TAShospital2018-03-26
Coroner's Finding: Russell; Patricia Joy
74y · Female·empyema/sepsis complicating oesophageal perforation following a complicated elec…
…stomosis requiring surgical repair. Critically, she also suffered a spontaneous oesophageal perforation (Boerhaave syndrome) likely on 6-7 November, but this diagnosis was not made until 13 November—a six-day delay. The…
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