41 results for “acute respiratory distress syndrome”
41y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
… neurological disorder living in supported residential care, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome. She developed symptoms of gastroenteritis on 24-25 August 2019, progressing…
52y · Male·Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Neville Towner, a 52-year-old man serving a life sentence, died from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to severe community-acquired pneumonia. He presented to hos…
76y · Male·respiratory failure secondary to right pneumonectomy and chronic obstructive air…
… dementia was detained under the Mental Health Act at Glenside Hospital. On 21 May 2000, he collapsed with acute respiratory distress syndrome and was transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital. Despite treatment with antib…
58y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with a left middle cerebral artery stroke (palliat…
…d a left middle cerebral artery stroke on 6 October 2011. He developed aspiration pneumonia complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome, deep vein thrombosis, and heart failure. Despite initial improvement and re…
70y · Male·The combined effects of the complications of ventilation associated pneumonia, a…
…al where he died on 17 May 2019. The cause of death was complications of ventilation-associated pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following an unknown triggering event.…
15y · Unknown·acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting from multi-organ failure as a cons…
Child A, aged 15, died from acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting from multi-organ failure due to disseminated tuberculosis. He pres…
57y · Male·sepsis and multiple organ failure secondary to aspiration pneumonia
…press the stomach. Within one hour, Mr Fenton aspirated gastric contents, developing aspiration pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and ultimately sepsis with multiple organ failure leading to death on 1 Oct…
54y · Female·sepsis
…ospital on 5 December 2008 with a chest infection and multiple comorbidities including cardiac failure, respiratory failure, and obesity. She deteriorated with septic shock secondary to pneumonia and was transferred to …
66y · Male·Undetermined (natural causes)
A 66-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including Parkinson's disease, spastic gait syndrome, cognitive impairment, atrial fibrillation, and swallowing difficulties died at his supported disability …
84y · Female·multi-organ failure arising from Staphylococcal septicaemia
Laurel Jean Shaw, aged 84, died from multi-organ failure secondary to Staphylococcal septicaemia. She was detained under a Mental Health Act order for Lewy Body Dementia when she developed MRSA pneumonia and sepsis on 15…
53y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with Down syndrome and dementia; epilepsy
Raymond Giles, a 53-year-old man with Down syndrome, dementia, epilepsy and recurrent chest infections, died of pneumonia while in residential care. On the m…
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and L…
A 57-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome died from aspiration pneumonia following a short hospital admission. He had a history of recurrent aspira…
39y · Male·Complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction
…ations of large bowel pseudo-obstruction with aspiration pneumonia. He had been admitted involuntarily for acute psychosis and underwent manual rectal dis-impaction and enemas on 2 February 2017. He collapsed with faeca…
60y · Male·respiratory failure and sepsis complicating acute subdural haematoma
…eri died 44 days after exiting a moving vehicle during a police pursuit. He sustained a severe right-sided acute subdural haematoma, cerebral contusions and skull fractures requiring emergency neurosurgery. Post-operati…
69y · Male·Pericarditis
… with a history of atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease, congestive cardiac failure, and Fragile X Syndrome presented to the Emergency Department with dyspnea following an unwitnessed fall. He was diagnosed with a…
55y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with functional decline and trisomy 21
Trevor Bayldon, a 55-year-old man with Down syndrome, dementia, and epilepsy, died from bronchopneumonia at St Vincent's Hospital. He presented with respirato…
84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and multi-system organ failure arising from being a victim of h…
Stanly Roger Walker, aged 84, died on 5 July 2008 from bronchopneumonia and multi-system organ failure following a severe house fire on 16 June 2008 at his Footscray home. The fire started in a CRT computer monitor power…
59y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down's syndrome
A 59-year-old woman with Down's syndrome, advanced Alzheimer's dementia, dysphagia, epilepsy and blindness died from aspiration pneumonia. She was…
36y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating injecting drug use
A 36-year-old man with a 13-year history of schizophrenia and substance abuse was admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric unit on 15 September 2012 after community deterioration. He improved over several weeks and was tr…
79y · Male·multi-organ failure due to voluntary starvation on a background of severe depres…
…sive therapy, and intensive supportive care, he continued refusing oral intake. His condition deteriorated acutely with dehydration, hypotension, respiratory failure, and sepsis. The coroner found that clinical staff pr…
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