334 results for “vomiting”
64y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia with cerebral palsy as a contributing factor
…ing disability support services through Melba Support Services. In the weeks before death, he experienced vomiting, hiccups, and lethargy, was seen by locum doctors and his GP, then admitted to hospital where palliative …
76y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating catatonia and depression in the setting of met…
Patricia Russell, a 76-year-old woman with metastatic bladder cancer, catatonia, and severe depression, died from aspiration pneumonia at St Vincent's Hospital. She was a compulsory patient under the Mental Health Act af…
90y · Male·Complications arising from a gastrointestinal obstruction; incarcerated inguinal…
…cerated inguinal hernia. He presented to Prince of Wales Hospital with severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting on 11 May 2015. Surgical consultation determined his condition was not survivable and operative managemen…
56y · Female·sepsis secondary to disseminated pancreatic adenocarcinoma
…tic adenocarcinoma. She had presented months earlier with gastrointestinal symptoms (weight loss, nausea, vomiting, epigastric burning) initially attributed to relapse of eating disorder in context of life stress. Abnorm…
3y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to cardiorespiratory arrest, possibly secondary t…
…d developmental delay. He was admitted to hospital on 3 August 2019 with a 2-3 day history of unwellness, vomiting, and feed refusal. After appropriate assessment including CT brain and blood tests, he was discharged. Th…
45y · Male·Acute renal failure in the setting of urosepsis and San Filippo Syndrome
…as treated with antibiotics in the community, but developed progressive lethargy, reduced urinary output, vomiting, and constipation. Despite outpatient management and investigation including abdominal imaging, clinical …
69y · Female·multi-organ failure due to sepsis of unknown origin
…lti-organ failure due to sepsis of unknown origin. She presented to a rural hospital on 28 June 2012 with vomiting, dehydration, and early renal failure. Despite appropriate investigations ordered by her GP and attempted…
46y · Male·Septic shock complicating pneumonia in the setting of spastic quadriplegia and e…
…ber 2011, group home staff requested medical review when he presented with fever, increased coughing, and vomiting. His GP suspected severe aspiration pneumonia and arranged hospital transfer. At St Vincent's Hospital, h…
69y · Female·faecal peritonitis due to small bowel obstruction and perforation due to periton…
A 69-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with abdominal pain and vomiting. The doctor did not take adequate history, perform thorough physical examination, or order basic investig…
64y · Female·Complications of cachexia and aspiration pneumonia on a background of cerebral p…
…ansferred to palliative care at Wantirna Health where her condition deteriorated, with episodes of faecal vomiting before her death on 2 March 2016. Post-mortem examination revealed functional obstruction of the duodenum…
59y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to recurrent anal squamous cell carcinoma with su…
… following total pelvic exenteration surgery in December 2021. He was admitted to Dandenong Hospital with vomiting, lethargy and suspected urinary tract infection, aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. After …
16y · Male·Pneumonia complicating influenza A (H1N1) infection with secondary Staphylococcu…
… He presented to Northam Regional Hospital Emergency Department on 16 September 2010 with fever (39.4°C), vomiting, diarrhoea, and sweating—features of septic shock. RN Swoboda triaged him as gastroenteritis without prop…
77y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating retropharyngeal plasmacytoma, cervical myelopa…
…Long Bay Hospital. On 6 February 2024, he was appropriately transferred to Prince of Wales Hospital after vomiting and became hypoxic with aspiration pneumonia. Despite IV antibiotics and oxygen, his condition deteriorat…
57y · Male·aspiration pneumonia secondary to small bowel obstruction
…th chronic schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and history of bowel obstruction presented with faecal vomiting and signs of shock. He was appropriately transferred to hospital where small bowel obstruction and aspira…
50y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
…ial infarction due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. On the morning of his death, he reported headache, vomiting, and sore throat. Nurse assessment found normal blood pressure and no respiratory distress; chest pain wa…
85y · Female·Multisystem failure complicating ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic bowel in …
Lydia Maxfield, 85, died 5 days after elective left total knee replacement at a private hospital from multisystem failure due to ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic bowel. Critical clinical lessons: (1) Multiple abnorm…
49y · Male·Complications in Association with Advanced Gastric Malignancy
…ed gastric adenocarcinoma in August 2013 after presenting with symptoms of constipation, weight loss, and vomiting. Gastroscopy revealed gastric outlet obstruction caused by metastatic disease. He underwent multiple inte…
0y · Female·Subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhages due to late onset vitamin K deficiency bl…
…ter receiving adequate information about its purpose. The baby presented with lethargy, poor feeding, and vomiting at one month of age, initially misdiagnosed as sepsis. Imaging revealed extensive intracranial bleeding; …
87y · Male·Strangulated small bowel due to adhesions from previous abdominal surgery
…resumed UTI and dehydration. Within 24 hours, nursing staff observed a distended abdomen and bile-stained vomiting—clinical signs of bowel obstruction. Despite these findings being documented and communicated verbally at…
72y · Male·Complications of a gastroduodenal perforation (palliated) in the setting of mult…
…tiple comorbidities, presented to Box Hill Hospital on 7 November 2024 with postural hypotension, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. CT imaging revealed a gastroduodenal perforation with free fluid and pneumoperitoneum…
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