18 results for “atelectasis”
77y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia on a background of dementia
Edward Morgan Rau, aged 77, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to dysphagia in the context of dementia. He was admitted to hospital on 29 October 2014 after choking on food. A speech pathologist assessed him as hav…
88y · Male·Tuberculous pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures, osteoporosis and…
…st 2010 resulted in significant chest injuries. Hospital-acquired pneumonia developed secondary to lung atelectasis from rib pain. The coroner found the rib fractures likely resulted from assault rather than accidental …
32y · Male·Pulmonary embolism originating from deep vein thrombosis in right calf
A 32-year-old man died from pulmonary embolism six days after emergency appendectomy for perforated appendicitis. VTE prophylaxis was appropriately prescribed. However, the clinical team failed to investigate persistent …
56y · Female·Complications of Angelman's syndrome - aspiration pneumonia
Janelle Maree Lavery, a 56-year-old woman with Angelman's syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual disability, dysphagia, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died of aspiration pneumonia following a one-month hospital adm…
81y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating multiple right-sided rib fractures due to a fal…
…eterioration 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 shock. An independent intensivist sta…
91y · Female·Complications of pelvic fractures sustained in a fall
A 91-year-old woman with osteoporosis and multiple comorbidities sustained pelvic fractures in a mechanical fall at home. She presented to the ED where initial hip x-ray showed no fracture. She deteriorated with hypotens…
42y · Female·multiple organ failure due to sepsis on a background of pneumonia, spontaneous b…
Anthea Ryder Moketarinja, a 42-year-old Aboriginal woman with advanced cirrhosis, died from multiple organ failure due to sepsis, pneumonia, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and end-stage liver disease. She was admitte…
21y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septicaemia of mixed respiratory (bronchopneumonia) a…
Shannon Tang, a 21-year-old from Singapore with severe obesity (BMI 52) and multiple comorbidities including sleep apnoea, underwent elective laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery performed by Dr F.. He died on day 7 post-…
86y · Male·combined effects of acute myeloid leukaemia, acute renal failure and staphylococ…
Patrick Lawrence Walsh, aged 86, died in custody at Royal Adelaide Hospital from combined acute myeloid leukaemia, acute renal failure, and staphylococcal pneumonia. He had a significant medical history including ischaem…
74y · Female·empyema/sepsis complicating oesophageal perforation following a complicated elec…
Mrs Russell, a 74-year-old woman with diabetes, obesity, COPD and coronary disease, underwent elective hernia repair in November 2016 at a regional hospital. An unexpected colon tumour was removed during surgery. She sub…
76y · Male·multiple organ failure due to large volume aspiration of gastric contents during…
Maurice Nancarrow, 76, died from multiple organ failure following aspiration of gastric contents during anaesthetic induction for cystoscopy on 15 August 2015. He had undergone colorectal surgery on 30 July with complica…
57y · Male·Multiple Organ Failure and Intra-Abdominal Haemorrhage following Cholecystectomy
A 57-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (obesity, diabetes, hypertension, COAD, sleep apnoea) underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy at a regional hospital. The procedure was converted to open due to dense…
61y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy arising from cardiac arrest following self-removal of a c…
Kelvin Moulds, a 61-year-old man, died of hypoxic encephalopathy following a cardiac arrest caused by self-removal of a central venous catheter (CVC) on day 14 post-bilateral lung transplant. The CVC was still in situ de…
63y · Male·Right cerebral infarction caused by infusion of medication via central venous li…
A 63-year-old man with COPD, liver cirrhosis and alcohol dependence underwent emergency hemicolectomy for caecal volvulus. Post-operatively he developed respiratory depression, hypernatremia and alcohol withdrawal requir…
3y · Female·bronchopneumonia in an infant with obstructive sleep apnoea
A 3-year-old Aboriginal girl died from bronchopneumonia complicated by severe obstructive sleep apnoea. She had rapid-onset childhood obesity (36 kg at death; normal weight 14-16 kg) with multiple cardiopulmonary complic…
<1y · Male·Hyaline membrane disease and pneumonia in the setting of pneumothorax
A 2-day-old term infant (2670g, small-for-gestational-age) presented with respiratory distress at 11 hours of life. A capillary blood gas at 1:14pm showed mixed respiratory and metabolic acidosis indicating decompensatio…
70y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septic shock consequent on faecal peritonitis due to …
Ali Djawas, a 70-year-old Indonesian-born man with comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes, COPD), underwent elective right hemicolectomy on 13 March 2017 for a suspicious ileo-caecal lesion. Biopsies were benign, CT imagi…
12y · Male·Cardiac haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of congenital aortic stenosis (su…
Joshua Statis, a 12-year-old with complex congenital aortic stenosis, died 18 days after a redo Konno procedure and aortic valve replacement when a CardioCel patch to the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) ruptured, …
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