis (left leg) due to fracture…
A 26-year-old woman with a tibia fracture died from pulmonary embolism due to deep vein thrombosis. Despite multiple risk factors (obesity, oral contraceptive use, va…
75y · Male·left retroperitoneal haemorrhage associated with lumbar spine surgery
A 75-year-old man with complex comorbidities including Parkinson's disease and cognitive impairment underwent two-stage lumbar spine surgery for degenerative disc disease with stenosis. Post-operatively, he developed a r…
33y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism
…an Christopher Courts, a 33-year-old male serving a custodial sentence at Port Phillip Prison, died from pulmonary thromboembolism on 5 July 2014. No pre-disposing medical cause was identified; immobility during 13 mont…
80y · Female·Gas embolism complicating surgical repair of an atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm …
…system under pressure, likely when the delivery system was inadvertently disturbed. This caused fatal gas embolism. The coroner found the surgery decision appropriate given the patient's high rupture risk, but identified…
72y · Female·multiple bilateral pulmonary infarcts caused by multiple pulmonary thromboemboli…
…piratory failure and died at Royal Hobart Hospital. Post-mortem examination confirmed multiple bilateral pulmonary emboli arising from an undiagnosed DVT. The coroner concluded her death may have been prevented by timel…
51y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolus secondary to left deep vein thrombosis
Darren Templeton, a 51-year-old man with obesity (BMI 31.5), died of pulmonary thromboembolism and left deep vein thrombosis six days after undergoing left knee arthroscopy. Critical …
58y · Male·Haemopericardium secondary to ruptured right coronary artery aneurysm
Anthony Mahoney, a 58-year-old man with intellectual disability living in a disability residential unit, died from haemopericardium secondary to rupture of a right coronary artery aneurysm. The aneurysm had been identifi…
74y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis in the setting of re…
A 74-year-old man died from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis following a cervical spinal fracture. He presented to …
51y · Male·Pulmonary thromboemboli due to deep vein thrombosis on a background of a leg bur…
Stephen Kline, a 51-year-old Aboriginal man, died from pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis following a leg burn wound sustained when NSW Police deploye…
54y · Male·Complications of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma
Peter John Evans, 54, died from complications of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma with contributing cardiomegaly while receiving palliative care at Austin Hospital. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer in Janua…
35y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism due to left deep calf vein thrombosis complicating lef…
John Matthew Murray, aged 35, died from pulmonary thromboembolism caused by deep vein thrombosis following a severe motorcycle accident that resulted in p…
67y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism arising from deep vein thrombosis of the left leg
Kathleen Mary Savage, a 67-year-old woman with profound intellectual disability, died from pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis following a 13-day hospital admission for constipation and seps…
29y · Male·air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to chest
…g contusion from blast injury (not direct penetration) that had created a defect allowing air entry into pulmonary vessels under positive pressure ventilation. Air embolus occurred in the coronary arteries, causing left…
35y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism due to left deep calf vein thrombosis complicating lef…
John Matthew Murray, aged 35, died of pulmonary thromboembolism complicating pelvic and leg fractures sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was admitte…
73y · Male·Complications of metastatic neuroendocrine lung carcinoma
John O'Donnell, aged 73, died in custody from complications of metastatic neuroendocrine lung cancer while hospitalised at Westmead Hospital. The coroner identified two systemic issues during his brief incarceration at S…
73y · Male·Acute intracranial haemorrhage, due to or as a consequence of coagulopathy, due …
…sed by inadvertent double administration of anticoagulants (Clexane and Xarelto). He developed bilateral pulmonary emboli post-operatively after total knee replacement and was appropriately commenced on therapeutic anti…
56y · Male·complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma
Victor Dale Fenech, a 56-year-old experiencing homelessness, died from complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma. He made three emergency calls over two days before his death, but ambulances did not attend the fir…
72y · Male·Haemopericardium due to anti-coagulation treatment for pulmonary thromboemboliti…
…-old with recent cardiac surgery (CABG), died from haemopericardium due to anticoagulation treatment for pulmonary thromboembolism. Post-mortem examination revealed fibrinous pericarditis (a known post-CABG complication…
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