18 results for “decompensated heart failure”
73y · Male·Multiorgan dysfunction in the setting of severe heart failure in a man with mult…
…me, intellectual disability, Barrett's oesophagus, and epilepsy died from multiorgan dysfunction in severe heart failure. He had experienced progressive health decline over months, including falls, weight loss, and swal…
71y · Male·end-stage cardiac failure on a background of ischaemic heart disease with dilate…
Keith Freeman, aged 71, died in custody from end-stage cardiac failure with ischaemic heart disease and dilated cardiomyopathy. He had complex cardiac history including previou…
38y · Male·Unascertained; most likely exposure after walking in bushland
…nity in remote Western Australia on 19 October 2014. He had serious cardiac conditions including rheumatic heart disease, decompensated congestive heart failure, and rapid atrial fibrillation, with documented non-compli…
84y · Female·sepsis and cardiac failure in a woman with hypertensive ischaemic and valvular h…
Aldona Mariana Playford, an 84-year-old woman with extensive medical comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, and severe biventricular dysfunction, died of sepsis and cardiac failure. …
83y · Female·decompensated right heart failure (cor pulmonale) immediately following mitral v…
An 83-year-old woman died from decompensated right heart failure (cor pulmonale) immediately following mitral valve replacement surgery. She had ch…
70y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy with emphysema as a contributing factor
…ual Glover, aged 70, died of dilated cardiomyopathy with emphysema as a contributing factor. He had severe heart failure diagnosed in 2017, complicated by type 2 diabetes, COPD, and heavy smoking history. Arrested in Ap…
68y · Male·decompensated heart failure with pulmonary hypertensive crisis complicated by pn…
…soner with significant cardiac comorbidities including ischaemic and dilated cardiomyopathy, died from decompensated heart failure with pulmonary hypertensive crisis complicated by pneumonia. He was incarcerated for 9 m…
79y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy with decompensated heart failure not appropriately treate…
A 79-year-old woman with severe COPD and heart failure presented with two weeks of nausea and vomiting. She was diagnosed with left ventricular failure (…
92y · Female·decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae low…
A 92-year-old woman with dementia, heart disease, and COPD died from decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae l…
39y · Male·cardiac arrest caused by alcoholic cardiomyopathy
… while in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre. He had a long history of alcohol abuse, hypertension, and heart failure that he had been warned about repeatedly. While imprisoned for a traffic offence related to drink-…
92y · Female·heart failure secondary to aortic stenosis, anaemia, atrial fibrillation and isc…
A 92-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (aortic stenosis, anaemia, atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease) died of heart failure four days after admission to aged care. She had been hospitalised for three…
52y · Male·multiple organ failure and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating generalised seps…
… longstanding refusal of medical care presented with severe cellulitis, sepsis, and previously undiagnosed heart failure secondary to sleep apnoea. He lacked capacity to consent to treatment due to a psychotic illness a…
85y · Male·Sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia due to septic arthritis of left …
…occus aureus bacteraemia arising from septic arthritis of the left shoulder, on a background of congestive heart failure. While receiving generally adequate medical care, a critical medication error occurred when Mr Wil…
76y · Female·infective exacerbation of chronic congestive cardiac failure due to Respiratory …
…ie Foster, 76, died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital from infective exacerbation of chronic congestive cardiac failure due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus. She presented with multifactorial respiratory distress complicated by…
Male·Complications of alcohol and hepatitis C-related liver disease
…al man with advanced alcoholic cirrhosis and recently acquired hepatitis C infection, died of multi-organ failure while on remand in custody. He received appropriate standard medical care in prison for his chronic liver…
65y · Male·Multi-organ failure in a man with an ischaemic right leg treated with opioids
A 65-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions (COPD, cardiac failure, diabetes, obesity) was admitted with pneumonia and severe ischaemic right leg pain. Opioid analgesia for…
55y · Male·Complications of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in a man with mult…
Robert Exell, a 55-year-old Aboriginal man, died from complications of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma while in custody. He had chronic hepatitis C and alcohol-related liver disease since at least 2012. Key …
66y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and influenza A complicating cardiac and renal failure associat…
…ndary to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma died from bronchopneumonia and influenza A complicating cardiac and renal failure. He developed delirium, agitation and paranoia during his final admission, requiring an Inpatient Treatme…
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