15 results for “acute cholecystitis”
85y · Male·Liver ischaemia and portal vein thrombosis complicating emergency cholecystectom…
…morbidities including diabetes, pancreatitis, and gallstones, died following emergency cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis with Mirizzi's syndrome. Intraoperative complications included major bile duct injury, right…
39y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy
…f Wales Hospital. He had a long-standing cardiac history including prior myocardial infarction, presenting acutely with cholecystitis, acute kidney injury, and multi-organ failure. The coroner found he received appropri…
86y · Male·Complications post laparoscopic cholecystectomy
86-year-old man with acute gangrenous perforated cholecystitis underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy on 2 October 2015, forty-two ho…
94y · Male·Multi-system organ failure, peritonitis, acute gangrenous cholecystitis with cho…
…(ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, dementia), died of multi-system organ failure secondary to sepsis from acute gangrenous cholecystitis. An advanced care plan documented his wish for comfort-focused care only. Managem…
76y · Female·multi-organ failure and sepsis due to complications of cholecystectomy
…, and right portal vein instead of the cystic structures. The underlying pathology—xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis—could not be detected preoperatively. The coroner found the death preventable: the surgeon should have…
52y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a female who had undergone a laparoscopic cholecystectom…
Angela Murray, a 52-year-old woman with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy, died from aspiration pneumonia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholangitis and cholelithiasis complicated by pancr…
55y · Female·acute myocardial infarction due to right coronary artery thrombosis
…and vomiting was discharged without an ECG or troponin measurement. She had an abdominal CT suggesting cholecystitis, but the coroner's medical advisor noted that her symptoms strongly indicated possible acute coronary …
53y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis; chronic obstructive airways disease; chronic cholecyst…
…ry Bert Smallwood, a 53-year-old prisoner with morbid obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and COPD, died from acute myocardial infarction due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. He called for help at 3:06am reporting inabi…
65y · Male·ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease with contributing acute cholecystitis (…
A 65-year-old man with hypertension presented with acute cholecystitis, underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and initially recovered well. On post-operative day…
68y · Male·surgical complications following laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholecystitis,…
…d man with multiple comorbidities, died from surgical complications after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. Postoperatively, he developed profound hypotension. The treating team disagreed on whether …
71y · Male·Complications following a right hepatic artery injury following an open cholecys…
…abdominal surgery died from complications of a right hepatic artery injury during open cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. The operative decision was reasonable and the intraoperative injury was appropriately manag…
66y · Male·hepatic failure, intrahepatic sepsis and intrahepatic haematoma secondary to com…
William Ernest Pears died from hepatic failure, intrahepatic sepsis and haematoma following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 2012. During surgery for gallstone disease, the right hepatic duct was damaged and repaired, b…
71y · Male·metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma
Robert Bell-Williams, aged 71, died from metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma while in lawful custody at Long Bay Hospital on 1 February 2024. Imprisoned since 2012, he was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma in 202…
88y · Female·Head injury in a fall due to atrial fibrillation on anti-coagulants
An 88-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation died from a subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall at a rehabilitation hospital. She was assisted to the toilet by a single nursing student despite a doc…
50y · Male·gastrointestinal haemorrhage; haemorrhage from cystic artery post laparoscopic c…
A 50-year-old man died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage involving both a cystic artery and duodenal defect following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Over five days post-surgery, he developed repeated episodes of hypotensi…
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