245 results for “fever”
43y · Male·Acute bacterial meningitis
…r, a 43-year-old man, died from acute bacterial meningitis on 3 October 2009. He presented with back pain, fever, and paraesthesia on 25 September, attended Benalla Hospital (discharged home), saw GP Dr S. on 28 Septemb…
3y · Female·Streptococcus pyogenes septicaemia
…r a 10-day illness. She presented four times to hospital (ED and rapid review clinic) over three days with fever, rash, and diarrhoea. Initial presentations were reasonably attributed to viral illness and her rash was a…
0y · Female·Pneumococcal meningitis
…telephone triage call on 28 April 2010 that resulted in inappropriate home-care advice. She presented with fever (38.9°C), shallow rapid breathing, whimpering, vomiting for 6.5 hours, and drowsiness—a constellation of s…
16y · Female·Myocardial fibrosis (post myocarditic) resulting in fatal cardiac arrhythmia
…ears old, collapsed and died at a private party after vomiting in a toilet. She had a history of glandular fever diagnosed late 2009. Post-mortem examination revealed myocardial fibrosis with widespread scarring through…
0y · Female·Group B Streptococcus meningitis and sepsis
…S) meningitis and sepsis. She was born at a regional private hospital after labour complicated by maternal fever (37.6°C), foetal tachycardia (160-170 bpm), and neonatal fever (39.5°C at birth). Despite these signs sugg…
35y · Male·Acute asthma
…ute asthma during the Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event on 21 November 2016. He had known asthma and hay fever triggered by seasonal environmental factors, was highly sensitised to rye grass pollen, and had not been o…
57y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury complicating acute asthma
A 57-year-old man with asthma and hay fever died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following an acute asthma exacerbation during Melbourne's Novembe…
18y · Male·acute asthma
…nted thunderstorm asthma event in Melbourne on 21 November 2016. He had pre-existing asthma and severe hay fever with exceptionally high sensitivity to ryegrass pollen (>100 kUA/L). He developed acute respiratory distre…
73y · Male·Sepsis (gram-negative septic shock) secondary to complications of selective inte…
…tes a direct communication between bowel and bile duct, increasing infection risk. Post-SIRT, he developed fever (37.8°C) and was discharged home on day 2 without antibiotic prophylaxis despite these risk factors. He de…
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
…n with a pre-existing aortic valve abnormality developed staphylococcal septicaemia, likely initiated by Q fever exposure at his abattoir workplace or a finger laceration. He presented with fever and chest pain but was …
43y · Male·Bilateral pulmonary thrombo-emboli; contributory factors included obesity, coron…
…ry emboli while hospitalized at Hay District Hospital. He presented in September 2019 with pneumonia and Q fever (occupational exposure from kangaroo processing), was discharged, then readmitted in October 2019 with wor…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest in the se…
…e had known asthma with poor medication compliance, was highly sensitized to rye grass pollen, and had hay fever. She called 000 at 6:42pm during unprecedented demand (2,332 calls in 12 hours, 397 in 30 minutes), and he…
48y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, complicating cardiac arrest in the setting of …
…e: all asthmatics need written action plans and appropriate preventer medications (not just reliever); hay fever sufferers warrant allergy testing and preventive therapy; those at risk should remain indoors during TA wa…
82y · Female·Acute bronchopneumonia
…ident of aged care with dementia, COPD, and diabetes, died from acute bronchopneumonia. She presented with fever and cough on 3 July 2014, was diagnosed with respiratory tract infection by Dr A., and prescribed antibiot…
49y · Male·acute asthma leading to hypoxic brain injury
… unprecedented 2,332 call surge during the event. Key clinical lessons include: patients with seasonal hay fever and asthma require optimised preventer therapy; objective lung function testing improves outcomes; asthma …
20y · Male·cardiac arrest due to complications of infective endocarditis against a backgrou…
… He had submitted two patient self-referral forms (September 2016 and February 2017) reporting chest pain, fever and weight loss—cardinal signs of endocarditis—but Justice Health clinicians failed to assess him despite …
45y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism
…lve blockage requiring a pacemaker and intellectual disability. Four days before death, she presented with fever and dizziness and was prescribed doxycycline by her general practitioner. No investigation for DVT/PE was …
53y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with Down syndrome and dementia; epilepsy
… chest infections, died of pneumonia while in residential care. On the morning of his death, staff noted a fever treated with paracetamol, observed an epileptic seizure and breathing difficulties, appropriately contacte…
3y · Male·Disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection
…disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection with sepsis. He presented to a remote clinic on 10 April with fever and dizziness, then returned on 13 April with irregular fever, lethargy and respiratory symptoms but was n…
46y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with multiple sclerosis
…n 11 April 2023. She was bedbound and non-verbal at the time of admission with decreased consciousness and fever. Despite one week of active treatment in hospital, she developed aspiration pneumonia and did not improve.…
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