4 results for “air embolus”
29y · Male·air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to chest
A 29-year-old male died from air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to the chest sustained during a police confrontation. Initial medical s…
37y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury complicating cardiorespiratory arrest during manual removal…
…ry and died three days later. The coroner determined the cause was an embolic phenomenon (amniotic fluid or air embolism) facilitated by a patent foramen ovale, rather than postpartum haemorrhage or anaesthetic complica…
Philip Byrne: pulmonary thromboembolism due to right calf deep vein thrombosis; …
Two patients died from pulmonary thromboembolism caused by undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Mr Byrne presented with right calf pain in February 2012; two GPs excluded DVT on clinical examination alone without orde…
81y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating multiple right-sided rib fractures due to a fal…
…rtiary centre. Multiple clinical deterioration markers emerged over five days (poor pain control, decreased air entry, pleural effusions, atelectasis), but transfer was delayed until day five when the patient was in sho…
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