12 results for “abnormal liver function”
65y · Female·Liver failure secondary to paracetamol toxicity
A 65-year-old retired nurse died from paracetamol toxicity and liver failure after taking excessive paracetamol tablets for pain relief following a fractured arm. She presente…
45y · Female·Multisystem organ failure secondary to acute liver failure associated with parac…
Elsa Harrington, a 45-year-old woman, died from acute liver failure secondary to paracetamol toxicity in November 2002. She was admitted post-hysterectomy with bowel …
69y · Female·Multiple organ failure due to secondary haemochromatosis (transfusion-associated…
…tic syndrome. She had declined iron chelation therapy for 19 months despite evidence of iron overload and abnormal echocardiography, deferring treatment to minimise medication burden. By the time chelation commenced in D…
41y · Female·Intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndr…
Kerri Gunn, a 41-year-old woman five days post-caesarean delivery, presented to emergency with frontal headache, elevated blood pressure, proteinuria, abnormal liver funct…
66y · Female·Cardiac failure due to atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease
…ardiac failure must be excluded in older patients presenting with ankle oedema and relevant risk factors; abnormal liver function tests warrant diagnostic reconsideration; beta-blockers should only be introduced after di…
53y · Female·Metastatic breast cancer
…hine Hospital. She was admitted on 11 June 2024 with shallow breathing, lethargy, coughing, and decreased functioning. Clinical assessment revealed hypoactive delirium, dehydration, hypernatraemia, abnormal liver functio…
43y · Female·acute multiple drug toxicity on a background of chronic pain and morbid obesity
A 43-year-old woman died from acute multiple drug toxicity after 26 years of high-dose opioid therapy for chronic pain following a motor vehicle accident. Despite recognition by multiple clinicians that opioid doses exce…
76y · Female·left lower lobe pneumonia complicating metapneumovirus infection
Maria Astachnowicz, aged 76, died from left lower lobe pneumonia complicating metapneumovirus infection at Lyell McEwin Hospital. She had extensive psychiatric history (schizoaffective disorder/bipolar) with chronic ment…
56y · Female·sepsis secondary to disseminated pancreatic adenocarcinoma
…miting, epigastric burning) initially attributed to relapse of eating disorder in context of life stress. Abnormal liver function tests in August 2019 prompted appropriate escalation with imaging revealing advanced pancr…
28y · Female·combined drug toxicity (heroin and prescribed psychiatric medications)
Priscilla Stephenson, a 28-year-old Aboriginal woman with longstanding mental illness and polysubstance abuse, died from combined drug toxicity (heroin plus prescribed psychiatric medications) shortly after discharge fro…
36y · Female·Complications of pneumonia and pulmonary emphysema with bullae formation; respir…
A 36-year-old woman with congenital chest wall abnormality, scoliosis, and difficult intubation history presented to a rural hospital with community-acquired pne…
69y · Female·faecal peritonitis due to small bowel obstruction and perforation due to periton…
…tions (FBC, urea/electrolytes, abdominal X-ray), careful history including surgical history, attention to abnormal vital signs, and high index of suspicion to avoid premature diagnostic closure with 'gastroenteritis' dia…
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