164 results for “bowel obstruction”
65y · Male·Complications following a malignant bowel obstruction in a man with multiple com…
…ntellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from complications of malignant bowel obstruction. He presented with chronic constipation in July 2023, was found to have distal transverse colo…
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…
63y · Male·Bowel obstruction
A 63-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, quadriplegia, and blindness died from bowel obstruction with sepsis. On 5 September 2015, carers noted cough and eating difficulties. A locum doctor v…
72y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic bowel c…
Patrick Barry, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, severe dysphagia, and metastatic bowel cancer, died from aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. He had recurrent respiratory tract inf…
34y · Female·aspiration pneumonia in the setting of pseudo-obstruction of the large bowel
34-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, developmental delay, epilepsy, chronic bowel pseudo-obstruction, and swallowing difficulties died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted to Austin…
40y · Male·large bowel obstruction complicating disseminated carcinoma of rectum
A 40-year-old male died in prison custody from large bowel obstruction complicating disseminated rectal carcinoma. He had been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in 2004,…
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…
66y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of a small bowel obstruction
…sability, autism, epilepsy, and swallowing difficulties, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating small bowel obstruction. He presented with vomiting and abdominal distention on 8 May 2023. At hospital, he developed …
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…
48y · Male·sepsis in the setting of aspiration pneumonia and bowel obstruction
…d intellectual disability living in supported care, died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia and bowel obstruction. He presented to hospital with abdominal pain and aspiration pneumonia, was initially discharg…
62y · Female·Stomach perforation complicating recurrent pseudo-obstruction of the bowel
Linda Tucker, a 62-year-old woman with intellectual disability and history of recurrent pseudo-obstruction, presented with acute abdominal distension and was admitted to hospital with findings suspicious of per…
79y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of small bowel obstruction
…ith vomiting on 9 June 2016. His GP was initially not concerned, but after a third vomiting episode, small bowel obstruction was suspected and he was transported to hospital. CT confirmed obstruction; he was deemed unsu…
59y · Female·Complications of a pseudo-obstruction on a background of previous anterior resec…
Julie Anne White, 59, died from complications of pseudo-obstruction following previous sigmoid volvulus resection. She had intellectual disability, dementia, schizophrenia…
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…
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…
51y · Male·Complications of Recurrent Small Bowel Obstruction (palliated)
…wn syndrome and chronic liver disease secondary to Hepatitis B, died from complications of recurrent small bowel obstruction. He had undergone emergency surgery in June 2018 for a perforated bowel with foreign body (sus…
64y · Male·Foreign body associated small bowel obstruction
…n with moderate intellectual disability and autism living in a community residential unit, died from small bowel obstruction caused by a 45mm quartz-like stone he had ingested. Despite a known history of habitual foreig…
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…
82y · Male·Complications of large bowel obstruction in a man with diverticular disease and …
An 82-year-old man died from complications of large bowel obstruction secondary to a sigmoid mass while incarcerated at Port Phillip Prison. He presented with abdom…
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…
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