136 results for “thromboembolism”
82y · Female·Complications from hypoglycaemic brain damage and cerebral vascular accident
Margaret Allan Johnston, 82-year-old admitted for UTI and confusion, was found comatose on 4 September 2006 with severe hypoglycaemia (glucose 0.8 mmol/L) despite being non-diabetic. Blood tests revealed high insulin and…
88y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to fractured right femur due to a fall
Cynthia Thoresen, 88-year-old woman with dementia and osteoporosis, fell at home and sustained a fractured femur approximately three weeks before admission. Her daughter, the registered carer, failed to seek medical atte…
84y · Female·left lower lung bronchopneumonia in conjunction with small distal pulmonary embo…
An 84-year-old woman with comorbidities sustained right shoulder and pelvic fractures from an accidental fall. She presented to ED with low oxygen saturation (77%) requiring supplemental oxygen. Despite these injuries an…
56y · Male·Pulmonary thromboemboli due to deep vein thrombosis due to immobility due to hea…
…Key clinical lessons: (1) the head injury triggered complications from prolonged immobility including thromboembolism; (2) thrombolysis was attempted despite intracerebral haemorrhage risk; (3) the underlying workplace …
44y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism in a woman with likely myeloproliferative neoplasm
A 44-year-old previously healthy woman with BMI 30.5 and minimal comorbidities (snoring, back pain, knee pain) underwent elective sleeve gastrectomy for weight loss. Nine days post-op she presented with splenic rupture r…
58y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism complicating right calf deep venous thrombosis
Michael Burns, 58, presented to hospital with exertional chest pain and shortness of breath. He was diagnosed with stable angina and discharged home on cardiac medications. He returned the next day with dizziness attribu…
37y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolus due to left leg deep vein thrombosis
A 37-year-old Aboriginal man died of pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis while incarcerated. He presented to hospital on his birthday with letharg…
32y · Male·Pulmonary embolism originating from deep vein thrombosis in right calf
A 32-year-old man died from pulmonary embolism six days after emergency appendectomy for perforated appendicitis. VTE prophylaxis was appropriately prescribed. However, the clinical team failed to investigate persistent …
44y · Male·Sepsis and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating a ruptured cerebral artery aneur…
Peter Gillam, age 44, died from sepsis and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating a ruptured cerebral aneurysm with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). On 16 December 2004, his GP Dr H. referred him urgently for CT head to exc…
83y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to aortic stenosis (recent transcatheter aortic va…
An 83-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure died from pulmonary embolism one day after discharge following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI). Clinical lessons cent…
77y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis of the left leg
A 77-year-old woman with Factor V Leiden thrombophilia and history of PE presented to a rural urgent care centre on 19 April 2017 with shortness of breath and chest pain. She was examined by Dr H. who considered but dism…
26y · Female·Pulmonary embolism as a consequence of dislodged deep vein thrombosis
Naomi Smith, aged 26, died from pulmonary embolism caused by dislodged deep vein thrombosis while in ICU at Royal Darwin Hospital. She had complex mental health needs (BPD, PTSD, depression) and morbid obesity. The criti…
71y · Female·multiple pulmonary thromboemboli and deep vein thrombosis
71-year-old woman presented to ED with signs of circulatory failure (hypotension, tachycardia, tachypnoea, hypoxia) and progressive leg pain/swelling over one week. ECG showed S1Q3T3 pattern consistent with pulmonary emb…
28y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in association with pulmonary hype…
Petra Zele, a 28-year-old woman, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to acute pulmonary embolism superimposed on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. She presented to Fremantle Hospital …
Unknown·Alan Bugden: pulmonary thromboembolism after stroke. Amaru Bestrin: combined dru…
Two deaths occurred in hospital toilets due to undetected collapse in publicly accessible facilities. Alan Bugden, 66, suffered a stroke in an ambulatory care centre toilet at Royal North Shore Hospital and remained unde…
Female·Emily Ruth Leonard: multi-organ failure due to overwhelming sepsis from a perfor…
Two elderly women died following vaginal prolapse surgery performed by the same surgeon, Dr O., with similar mechanisms: bowel perforation leading to peritonitis and sepsis. Mrs Leonard (77) underwent laparoscopic surger…
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