27 results for “diabetic ketoacidosis”
75y · Female·Infective complications of a left hand injury with diabetic ketoacidosis
…tions of a left hand wound sustained in a fall from a ladder in November 2023, complicated by undiagnosed diabetic ketoacidosis. Despite family encouragement to seek medical attention, she declined treatment, claiming fa…
29y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis
… arranging fasting blood tests for the following day. Mr Hodgson was found deceased the next morning from diabetic ketoacidosis with markedly elevated glucose (45 mmol/L). The coroner found that performing a bedside fing…
Female·diabetic ketoacidosis
Patricia Chan died on 25 August 2006 from diabetic ketoacidosis following dental extraction four days earlier. She had type 2 diabetes. Her condition deteri…
38y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis secondary to pyelonephritis in a man with insulin dependen…
…tial blindness, gastroparesis, seizures, chronic kidney disease and peripheral vascular disease died from diabetic ketoacidosis precipitated by pyelonephritis. He had vomited the day before admission and presented in car…
49y · Male·Diabetes Mellitus and the Consequences thereof
…diabetes for 30 years with severe complications including bilateral amputations, Fournier's gangrene, and diabetic ketoacidosis. Recently diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer with six-month life expectancy, he was…
24y · Female·diabetic ketoacidosis in the setting of diabetes mellitus
Kylie Anne Lightfoot, a 24-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes, died from diabetic ketoacidosis. She presented to Dr S.'s practice on 4 May 2007 with abdominal pain, having not checked her…
55y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis
CM, a 55-year-old man with severe congenital disabilities and Type 2 Diabetes, died from diabetic ketoacidosis while residing in a disability support facility. In the week preceding death, he experienced…
62y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis in a man with coronary atherosclerosis and cardiomegaly
…hyperglycemia. Phillip deteriorated rapidly at home that evening with altered mental status and died from diabetic ketoacidosis with concurrent coronary atherosclerosis. The coroner found that performing a fingerprick gl…
48y · Female·Aspiration of stomach contents and pneumonia, following cardiac arrest
…alsy and diabetes, died from aspiration of stomach contents and pneumonia. She presented to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and coffee-ground vomit, which raised concern for gastrointestinal bleeding. Clinical …
64y · Male·Subdural haematoma with mass effect following thrombolysis for acute myocardial …
…g diabetes, mental illness, chronic alcohol misuse, and previous traumatic brain injury was admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis and acute kidney injury. He developed acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) and received throm…
74y · Female·Diabetic ketoacidosis
A 74-year-old woman with Type 1 diabetes died from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in an aged care facility. Between 7-10 December 2016, her blood glucose levels remaine…
45y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis with multi-organ failure caused by pneumonia
…al vital signs including tachycardia, he left before seeing a doctor and died at home 12 hours later from diabetic ketoacidosis with pneumonia and multi-organ failure. The critical failure was the triage nurse not notify…
17y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis
…respiratory infection. They did not take a blood glucose level or transport him to hospital. He died from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) six hours later. The coroner found his death was preventable: the significantly abnorm…
74y · Female·Post-operative exacerbation of delirium and terminal functional deterioration du…
…tment trolley bed, sustaining a neck of femur fracture requiring surgery. Post-operatively, she developed diabetic ketoacidosis and influenza A, requiring ICU admission. She died from post-operative delirium and function…
17y · Female·Multi System Failure following acute onset (Acute Diabetic Ketoacidosis) Diabete…
Lee Rebecca Halford, a 17-year-old girl, died of acute diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) following undiagnosed Type 1 diabetes. She initially presented to a GP with vomiting o…
16y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy in the context of diabetic ketoacidosis
A 16-year-old with Type 1 Diabetes died from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) precipitated by acute gastroenteritis acquired while on a school trip to Vietnam. Desp…
29y · Female·acute myocardial infarction due to stenotic coronary vessel (left anterior desce…
Rebecca Richardson, a 29-year-old with type 1 diabetes and coronary artery disease, died of acute myocardial infarction on 7-9 May 2019. She presented to NWRH ED on 6 May with abdominal pain and vomiting, initially attri…
57y · Male·atherosclerotic heart disease in a man with diabetes mellitus
…essels, previous myocardial infarction, and had recently recovered from life-threatening endocarditis and diabetic ketoacidosis. Medical care was of high standard with appropriate monitoring and treatment. He was assesse…
58y · Female·Complications of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
…nisation; and failure to maintain regular attendance at diabetes clinic. Her GP correctly identified poor diabetic control on 10 March and 6 June 2022 but did not re-refer to specialist clinic or escalate care. IHCS term…
54y · Male·Respiratory failure secondary to prolonged ventilation for the management of sep…
Christopher McIntosh, a 54-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, died from respiratory failure secondary to sepsis originating from an infected foot ulcer while incarcerated at Hopkins Correctional Centre. The coroner found…
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