15 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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
34y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian), in circums…
Melissa Gaultier, 34 years old, was discharged from Latrobe Regional Hospital's psychiatric ward (Flynn Unit) less than 24 hours after admission on 13 April 2017, despite comprehensive warnings from Monash Health that sh…
29y · Male·Ketoacidosis as a consequence of diabetes mellitus (Type 1)
Steven Thelander, aged 29, died from ketoacidosis due to poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes while in residential disability support care at Multicap. He h…
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