Coronial

7 results for catheter change

TASaged care2022-10-13

Coroner's Finding: Krushka, Robert

66y · Male·sepsis following bacteraemia caused by transurethral catheter insertion

…ntia and multiple comorbidities died from sepsis following bacteraemia after a routine indwelling urinary catheter change at a nursing home. The catheter insertion was traumatic, resulting in haematuria, anuria, fever an…

geriatric medicineemergency medicineproceduralsystem
SAhospital2017-11-15

Coroner's Finding: BROADWAY Rita Ann

66y · Female·urinary tract infection with contributing hypertensive heart disease, diabetes m…

…ry Hospital Emergency Department with vaginal pain and signs of infection. She had a long-term indwelling catheter placed for urinary incontinence. The ED doctor did not recognize catheter-associated urinary tract infect…

emergency medicineinfectious diseasesdiagnosticcommunicationparacetamol/codeine
VICcommunity2012-02-06

Finding into death of John Miklosowa

38y · Male·Urosepsis

…sis after rapid deterioration at his residential facility on 28 March 2009. He had a permanent suprapubic catheter inserted in 2008 for chronic urinary retention and had experienced ongoing problems with catheter dysfunc…

general practiceurology
VIC2014-10-14

Finding into death of William Morrison Nunan

78y · Male·urinary tract infection in a man with dementia and epilepsy

…tellectual disability, dementia, epilepsy, and chronic urinary tract infections managed with a suprapubic catheter, died of urosepsis at a hospice after admission for end-of-life care. His health had deteriorated rapidly…

palliative caregeneral practiceclonazepam
VIChospital2025-08-17

Finding into death of Wayne Daniel Holland

61y · Male·urosepsis in the setting of chronic suprapubic catheterisation in a man with con…

Wayne Daniel Holland, aged 61, died from urosepsis related to chronic suprapubic catheterisation. He had significant disability from congenital rubella and lived in specialist disability accommod…

emergency medicineinfectious diseasesmetaraminol
SAhospital2011-03-28

Coroner's Finding: ALLAN Vera

81y · Female·Severe cardiogenic shock complicating cardiac surgery

…left coronary artery tear of uncertain aetiology developed intraoperatively. Critically, the ICU registrar changed the inotropic regime from vasodilating adrenaline to vasoconstricting noradrenaline without consulting th…

cardiothoracic surgeryanaesthesiamedicationcommunicationadrenaline
QLDhospital2016-02-22

Robertson, Elsie - Non-inquest findings

0y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to intra-partum event and E. coli sepsis, s…

…hours were not adequately escalated to senior staff. While experts concluded the delays did not ultimately change outcome, systematic improvements in labelling, documentation, communication protocols, and earlier antibio…

obstetricsneonatologycommunicationsystemmagnesium sulphate

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