4 results for “chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure”
69y · Female·Asthma
…me on 28 June 1994 and was transported to Alfred Hospital. She deteriorated overnight in the hospital's Respiratory Ward despite initial improvement in Emergency Department. She was managed by an inexperienced junior do…
54y · Female·complications related to post-polio syndrome and chronic respiratory weakness; n…
Gabriele Hannemann, a 54-year-old woman with severe post-polio quadriplegia and chronic respiratory failure, died suddenly at home during consensual sexual activity. She had severely compromise…
68y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease (operated); severe native coronary artery atheroma with …
…essive MS Contin consumption (suspected 10 tablets taken prior to admission), leading to opioid-related respiratory depression requiring naloxone administration. The coroner concluded his underlying severe cardiac disea…
81y · Male·Chronic lung disease (severe COPD) with atherosclerotic cardiovascular and valvu…
…ication on all oxygen prescriptions and careful titration to target saturations 88-92%, not higher; (2) respiratory depressant medications (opioids, benzodiazepines) are contraindicated in COPD patients at risk of type …
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