12 results for “cardiac arrest”
4y · Male·hypoxic brain injury complicating out of hospital cardiac arrest (unknown cause)
… resuscitation, he suffered hypoxic brain injury and died. The precipitating cause of his out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remained unknown despite thorough investigation. Clinical lessons include: the importance of timel…
19y · Male·ischaemic brain injury after cardiac arrest, brought about by blunt force injuri…
Tommy Ngo, 19, died from ischaemic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by blunt force neck injuries sustained during Chinese lion dancing training. He was propell…
20y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to displacement of tracheostomy and p…
…k airway, and failure to perform timely finger thoracostomy significantly contributed to Adam's 46-minute cardiac arrest, hypoxic brain injury, and death. The rigid adherence to an inadequate airway plan, absence of eff…
76y · Female·Ludwig's angina
…his complex, time-critical case. The patient developed acute airway obstruction during transfer, suffered cardiac arrest and hypoxic brain injury. Key lessons: Ludwig's angina requires recognition of airway compromise r…
4y · Male·Complications of T-cell lymphoma
…n antibiotics and prednisolone. He re-presented days later with severe respiratory distress, collapsed in cardiac arrest, and was found to have a large mediastinal T-cell lymphoma. He suffered profound hypoxic brain inj…
32y · Female·Cardiac arrest due to hypoxia caused by dynamic hyperinflation arising from comp…
…dard for complex cases; (4) Once intubated, her stenotic airway caused dynamic hyperinflation, leading to cardiac arrest. The autopsy revealed previously undiagnosed severe subglottic stenosis. Earlier recognition would…
54y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage caused by blood loss and airway obstruction due t…
…ography with arterial embolisation, the patient would likely have survived. Instead, he deteriorated into cardiac arrest requiring 97 minutes resuscitation, resulting in hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from which he coul…
78y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure due to complications of tracheal stenosis
Bruce Hodges, a 78-year-old man with a 20-year-old tracheostomy following laryngeal cancer surgery, presented to hospital with progressive shortness of breath and tracheal stenosis. Over 48 hours of admission, his respir…
49y · Female·Hypoxia due to complications following incision and drainage of a right buttock …
A 48-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, COPD, chronic kidney disease, ischaemic heart disease) died following complications of anaesthesia during incision and drainage of a buttock abscess. Critical fa…
25y · Female·Airway obstruction complicating laryngeal dilation for the treatment of subglott…
Ms Sobb, a 25-year-old woman with spondylo-epi-metaphyseal dysplasia causing severe airway abnormalities and subglottic stenosis, died from airway obstruction following laryngeal dilation. She was admitted to ICU with as…
31y · Male·Upper airway obstruction due to pharyngeal abscess caused by dental abscess, whi…
Karl Scholz, 31-year-old male, died from upper airway obstruction due to pharyngeal abscess originating from untreated dental infection. He presented with severe facial cellulitis and abscess following dental procedures …
22y · Male·Airway obstruction due to laryngeal abscess and laryngeal chondronecrosis due to…
…table, interpreted his progressive respiratory distress as anxiety. He deteriorated overnight and died in cardiac arrest. Had appropriate ENT assessment occurred on 13 July, Kyle would likely have had his airway secured…
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