5 results for “PEG tube placement and management”
48y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy (PEG) …
A 48-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and a PEG tube died from aspiration pneumonia. She presented with low oxygen levels and abnormal breathing, and…
56y · Male·Recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a man with congenital disability and cognitive…
A 56-year-old man with congenital microcephaly, intellectual disability, dysphagia and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia whilst receiving palliative care in hospital.…
65y · Male·complications of end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
…sequently developed compartment syndrome, pancolitis with sigmoid perforation requiring subtotal colectomy, and experienced recurrent infections including pseudomonas chest infection. He deteriorated despite appropriate…
Female·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia
…propriately accepted expert medical advice recommending palliative care focused on hydration, pain control, and comfort rather than aggressive interventions. While the coroner noted the deceased's family disagreed with …
45y · Female·Complications of sepsis secondary to sacral pressure wound in a woman with genet…
Kristy Ann Mitchener, a 45-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, and oesophageal dysmotility, died from sepsis secondary to a sacral pressure ulce…
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