13 results for “bowel impaction”
53y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating large bowel obstruction due to faecal impactio…
…g Type II diabetes, cirrhosis, and chronic constipation, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating large bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction. She was admitted to Alfred Hospital on 3 November 2022 with abdominal…
39y · Male·Complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction
… schizo-affective illness, hepatic cirrhosis, and substance abuse history died from complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction with aspiration pneumonia. He had been admitted involuntarily for acute psychosis and u…
89y · Male·combination of biochemical consequences of colonic pseudo-obstruction and faecal…
An 89-year-old man with multiple comorbidities including previous colon cancer died from faecal impaction and stercoral colitis. He resided in a residential aged care facility (RACF) where staff failed to recog…
10y · Female·Ischaemic large bowel; large bowel obstruction secondary to chronic constipation
Child W, aged 10, died from ischaemic large bowel secondary to chronic constipation and faecal impaction. She had lifelong constipation and encopresis (soil…
68y · Male·Stercoral perforation in a man with cerebral palsy
…ar-old man with cerebral palsy, died from stercoral perforation following severe constipation and faecal impaction. He had multiple complex disabilities including quadriplegia, dysphagia, and epilepsy, managed by a mult…
22y · Female·bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction
Susan Windie, a 22-year-old with rare congenital abnormalities affecting bowel function, died from bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction complicated by abdominal compartment syndrom…
45y · Female·aspiration of vomitus with bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction
…ffective disorder, died on 13 May 2007 at Albany Regional Hospital from aspiration of vomitus secondary to bowel obstruction due to severe faecal impaction. She had been admitted as an involuntary patient on 2 May 2007.…
51y · Female·Complication of Parkinson's disease
…August 2025 while under palliative care. She had been admitted to hospital in May 2025 for severe faecal impaction with pseudo-obstruction and subsequently refused medications. By July, she was on home palliative care w…
11y · Female·Complications of E. coli sepsis in association with intestinal obstruction due t…
…miting. She died 12 hours later from E. coli sepsis associated with intestinal obstruction due to faecal impaction of megacolon. Critical delays in management included: a three-hour delay administering the phosphate ene…
11y · Male·complications of bowel obstruction in the setting of chronic constipation
RDZ was an 11-year-old Aboriginal boy who died from complications of bowel obstruction secondary to chronic constipation with a fecalith. He had been under paediatric care for years…
66y · Male·Cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease secondary to obesity (WHO Class …
Glenn Cook, a 66-year-old man with moderate intellectual disability living in Specialist Disability Accommodation, died from cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease secondary to obesity and hypercholesterolaemia.…
78y · Female·Complications of mandibular fractures sustained in a fall, in the setting of mal…
Frances Hayden, 78, died from complications of mandibular fractures sustained in a fall at an aged care facility. She had long-standing schizoaffective disorder with associated anorexia, resulting in severe malnutrition …
56y · Male·Complications of clostridium difficile and malnutrition in the setting of cerebr…
Mr C was a 56-year-old man with cerebral palsy and acquired brain injury who died from complications of Clostridioides difficile infection and malnutrition. He was admitted to hospital on 21 January 2022 with diarrhoea, …
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