49y · Male·Complications of Influenza A infection
…, requiring emergency transfer to hospital. He deteriorated to respiratory failure requiring intubation and ECMO support but died on 29 March. The coroner found custodial and health care management met required standards…
56y · Male·Cardiogenic shock, end stage ischemia due to chemo related cardiomyopathy, fulmi…
…ausing adhesions), and organ procurement from far North Queensland. Post-operatively, he required prolonged ECMO, IABP, and biventricular assist devices but developed VRE sepsis, aspergillus infection, and multi-organ fa…
33y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to sepsis on a background of severe ischaemic cardiomyop…
…ration. He presented to hospital on 30 November 2016 severely septic with cellulitis, requiring intensive support including ECMO and mechanical ventilation. Despite maximal medical therapy, he died three days later. The…
64y · Male·Complications of redo thoracotomy/aortic valve replacement in a man with ischaem…
… incised despite use of an oscillating saw and careful technique. The patient required massive transfusion, ECMO support, and extended surgery but developed multi-organ failure and died 29 days post-operatively. The coro…
0y · Unknown·unascertained
…ly with antibiotics, fluids, and retrieval but deteriorated despite intensive care including intubation and ECMO support. Cause of death was unascertained at autopsy. Key preventable failures included: inadequate triage …
1y · Female·Sepsis (Group A Streptococcus)
A nearly 16-month-old girl died from Group A Streptococcal sepsis after presenting to a regional private hospital emergency department. She had been seen multiple times by different GPs in the preceding weeks with viral …
5y · Female·myocarditis
…nagement including fluid restriction and timely NETS transfer might have provided a chance of survival with ECMO support in Sydney.
67y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage complicating coronary artery bypass graft surgery follo…
A 67-year-old man died from intracranial haemorrhage following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. He had suffered a right coronary artery dissection during percutaneous coronary intervention at Sunshine Hospital and w…
16y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia or hypoxia in the setting of hydrocarbon inhalation
…cs, and extensive resuscitation efforts at hospital including intubation, medications, and consideration of ECMO, he could not be resuscitated. The inquest found he was engaging in recreational VSU, an accessible practic…
17y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy Complicating Anaphylaxis
James Tsindos, a 17-year-old with known nut allergy and mild asthma, experienced anaphylaxis after inadvertently ingesting cashews in a vegan restaurant meal on 27 May 2021. Ambulance paramedics administered two doses of…
Female·Betty: cardiac arrhythmia complicating heart failure due to consequences of past…
This inquest examined three deaths of young Aboriginal women from Doomadgee (ages 18, 37, and 17) from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) complications between September 2019 and September 2020. All three deaths were preventa…
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