82y · Female·sepsis with septic shock due to ascending cholangitis
…disorder subject to mental health treatment orders, died from sepsis with septic shock due to ascending cholangitis. She had gallstones identified on MRCP during psychiatric admission but was deemed high-risk for electi…
52y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a female who had undergone a laparoscopic cholecystectom…
…cerebral palsy, and epilepsy, died from aspiration pneumonia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholangitis and cholelithiasis complicated by pancreatitis. She had vomited large quantities of fluid prior to admi…
76y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia and cholangitis; obstructive jaundice from intraduct tumour…
76-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and PEG feeding died from aspiration pneumonia and cholangitis secondary to an obstructive bile duct tumour. She was admitted with obstructive jaundice and sepsis, un…
55y · Male·Ascending cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis
A 55-year-old man with Down syndrome died from ascending cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis following recurrent biliary sepsis. He had multiple comorbidities including …
63y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis
…th intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from bronchopneumonia complicated by cholangitis due to gallstone obstruction. He presented with weight loss and underwent CT imaging showing gallstones…
57y · Male·ascending cholangitis due to or as a consequence of cholangiocarcinoma
Maxwell Ronald Brown, a 57-year-old Aboriginal man, died in custody from ascending cholangitis secondary to inoperable cholangiocarcinoma. Admitted to Townsville Hospital palliative care unit on 22 …
46y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating epistaxis in the setting of prolonged nasal pr…
…cating epistaxis following prolonged nasal prong oxygen therapy. During a 20-day hospital admission for cholangitis and aspiration pneumonia, nasal pressure injuries developed from continuous high-flow nasal oxygen. Med…
68y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury and ischaemic heart disease
Hugh Peter Bourke, a 68-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, and recent abdominal surgery, suffered a cardiac arrest at home on 6 January 2011. He had undergone cholecystectomy in De…
61y · Female·multi organ failure due to abdominal sepsis
Lesley Arndell, aged 61, died from multi-organ failure due to abdominal sepsis after undergoing a Whipple's procedure for pancreatic cancer. Key clinical lessons include: (1) patients with previous bariatric surgery requ…
77y · Female·Haemoperitoneum following cholecystectomy
A 77-year-old woman died from haemoperitoneum (intra-abdominal bleeding) three days after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Bleeding from the left inferior epigastric artery was a recognised surgical complication bu…
74y · Male·Aspiration of gastric contents due to paralytic ileus following Whipple surgery …
William Searle, a 74-year-old prisoner, died from aspiration of gastric contents following a Whipple procedure for recurrent ampullary adenoma. The clinical lessons involve recognition of gastroparesis risk in high-risk …
59y · Female·complications of intra-abdominal sepsis, including multi-organ failure and bowel…
59-year-old woman died from intra-abdominal sepsis, multi-organ failure and bowel perforation following median hepatectomy for cholangiocarcinoma. Key clinical issues included: surgical delays of 20 days between stent in…
68y · Male·Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Ivan Leo Goolagong, a 68-year-old Wiradjuri man, died of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma while in Long Bay Prison Hospital Medical Subacute Unit in July 2017, five months after undergoing a Whipple procedure. The co…
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