30 results for “bowel adhesions”
64y · Male·Small bowel infarction due to a volvulus owing to adhesions in the small intesti…
…tal's Emergency Department in October 2012 with severe central abdominal pain. The ED consultant diagnosed bowel obstruction but failed to consider critical complications such as strangulation, perforation, and peritoni…
74y · Male·Small bowel obstruction due to extensive intra-abdominal adhesions
…hy Funder, a 74-year-old man with schizophrenia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and previous small bowel obstruction, died from small bowel obstruction due to extensive intra-abdominal adhesions. He presented wi…
51y · Female·peritoneal sepsis with multiple organ failure due to perforation of bowel by for…
…l disability and schizoaffective disorder died from peritoneal sepsis and multiple organ failure caused by bowel perforation from a wooden stick. The stick entered her body via her vaginal canal. She presented with abdo…
57y · Male·Small bowel perforation complicating small bowel obstruction arising from intra-…
… with intellectual disability (IQ 55) and history of self-inflicted abdominal stab wounds, died from small bowel perforation complicating obstruction due to intra-abdominal adhesions. Care was fragmented across five loc…
43y · Female·sepsis secondary to extensive acute peritonitis following perforation of small b…
43-year-old woman died from sepsis and necrotising fasciitis following small bowel perforation during laparoscopic tubal ligation. She was at high risk due to previous abdominal surgeries a…
66y · Male·Peritonitis secondary to bowel perforation from small bowel obstruction caused b…
…esented with vomiting and diarrhoea. His GP, Dr D., ordered an abdominal X-ray on 23 June 2010, suspecting bowel obstruction but did not mark it urgent. The radiologist, Dr T., identified a small bowel obstruction and a…
0y · Male·Complications of small bowel obstruction due to post operative adhesions
Marcus Charles, a 3-month-old neonate, died from small bowel obstruction due to postoperative adhesions following earlier surgical repair of oesophageal atresia and du…
90y · Male·bowel obstruction leading to acute renal failure, sepsis and respiratory failure
A 90-year-old man with advanced dementia and multiple comorbidities died from bowel obstruction causing acute renal failure, sepsis, and respiratory failure. He had recently been placed in a…
58y · Female·Ischaemic small bowel due to bowel obstruction most likely due to a combination …
Mrs Fulham, aged 58, died from ischaemic small bowel due to obstruction from adhesions and Crohn's disease recurrence. On 22 November, she presented to GP with…
79y · Female·aspiration pneumonia caused by aspiration of emesis secondary to small bowel obs…
Mrs Little, 79, died from aspiration pneumonia caused by small bowel obstruction post-hysterectomy surgery. The obstruction resulted from both pre-existing adhesions and a pos…
67y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septic shock consequent on faecal peritonitis due to …
…d abdominal pain post-operatively. A laparoscopy on 8 October misinterpreted findings and missed ischaemic bowel—a critical diagnostic error. The expert review identified a 48-hour delay before appropriate laparotomy on…
69y · Female·faecal peritonitis due to small bowel obstruction and perforation due to periton…
…diagnosis. She deteriorated rapidly and died at home the next morning from faecal peritonitis due to small bowel obstruction and perforation from peritoneal adhesions. The coroner found the standard of care was seriousl…
Female·Emily Ruth Leonard: multi-organ failure due to overwhelming sepsis from a perfor…
…men died following vaginal prolapse surgery performed by the same surgeon, Dr O., with similar mechanisms: bowel perforation leading to peritonitis and sepsis. Mrs Leonard (77) underwent laparoscopic surgery on 30 Octob…
78y · Female·sepsis and aspiration with metabolic dysfunction as a result of mechanical small…
…vember 2007 with a misdiagnosis of constipation, despite clinical and imaging features diagnostic of small bowel obstruction caused by abdominal adhesions from previous surgery. She had presented with vomiting, anorexia…
1y · Female·infarction and volvulus of the small intestine due to adhesion from prior nephre…
…he child was initially treated in the waiting area without documented observations for over 5 hours. Small bowel obstruction was suspected at 4:45am but imaging was delayed and initially appeared normal. Critical diagno…
73y · Female·Multi organ failure due to adhesions related bowel perforation (surgically treat…
Sharyn Kaine, a 73-year-old woman, died from multi-organ failure due to adhesions-related bowel perforation and paracetamol-induced liver failure. She was prescribed intravenous paraceta…
87y · Male·Strangulated small bowel due to adhesions from previous abdominal surgery
…n. Within 24 hours, nursing staff observed a distended abdomen and bile-stained vomiting—clinical signs of bowel obstruction. Despite these findings being documented and communicated verbally at handover, the informatio…
56y · Male·Complications of a small bowel obstruction
…ction, but subsequently deteriorated with tachypnoea and tachycardia. Post-mortem imaging revealed a small bowel obstruction with air-fluid levels but no identifiable cause (likely adhesions). The clinical lesson is tha…
68y · Female·Presumed septic shock with multiple organ failure secondary to acute suppurative…
A 68-year-old woman died from septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to acute suppurative appendicitis complicated by recent peritoneal adhesion division. Admitted on 31 March 2005 with acute abdominal pain, she …
27y · Male·Loss of airway control and blockage due to aspiration from complications of a sm…
… 27-year-old physician with cystic fibrosis, died from aspiration and airway blockage secondary to a small bowel obstruction whilst under dual respiratory-surgical care at Westmead Hospital. Critical clinical lessons in…
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