80y · Female·Complications of chronic lymphocytic lymphoma in the setting of multiple medical…
Joyce Drummond, an 80-year-old woman with chronic lymphocytic lymphoma, pancytopenia, and intellectual disability, died from complications of her lymphoma …
76y · Male·Intracranial Haemorrhage Secondary to Blunt Head Trauma (Fall) in the Setting of…
A 76-year-old man with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukaemia in blast crisis was admitted to hospital with sepsis and pancytopenia from chemotherapy…
51y · Male·Complications of Recurrent Small Bowel Obstruction (palliated)
Matthew Clark, 51, with Down syndrome and chronic liver disease secondary to Hepatitis B, died from complications of recurrent small bowel obstruction. He …
76y · Female·left lower lobe pneumonia complicating metapneumovirus infection
…n at Lyell McEwin Hospital. She had extensive psychiatric history (schizoaffective disorder/bipolar) with chronic mental health admissions, managed at Clements House aged care facility. She developed respiratory symptom…
41y · Male·Fulminant sepsis (Klebsiella pneumoniae) with multi-organ failure complicating s…
A 41-year-old man with newly diagnosed severe Crohn's colitis was prescribed 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) after only 5 days of hospital treatment. He had a homozygous TPMT gene deficiency (present in ~0.3% of population) that…
61y · Male·metastatic oesophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma
Terrence Wells, a 61-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic oesophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma in December 2018. Cancer was diagnosed in April 2018 after he reported difficulty swallowing, which was initially attribut…
45y · Male·Intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to ruptured spleen due to splenomegaly due to ci…
Hayward Rasmussen, a 45-year-old man with cirrhosis and severe splenomegaly, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to ruptured spleen while in custody. He collapsed in prison after sustaining possible rib injuries fr…
86y · Male·multi-organ failure due to sepsis on a background of sacral pressure ulcer
An 86-year-old man died from multi-organ failure due to sepsis from a stage 4 sacral pressure ulcer after 61 days in a regional hospital. Critical failures included delayed pressure injury risk assessment (7 days overdue…
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