34 results for “acute lung injury”
90y · Male·pneumonia leading to atrial fibrillation leading to myocardial infarction
A 90-year-old man with lung cancer, dementia, and frontal lobe disease died from pneumonia leading to atrial fibrillation and myocardia…
64y · Male·Multi organ failure due to metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung
A 64-year-old man died of multi-organ failure secondary to metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung while serving a sentence on home detention. He had a significant cardiac history including bypass surgery a…
65y · Male·Pneumonia, due to chronic lung disease with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disea…
A 65-year-old man with severe chronic lung disease, COPD, and coronary artery disease died at home. Evidence suggests he deliberately ingested benzodi…
56y · Male·Benzalkonium chloride toxicity
…esting approximately 2.5 litres of Pine-O-Cleen disinfectant on 25 September 2010. His death occurred from acute lung injury due to aspiration of the irritant substance. Critical lessons include: (1) the emergency dispa…
62y · Male·Head injury (acute subdural haemorrhage and fractured skull)
A 62-year-old man with schizophrenia, lung cancer, and seizure history was an involuntary patient at Broadmeadows Psychiatric Unit. While supervised i…
59y · Male·disseminated carcinoma due to right lung carcinoma
Rex Harold, a 59-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, alcohol-induced brain injury, chronic obstructive airways disease, and diabetes, died in custody from disseminated small cell lung carc…
54y · Male·Complications of stage IV peripheral T cell lymphoma
…anced lymphoma with extensive nodal involvement and organ involvement, plus focal aspiration pneumonia and acute lung injury. The coroner found his care and management were within reasonable health care practice paramet…
23y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to near-drowning
…eguards and paramedics with return of spontaneous circulation, he sustained severe hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and progressed to brain death. He died in hospital after extubation. The coroner noted that 25% of drownin…
29y · Male·air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to chest
…ver, approximately 6 hours later he suffered sudden cardiac collapse. Emergency thoracotomy revealed severe lung contusion from blast injury (not direct penetration) that had created a defect allowing air entry into pulm…
85y · Female·sepsis, with aspiration pneumonitis being an antecedent cause. Iatrogenic injury…
…ngong Private Hospital for convalescence, died from sepsis with aspiration pneumonitis following iatrogenic lung injury. She developed severe malnutrition and electrolyte disturbances after refusing oral intake from hosp…
90y · Male·Sepsis secondary to wound infection/dehiscence and bilateral parotid gland infec…
Arthur John Powell, a 90-year-old with ischaemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, and diabetes, underwent emergency surgical repair of a perforated diverticulum on 1 September 2015…
83y · Female·Complications following fracture and surgical repair of the left hip in an elder…
Mrs Nola Inez Daniel, an 83-year-old with chronic lung disease, osteoporosis, and cardiac disease, was admitted to Regis Forrest Gardens for respite care on 24 De…
60y · Male·Pulmonary tuberculosis in a man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with…
…h active TB and received a four-drug treatment regime. Readmitted in June 2024 with multi-organ sepsis and acute kidney injury, he required intensive care. Despite comprehensive care from multiple specialist teams (Resp…
7y · Female·respiratory failure from severe scoliosis due to Murray Valley encephalitis
Ruby Blitner died from respiratory failure secondary to severe scoliosis caused by Murray Valley encephalitis acquired at age two. Her clinical course involved progressive respiratory compromise, recurrent aspiration pne…
49y · Male·acute asthma leading to hypoxic brain injury
Hoi-Sam Lau, 49, died from acute asthma leading to hypoxic brain injury during the unprecedented Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event of 21 …
17y · Male·stab wound to the right side of the chest penetrating the lower right lung
…ot Community. Stephen Barnes, whom Roberts had beaten one week prior, was identified as the assailant. The injury penetrated the right lung causing massive haemothorax (1300ml blood) and airway obstruction by clot. Thoug…
60y · Male·multi-organ failure due to injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident, specifi…
…not diagnosed. Subsequently, a haemothorax developed with associated bleeding, circulatory compromise, and acute kidney injury. The medical advisor found care was below standard, specifically noting failure to diagnose …
35y · Female·Unascertained
…m haemorrhage with cervical trauma requiring transfusion and resuscitation. Clinical management during the acute crisis was appropriate, but systemic issues contributed to the death. The induction was scheduled outside …
40y · Female·hypoxic brain injury and acute lung injury; multiple drug toxicity with oxycodon…
A 40-year-old woman with advanced multiple sclerosis died from drug toxicity and hypoxic brain injury following intentional overdose and gas inhalation. She had completed an Advance Care Directive (ACD) 12 mo…
22y · Female·Traumatic brain injury (diffuse axonal injury with skull fractures) secondary to…
A 22-year-old female died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a single-vehicle rollover on a rural road in the Northern Territory. She had consumed 15-20 c…
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