6 results for “diaphragmatic injury”
70y · Male·severe metabolic acidosis due to multi organ failure including liver ischaemia
… severe metabolic acidosis and multi-organ failure following a thoracoscopic repair of a chronic right diaphragmatic hernia. The coroner identified multiple significant failings: the surgeon Dr F. failed to adequately r…
40y · Male·Single gunshot wound to the shoulder, chest and abdomen
Daniel Shane Vella, a 40-year-old tattoo artist, was fatally shot during a robbery at Pretty in Ink tattoo parlour in West Ryde, NSW on 26 March 2011. A single gunshot wound traversed his left shoulder, chest and abdomen…
20y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision
…rvivable multiple blunt force injuries including traumatic brain haemorrhage, bilateral haemothoraces, diaphragmatic rupture, and pelvic fractures. The offender did not brake before impact and was using cruise control. …
72y · Female·Pneumonia following cervical spine injuries sustained in an unwitnessed mechanic…
…problems, and probable dementia. While in hospital, there was a delayed identification of her C4-C6 spinal injury (approximately two weeks), caused by deviations from protocols and incomplete neurological observations. T…
20y · Male·anoxic brain injury following cardio-respiratory arrest caused by hypoxia result…
A 20-year-old male died from anoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by hypoxia resulting from tracheostomy tube occlusion. After motor vehicle…
61y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy arising from cardiac arrest following self-removal of a c…
Kelvin Moulds, a 61-year-old man, died of hypoxic encephalopathy following a cardiac arrest caused by self-removal of a central venous catheter (CVC) on day 14 post-bilateral lung transplant. The CVC was still in situ de…
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