163 results for “acute respiratory infection”
65y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to or as a consequence of coronary atheroscleros…
…chest pain, coughing up blood, fever and shortness of breath. He was appropriately diagnosed with lower respiratory tract infection and transferred to Princess Alexandra Hospital. Despite initial stabilisation, he deter…
55y · Male·Complications of pneumonia
…l palsy living in residential care, died from complications of pneumonia. Post-mortem examination revealed acute bilateral bronchopneumonia with cavitating lesions and Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Although he had…
92y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolic disease on a background of infective exacerbation of ch…
…monary disease, vascular dementia, and heart disease died from pulmonary thromboembolism complicated by respiratory infection. He was admitted after a fall at home, became agitated and confused, and was placed on a Ment…
75y · Female·exacerbation of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
…ge COPD, dementia, depression and multiple comorbidities, died from exacerbation of COPD with secondary respiratory tract infection. She was placed under guardianship with section 32 detention powers following concerns …
59y · Male·Respiratory failure with paraplegia as a significant contributing factor
Michael Ruawai Robin, a 59-year-old man with paraplegia and incomplete quadriplegia (C4-C6), died from respiratory failure at Werribee Mercy Hospital on 22 June 2023. He presented with a rash and urinary tract infectio…
68y · Male·Community acquired chest infection secondary to C6 quadriplegia secondary to rem…
…, a 68-year-old man with C6 quadriplegia from a 1972 diving accident, died from community-acquired chest infection complicated by heart failure. He had recurrent respiratory and urinary tract infections related to his s…
6y · Male·Acute on chronic respiratory failure in the setting of hypotonic quadriplegic ce…
… with severe cerebral palsy, chronic lung disease, and cardiac arrhythmia requiring a pacemaker, died from acute on chronic respiratory failure following a respiratory infection. He was admitted to Royal Children's Hosp…
92y · Female·decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae low…
…, and COPD died from decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae lower respiratory tract infection. She was admitted to psychiatric care under an Inpatient Treatment Order due to severe …
43y · Male·Pneumonia
…ig, a 43-year-old with chronic schizophrenia and opiate dependence, died from pneumonia following cardiorespiratory collapse on an acute psychiatric inpatient unit. He was on multiple psychoactive medications including …
75y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary artery atherosclerosis; acute myoc…
…an Vuksan, a 75-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, hypertension, and cardiac risk factors, died from acute myocardial infarction secondary to ischaemic heart disease while residing in a mental health aged care fac…
85y · Male·pneumonia
…brillation, dementia) died from pneumonia while in custody at Port Phillip Prison. He developed a lower respiratory tract infection in December 2015 that persisted despite oral antibiotic therapy. On 28 January 2016, he…
82y · Female·Acute bronchopneumonia
Gwenda Margaret Membery, an 82-year-old resident of aged care with dementia, COPD, and diabetes, died from acute bronchopneumonia. She presented with fever and cough on 3 July 2014, was diagnosed with respiratory tract …
57y · Male·Small bowel obstruction due to mid small bowel volvulus
…ea, refused food/drink, and developed a cough. His GP attended and diagnosed a rhinovirus-related upper respiratory tract infection, prescribing amoxicillin. The following morning he was found non-responsive and decease…
61y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
…pneumonia treated in July 2016. She was discharged, then attended her GP three times over two weeks for respiratory symptoms (wheezing, chest infection) treated with antibiotics and bronchodilators. She deteriorated wit…
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.…
50y · Female·acute heart failure in association with acute on chronic obstructive airways dis…
…zophrenia and multiple physical comorbidities including morbid obesity, asthma, and poor mobility, died of acute heart failure associated with acute-on-chronic obstructive airways disease (influenza A infection), focal …
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…
44y · Male·pneumonia and possible large left cerebrovascular accident (stroke) in a man wit…
Jamie Alan White, a 44-year-old man with neurofibromatosis, paraplegia, sleep apnoea, and chronic respiratory issues, was found unresponsive in his residential care unit bed on 15 June 2008 and could not be revive…
2y · Female·pneumonia in a child with reported recent flu-like illness (multiple viral detec…
… symptoms in late April while at a women's refuge. On 2 May evening, appearing increasingly unwell with respiratory symptoms, her mother gave non-prescription cough and pain relief medications. At 3:30 am on 3 May, she …
67y · Male·respiratory failure with antecedent causes including chronic emphysematic lung d…
…ks of chemo-radiotherapy. Post-treatment, a mass developed in the chest wall. He subsequently developed respiratory infection and died from respiratory failure. Autopsy revealed no cancer cells in the original biopsy sa…
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