56 results for “acute back pain”
61y · Male·hanging
… as he consistently declined antidepressant medication. In early January 2020, he overdosed on prescription painkillers following relationship breakdown and worsening back pain, requiring hospital admission. He was disch…
51y · Male·Pericardial tamponade complicating Type I aortic dissection in the setting of lo…
…ordon, 51, presented to Royal Hobart Hospital Emergency Department on 20 March 2015 with sudden onset chest pain. Initial assessment suspected acute coronary syndrome with elevated troponin. Over 36 hours he experienced …
57y · Female·Haemopericardium complicating ascending thoracic aortic dissection
A 57-year-old woman presenting to the ED with sudden-onset sharp mid-back pain, syncope, shortness of breath, and lower limb neurological symptoms was diagnosed with musculoskeletal…
36y · Male·Unascertained
…ared on 25 January 2023 and is presumed deceased. He had treatment-resistant depression, was in significant pain from a recent back injury, and was prescribed opioids (Lyrica, Endone, Oxycodone). On the morning of disapp…
68y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis
…d of ischaemic heart disease while in prison custody. He presented to hospital with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome (epigastric pain radiating to back, chest pain, dyspnoea, sweating) but was diagnosed as…
43y · Male·Acute bacterial meningitis
Robert Spencer, a 43-year-old man, died from acute bacterial meningitis on 3 October 2009. He presented with back pain, fever, and paraesthesia on 25 Septemb…
65y · Male·ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
A 65-year-old man with recently diagnosed small cell lung cancer presented to a rural hospital with acute back pain. He had a known abdominal aortic aneurysm (73mm) identified on staging scans. The attending nurs…
Female·haemopericardium due to aortic dissection (all three cases)
Three elderly women died from acute aortic dissection at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia. Beverley Coats (73) presented three times …
60y · Male·Hypertensive heart disease with chronic fatty liver as other significant conditi…
…t disease and cardiomegaly, was admitted to Caloundra Hospital on 10 January 2007 for management of severe acute back pain caused by a suspected L3/4 disc herniation while awaiting neurosurgical transfer to Royal Brisba…
38y · Male·haemopericardium (pericardial tamponade) due to aortic dissection
…ld male, died from haemopericardium due to aortic dissection. He presented to ED on 9 June 2015 with severe back and abdominal pain, elevated lactate, and neurological symptoms suggesting vascular pathology. Junior regis…
63y · Male·uncontrolled haemorrhage from ruptured aortic aneurysm
A 63-year-old man presented with sudden back pain on 6 March 2004. Ambulance officers attended twice; on the first visit they did not transport him to h…
40y · Male·unascertained
Justin Foster, a 40-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, chronic back pain, and substance abuse history, died suddenly in a psychiatric inpatient unit (Upton House) on 3 January…
71y · Female·cardiac tamponade due to ascending aortic dissection
A 71-year-old woman presented to the ED with sudden-onset epigastric pain requiring morphine. Despite clinical features concerning for acute aortic dissection (severe stabbing chest…
37y · Male·Haemopericardium secondary to aortic dissection
Alexander Costello, 37, presented to Gunnedah Hospital ED with acute onset severe chest pain, back pain, diaphoresis and nausea. Dr G., the sole ED physician, conducted initia…
59y · Male·Ruptured atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysm (operated)
A 59-year-old man with a non-ruptured 8cm infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) presenting with acute back pain was transferred from Bendigo to Royal Melbourne Hospital at 2.13am on 22 April 2008. Despite app…
43y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…d by hanging at his home while on home detention bail. He had a history of anxiety, depression, and chronic pain, managed by a psychiatrist (Dr T.) with weekly appointments described as highly compliant and beneficial. O…
52y · Male·Polypharmacy overdose of amitriptyline and doxylamine in the context of underlyi…
A 52-year-old man with chronic facial pain, depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease and obstructive sleep apnoea died following restraint in ICU. …
76y · Male·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 episodes of syncope at his physiotherapist. Despite a documented pr…
22y · Male·mixed drug toxicity due to methadone, codeine, and morphine (metabolite), compou…
… tooth extraction. He was initially appropriately advised to use paracetamol and ibuprofen. When inadequate pain relief prompted him to seek further medical care, Dr T. prescribed Mersyndol Forte (appropriate) and suppli…
46y · Male·Haemopericardium complicating aortic dissection
A 46-year-old man with untreated hypertension and smoking history presented to the ED with acute chest pain radiating to jaw and back. ECG showed changes initially interpreted as NSTEMI with troponin ele…
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