55y · Male·Urosepsis and pneumonia, with contributing factor of Down syndrome
Gregory Duffy, a 55-year-old man with Down syndrome and intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from urosepsis and pneumonia following recurrent urinary tract infections. He had multiple UTIs duri…
57y · Male·Lung abscess and bronchopneumonia
Terrence Michael O'Sullivan, a 57-year-old man with intellectual disability, blindness, deafness and epilepsy, died from lung abscess and bronchopneumonia caused by Klebsiella oxytoca. He presented with a pressure wound …
32y · Female·Sepsis due to pyelonephritis of the right kidney due to acute and chronic cystit…
A 32-year-old Vietnamese-speaking woman died from sepsis due to pyelonephritis following premature discharge from hospital onto a midwifery support program. Multiple missed diagnostic opportunities occurred: difficulty p…
63y · Male·Sepsis in a man with complicated peripheral vascular disease
Hong Tay, a 63-year-old man with extensive peripheral vascular disease, diabetes, and prior amputations, died from sepsis in an aged care facility following a cervical spine fracture sustained in a fall. After conservati…
88y · Female·Sepsis complicated by multiple organ failure in a woman with comorbidities in th…
An 88-year-old woman died from sepsis with multiple organ failure following shoulder surgery. She developed an undiagnosed urinary tract infection after placement of an indwelling catheter. Critical failures included: in…
65y · Female·Combined effects of acute pneumonia, pancreatitis, urinary tract infection, and …
A 65-year-old woman with chronic alcohol use disorder, multiple comorbidities, and progressive functional decline died from combined effects of pneumonia, pancreatitis, urinary tract infection, and severe pressure ulcers…
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