301 results for “renal disease”
79y · Male·Acute Myocardial Infarction; Underlying multiple pathologies including vascular …
79-year-old man with complex medical history (ischaemic heart disease, pulmonary fibrosis, pacemaker, renal impairment, vascular dementia) died from acute myocardial infarctio…
82y · Female·Acute bronchopneumonia
Gwenda Margaret Membery, an 82-year-old resident of aged care with dementia, COPD, and diabetes, died from acute bronchopneumonia. She presented with fever and cough on 3 July 2014, was diagnosed with respiratory tract i…
79y · Female·Ischaemic bowel in the setting of cardiomegaly, pneumonia and chronic renal fail…
A 79-year-old woman died from ischaemic bowel in the setting of cardiomegaly, pneumonia and chronic renal failure, four days after discharge from hospital following a hysterectomy for endometrial cancer. Key clin…
51y · Male·Metastatic small cell lung cancer
…ment. In December 2013, he presented with acute pancreatitis and suspected chest infection, with declining renal function and general condition. The coroner found no relationship between his death and his custodial stat…
74y · Male·disseminated carcinoma (widespread cancer); specifically haemorrhage into right …
Ronald Smallwood, a 74-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia and renal cancer, died in hospital from disseminated carcinoma. The key clinical lesson relates to institutional kno…
96y · Male·general inanition on a background of advanced dementia, chronic congestive cardi…
…diac failure and pneumonia at Repatriation General Hospital. He was admitted with urinary retention, acute renal failure, delirium and pneumonia. During his admission he experienced multiple falls, became increasingly a…
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure following surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneur…
…ul Rodda, a 62-year-old long-term prisoner with extensive medical comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, COPD, and a known abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), presented with chest pain in September 2015. Imaging …
69y · Male·Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis
James Ronald Chi, aged 69, died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis at Broome Hospital. He was an involuntary mental health patient with …
67y · Female·Lithium toxicity with chest infection and bipolar disorder; Alzheimer's disease …
…r) by Dr A. in January 2008 for hypertension. This combination is contraindicated as ACE inhibitors impair renal function and reduce lithium excretion, risking toxicity. Key failures included: (1) lithium levels tested …
51y · Male·Multiorgan failure in a man with corrected congenital coarctation of the aorta a…
…d Adams, 51-year-old male 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 di…
64y · Male·Ischaemic bowel and spleen infarction secondary to occlusion of splenic artery a…
…ips incorrectly placed on the splenic and superior mesenteric arteries during laparoscopic nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. The surgeon misidentified major blood vessels in the setting of extensive fibrotic tissue …
71y · Male·Plastic bag asphyxia and argon gas inhalation
A 71-year-old man with metastatic bladder cancer, chronic renal failure, and recent dialysis initiation deliberately ended his life using argon gas inhalation. Over 12 ye…
86y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
…a Diana Clarke, an 86-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including congestive heart failure, COPD, renal failure, gastric reflux and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was administered incorrect medi…
29y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest of undetermined cause
A 29-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (Turner syndrome, type 1 diabetes, end-stage renal disease) presented to the ED in acute behavioural disturbance, requiring physical and chemical restraint. …
80y · Female·Gas embolism complicating surgical repair of an atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm …
An 80-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (COPD, renal impairment, cardiac disease) underwent complex endoluminal repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm at…
65y · Male·Multi-organ failure in a man with an ischaemic right leg treated with opioids
A 65-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions (COPD, cardiac failure, diabetes, obesity) was admitted with pneumonia and severe ischaemic right leg pain. Opioid analgesia for the leg pain precipitated delirium, requ…
66y · Male·hepatorenal failure and biliary sepsis complicating common bile duct obstruction
A 66-year-old man incarcerated in Port Lincoln Prison died from hepatorenal failure and biliary sepsis complicating common bile duct obstruction. He presented with progressive jaundi…
49y · Male·cardiac hypertrophy (longstanding heart disease) complicated by chronic renal fa…
… years old, died in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre from cardiac hypertrophy with underlying chronic renal failure and ventricular arrhythmia. He had presented 16 times with chest pain over 12 months and had multi…
55y · Male·Subdural haematoma in a man with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease (r…
A 55-year-old Aboriginal man with end-stage renal disease, diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and COPD died from a spontaneous subdural haematoma while under…
84y · Female·multi-organ failure arising from Staphylococcal septicaemia
Laurel Jean Shaw, aged 84, died from multi-organ failure secondary to Staphylococcal septicaemia. She was detained under a Mental Health Act order for Lewy Body Dementia when she developed MRSA pneumonia and sepsis on 15…
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