7 results for “diabetic peripheral neuropathy”
79y · Female·subdural haematoma following mechanical fall with head strike
A 79-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, and previous partial foot amputation fell backwards in a hospital toilet on 23 November 2018…
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…
61y · Male·lung carcinoma
Kelvin Gardoll, a 61-year-old man, died in custody from lung carcinoma on 4 August 2014 at Long Bay Correctional Complex Hospital. He had presented with a skin lesion that was excised in 2010 (histologically confirmed as…
54y · Male·Respiratory failure secondary to prolonged ventilation for management of sepsis …
…onal Centre when his condition deteriorated. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) patients with chronic diabetic ulcers refusing treatment require enhanced vigilance and structured monitoring; (2) wound care management…
73y · Male·multisystem organ failure in the context of trauma and limb fracture
A 73-year-old Indigenous man with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, obesity, sleep apnoea, ischaemic heart disease) sustained a right ankle fracture following collision with a motor vehicle while riding a m…
24y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following unexplained cardiorespiratory arrest
A 24-year-old female with brittle Type 1 diabetes and multiple comorbidities presented to Joondalup ED with a rapidly spreading blistering rash on 3 September 2009. Dr C. appropriately identified a potentially serious de…
53y · Male·Metastatic pancreatic carcinoma
Michael Sanderson, a 53-year-old Gamilaroi man, died from metastatic pancreatic cancer while in custody. Critical clinical lessons emerge: (1) failure to review pathology results within required 14-day timeframe delayed …
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