8 results for “bulbar dysfunction”
46y · Male·Septic shock complicating pneumonia in the setting of spastic quadriplegia and e…
…the GP, or hospital staff contributed to his death. The case highlights the vulnerability of patients with bulbar dysfunction to aspiration pneumonia and the importance of coordinated multidisciplinary assessment in mana…
47y · Male·Pneumonia (1(a)), Motor neurone disease (1(b))
Raymond Cassar, a 47-year-old man with motor neurone disease requiring ventilatory support, died of pneumonia at a disability accommodation service. He had been diagnosed with a chest infection on 19 June 2018 and prescr…
3y · Female·COMPLICATIONS FROM SEVERE CEREBRAL PALSY
Baby E, a 3-year-old with severe cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia, bulbar dysfunction and upper airway obstruction, died from complications of her severe cerebral palsy. She presen…
48y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating progressive degenerative neurological disorder…
Adam Greaves, a 48-year-old man with progressive degenerative neurological disorder, frontotemporal dementia, severe dysphagia, and cerebral palsy, died from aspiration pneumonia after admission to hospital with acute br…
57y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy
A 57-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and a history of aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia. She presented to hospital with upper respiratory symptoms initially…
49y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury related to tracheostomy complications in form of airway occ…
…layed diagnosis. Following complex neurosurgery causing Wallenberg syndrome, she required tracheostomy for bulbar dysfunction. On 13 June 2018, she suffered cardiorespiratory arrest due to airway occlusion from sputum pl…
5y · Female·Epilepsy in association with Cerebral Palsy
A 5-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy (GMFCS level 5) and intractable epilepsy died at home, likely from a seizure. She had multiple medical complexities including microcephaly, developmental delay, unsafe swallow…
<1y · Female·Complications of spinal muscular atrophy
Frankie Skye Foulkes, a four-month-old diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 1, died from complications of SMA while positioned in a standard car seat during a car journey. She had recently commenced nusinersen tre…
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