71 results for “cardiorespiratory failure”
38y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest caused by mixed…
…d drug toxicity (heroin and methylamphetamine overdose) causing hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and cardiorespiratory arrest. The coroner found it more likely than not that her partner Justin Witsen injected her with h…
81y · Female·Complications of choking on a food bolus in a woman with dementia
…aims of 2cm maximum) and collapsed during lunch. Staff provided back thrusts but failed to recognise cardiorespiratory arrest and did not commence CPR. There was a 5-10 minute delay before recognising the severity, with…
34y · Male·cardiorespiratory arrest during struggle and restraint in a man with methylamphe…
…lamphetamine intoxication (blood level 1.2 mg/L) and focal coronary artery atherosclerosis died from cardiorespiratory arrest during a struggle and restraint by a homeowner and subsequent police officers. The deceased h…
89y · Male·ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with aspiratio…
…man with ischaemic heart disease, COPD, dementia, and Korsakoff syndrome died at a nursing home from cardiorespiratory failure with aspiration pneumonia. He was found on the bathroom floor after a fall and pronounced de…
42y · Female·gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) toxicity; cardiorespiratory depression
…on promptly and professionally when she was found unresponsive, but the patient had already suffered cardiorespiratory depression from the toxic drug dose. Critical delays in resuscitation occurred because perpetrators …
33y · Female·Combined drug toxicity, with thioridazine as the principal component, in the con…
…edications with alcohol. She collapsed at her mother's home in South Hedland on 2 April and suffered cardiorespiratory arrest. The coroner found the death accidental, not suicidal. Key issues identified included: the de…
23y · Female·chronic hydrocephalus with brain swelling
…y, prescribed ketorolac and diazepam, and discharged her after she vomited. She died that night from cardiorespiratory failure triggered by vomiting-induced rise in intracranial pressure. While Dr B.'s documentation and…
29y · Female·Hypoxic Encephalopathy consequent upon Cardiorespiratory Arrest arising from eit…
…urgery in April 2007. She developed anaphylaxis post-procedure (likely cephalosporin-triggered) with cardiorespiratory arrest. The attending GP sedationist administered adrenaline but failed to intubate effectively, lea…
39y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (aetiology not determined); cardiorespiratory a…
…ion where he punched a security officer. The restraint lasted approximately 12 minutes, resulting in cardiorespiratory arrest due to hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. Three forensic pathologists concluded the cause of d…
40y · Male·Global ischaemic brain injury following cardiorespiratory arrest during prone re…
…proximately 4 minutes before losing consciousness. He developed global ischaemic brain injury due to cardiorespiratory arrest during this restraint and died at The Alfred Hospital. The autopsy identified cardiomegaly an…
0y · Female·bronchopneumonia caused by hypoxic brain damage caused or contributed to by meni…
A 9-month-old Aboriginal girl died from bronchopneumonia caused by hypoxic brain damage following cardiorespiratory arrest due to meningitis and seizures. During resuscitation at a rural GP clinic, a CO₂ cylinder was…
72y · Male·pneumonia in a man with metastatic colon cancer
…t, he deteriorated progressively with an unresectable tumour invading multiple organs. He suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest on 19 May 2010 and was not resuscitated per his prior wishes. The coroner found pneumonia as …
85y · Female·acute exacerbation of congestive heart failure, following injuries suffered in a…
Ms Tremethick, an 85-year-old with congestive heart failure, fell at home and suffered a lacerated forearm. Paramedics attended and initially administered methoxyflu…
2y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest secondary to up…
…s required 4+ hours observation post-adrenaline before safe discharge. The following day he suffered cardiorespiratory arrest from upper airway obstruction, resulting in severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and death. …
0y · Male·Cardiorespiratory failure due to failure of anaesthetic rebreathe bag
Taylor Ainalidis, aged 3 weeks, died on 21 June 2000 at the Royal Children's Hospital following cardiorespiratory failure during resuscitation after surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot. The primary cause was failure of…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest in the se…
Mrs Le Hue Huynh, 46, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest during the November 21, 2016 Thunderstorm Asthma event in Melbourne. She had known asthma wit…
34y · Male·multiple organ failure following cardiorespiratory arrest in a man with focal co…
A 34-year-old man died from cardiorespiratory arrest with multiple organ failure after methylamphetamine use combined with underlying focal corona…
40y · Male·respiratory failure due to Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
… (400mg instead of 175mg) due to a medication chart mix-up. Approximately one hour later he suffered cardiorespiratory arrest and subsequently died from ARDS. The coroner found sedation from multiple CNS depressants com…
40y · Male·Cardiomyopathy with early pneumonia in a man with reported sleep apnoea and high…
…ilation and hypercapnia despite apparently normal respiratory rate on visual inspection. He suffered cardiorespiratory arrest between 6.30am and 7.10am on 21 November and could not be revived. Clinical lessons: undiagno…
73y · Female·end stage renal failure
Patricia Andrew, a 73-year-old woman with Down syndrome, end-stage renal failure, type 2 diabetes, and intellectual disability, was resident in a Department of Human Services community u…
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