301 results for “renal disease”
57y · Male·Multiple Organ Failure and Intra-Abdominal Haemorrhage following Cholecystectomy
… due to dense adhesions and obesity. Post-operatively, he developed progressive hypoxia and signs of acute renal failure within hours. Despite escalation to high-dependency care and ED review, he deteriorated rapidly ov…
61y · Female·Acute renal failure and dehydration in the setting of cirrhosis (secondary to he…
…s in a motor vehicle collision. She was discharged from the ED after 6 hours despite her underlying liver disease and coagulopathy. She deteriorated rapidly 3 days later with acute renal failure, dehydration and interna…
66y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to renal vein thrombus secondary to renal cell car…
Sylvia Crane, 66, died from pulmonary thromboembolism caused by tumour thrombus originating from renal cell carcinoma. She had a five-month delay in scheduling Category 1 surgery for nephrectomy due to systemi…
68y · Female·Complications of a fall with contributing factors of respiratory failure, respir…
Irene Charlish, a 68-year-old woman with longstanding schizoaffective disorder and multiple comorbidities, fell at her residential facility on 6 June 2017, sustaining a pneumothorax and rib fracture. She was admitted to …
81y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
…d since 2008 with severe medical comorbidities including insulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, chronic renal failure, and severe ischaemic heart disease, died from acute myocardial infarction. The coroner found the …
83y · Male·Unascertained (natural causes)
Paul Henry Green, 83-year-old man with intellectual disability and multiple chronic conditions including renal failure on dialysis, was found unresponsive in his bed at a residential care facility. He had been isolati…
48y · Male·sepsis and renal failure due to perforated gastric ulcer
… revealed 3 litres of faecal matter in the peritoneal cavity and a 10mm perforation. He died of sepsis and renal failure the following morning. The clinical lesson is that severe abdominal pain with shoulder-tip radiati…
65y · Male·Middle cerebral artery stroke in a man with multiple medical co-morbidities
…tions and diarrheal illness with dehydration. Despite appropriate medical management including infectious disease consultation, fluid resuscitation, and multidisciplinary care planning, he suffered a catastrophic ischae…
55y · Male·Morphine toxicity, with contributing factors of ischemic heart disease, coronary…
Shane Paul Krog, a 55-year-old man, died from morphine toxicity complicated by ischemic heart disease, coronary atherosclerosis and rhabdomyolysis. He presented to Murgon Hospital (a 15-bed rural facility) f…
76y · Male·Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis in the setting of acute bronchopneumonia and ren…
Terence Michael Brooks, a 76-year-old man with dementia, vascular disease, and depression, died of streptococcal pneumoniae sepsis with acute bronchopneumonia and renal failure fr…
68y · Male·decompensated heart failure with pulmonary hypertensive crisis complicated by pn…
Peter Hohol, a 68-year-old prisoner with significant cardiac comorbidities including ischaemic and dilated cardiomyopathy, died from decompensated heart failure with pulmonary hypertensive crisis complicated by pneumonia…
51y · Male·Exsanguination during home haemodialysis in a man with end stage renal failure
A 51-year-old man with end-stage renal failure died from exsanguination during home haemodialysis. The most likely cause was a procedural error w…
67y · Male·metastatic prostate cancer
Ian McAuliffe, a 67-year-old man serving a custodial sentence, died from metastatic prostate cancer. The case examined whether his cancer treatment as a prisoner was adequate compared to community care. His oncologist Dr…
82y · Female·multi organ failure from burns on a background of aortic stenosis and ischaemic …
…sealing. The bottle ruptured within 30 seconds to a minute, causing burns to 9% of her body. She developed renal failure and multi-organ failure and died 12 days later. The coroner found the death preventable: the carer…
81y · Male·haemorrhage from metastatic squamous cell tumour of the right axilla
An 81-year-old man with extensive comorbidities (cardiac failure, COPD, diabetes, renal failure) presented with a right axillary squamous cell carcinoma with metastases. He was admitted for pall…
91y · Male·ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease
Giovanni Catino, aged 91, died of ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease while detained under a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order at Repatriation General Hospital. He h…
73y · Male·multisystem organ failure in the context of trauma and limb fracture
…ndigenous man with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, obesity, sleep apnoea, ischaemic heart disease) sustained a right ankle fracture following collision with a motor vehicle while riding a mobility scoote…
51y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to ischaemic heart disease
…-year-old disability pensioner with multiple serious medical conditions (Type 1 diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, hypertension), died of cardiac arrest on 16 July 2008, six days after moving into public housing. He rel…
63y · Female·Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)-like virus infection; post failed rena…
A 63-year-old woman received a renal transplant from a cadaveric donor who had died of cerebral hemorrhage. She developed delayed graft functio…
74y · Male·cardiac and renal failure complicating treatment of infected ischaemic toes resu…
…infected ischaemic toe secondary to diabetes mellitus. During his 17-day hospital stay, he developed acute renal failure leading to cardiac arrest and death. Critical failures included: failure to monitor creatinine and…
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