168 results for “acute kidney disease”
45y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis with multi-organ failure caused by pneumonia
A 45-year-old Aboriginal man with poorly managed diabetes and schizophrenia presented to Cowra District Hospital ED with lethargy, cough and fever. Despite being triaged as category 2 (urgent) with abnormal vital signs i…
78y · Female·multi-organ failure due to haemorrhage into the abdomen, pelvis and retroperiton…
78-year-old Jehovah's Witness died from multi-organ failure secondary to intra-abdominal and retroperitoneal haemorrhage following extensive anterior and posterior lumbar spinal fusion surgery. The patient had multiple c…
67y · Female·Lithium toxicity with chest infection and bipolar disorder; Alzheimer's disease …
Mrs Snopek, aged 67 with bipolar disorder on long-term lithium, was prescribed coversyl (an ACE inhibitor) by Dr A. in January 2008 for hypertension. This combination is contraindicated as ACE inhibitors impair renal fun…
85y · Male·Heat stroke
An 85-year-old man with dementia, diabetes, and aortic stenosis died from heat stroke after spending 2 hours 18 minutes unmonitored in an unsheltered outdoor garden area at a residential aged care facility. The resident …
64y · Male·complications in association with thermal injuries in a man with underlying chro…
Kim Vulich, a 64-year-old man with decompensated liver cirrhosis from chronic alcohol use, developed hepatic encephalopathy and cognitive impairment including possible Korsakoff syndrome. Despite SAT guardianship orders …
76y · Male·ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
Kenneth Carter, 76, died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) on 8 June 2005. He had presented to Flinders Medical Centre Emergency Department on 1 June 2005 with back pain, hypotension (90/65 mmHg), and two e…
84y · Female·Complications associated with Diabetes Mellitus (likely hyperosmolar hyperglycae…
… facility after rapid deterioration from complex dementia and diabetes. On 10 November 2017, she developed acute semiconsciousness and agitation. The clinical nurse consultant (CNC) and GP initiated end-of-life palliati…
21y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septicaemia of mixed respiratory (bronchopneumonia) a…
Shannon Tang, a 21-year-old from Singapore with severe obesity (BMI 52) and multiple comorbidities including sleep apnoea, underwent elective laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery performed by Dr F.. He died on day 7 post-…
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