14 results for “cancer cachexia”
90y · Male·Sepsis in the setting of cachexia in a man with multiple comorbidities
…cted secondary to urinary tract infection, colonic pathology, and subsequently diagnosed advanced prostate cancer. He was severely malnourished (BMI 13.5) with multiple comorbidities. Despite initial response to antibiot…
83y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
Ellis Newton Hughes, 83-year-old retired mining engineer with metastatic prostate cancer, sustained a femoral fracture in a fall on 5 February 2020. He underwent open reduction and internal fixat…
56y · Female·Complications of cervical cancer
Kerry Forrest, aged 56, died in custody on 26 January 2016 from complications of advanced cervical cancer. She was serving a 25-year sentence after being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer in 2012, prior to …
57y · Female·metastatic lung carcinoma
…d longstanding schizoaffective disorder requiring repeated psychiatric admissions. Following terminal lung cancer diagnosis in March 2017, she was managed with palliative care but remained an involuntary patient due to h…
78y · Male·Acute renal failure due to metastatic malignancy (primary site unknown)
…tody at Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He had been diagnosed with advanced dementia and prostate cancer. Medical review found his care at PAHSU exceptional and appropriate care was provided at other facilities.…
71y · Male·metastatic caecal adenocarcinoma
…inoma with liver and lung metastases at Long Bay Hospital in November 2015. He was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in September 2014 and underwent palliative chemotherapy from October 2014. The coroner found no deficienci…
85y · Male·hospital acquired pneumonia on a background of metastatic colorectal carcinoma
An 85-year-old man died from hospital-acquired pneumonia on a background of metastatic colorectal cancer. He was admitted to hospital with psychotic depression, suicidal ideation, and severe malnutrition after t…
62y · Male·Complications of metastatic malignancy (likely lung primary)
Colin James Whaley, aged 62, died from complications of metastatic lung cancer while in custody at Junee Correctional Centre. He was a heavy smoker admitted to prison in June 2023. Sign…
70y · Male·Metastatic oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma
…tomach and lower oesophagus in April 2010 and received surgery and chemotherapy before imprisonment. After cancer recurrence was identified in February 2014, he elected not to pursue further chemotherapy due to side effe…
54y · Female·Pneumonia and radiation induced brain injury
Vishna Damke, a 54-year-old woman with a long history of brainstem tumour treated with radiotherapy in 1994-1995, died of pneumonia complicated by radiation-induced brain injury. She had experienced progressive neurologi…
34y · Female·complications of metastatic rectal cancer
Penelope Dingle died of metastatic rectal cancer on 25 August 2005. She was diagnosed with localised rectal cancer in February 2003 when a potential surgic…
76y · Male·small bowel obstruction in the setting of terminal metastatic neuro-endocrine tu…
…e self-referral forms reporting abdominal pain, weight loss (15kg), diarrhoea, and family history of bowel cancer. Despite nursing staff appropriately identifying need for GP review and colonoscopy, administrative failur…
63y · Female·disseminated metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary in a woman with multiple sc…
…ng multiple sclerosis, died on 30 June 2014 from disseminated metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary. Her cancer went undiagnosed despite regular GP contact. In her final weeks, she refused external care services despit…
71y · Male·sepsis caused by mediastinal empyema (abscess) which complicated perforation of …
…T scan showing suspicious oesophageal thickening was not communicated to the surgeon before the procedure; cancer (adenocarcinoma) was not definitively excluded pre-operatively; diagnosis of perforation was delayed at th…
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