4 results for “goitre”
50y · Male·Multiple pulmonary thromboemboli due to deep vein thrombosis following pharyngea…
A 50-year-old man died from pulmonary thromboembolism following uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) surgery for obstructive sleep apnoea. Critical failures in post-operative management at a private hospital included: failur…
83y · Female·upper gastrointestinal bleed with haemodynamic compromise following anticoagulat…
Margaret Patricia Kenney, 83, died from upper gastrointestinal bleeding complicated by cardiac arrest while anticoagulated for atrial fibrillation. She had been diagnosed with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) in …
78y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy as a result of obstruction of airway caused by …
A 78-year-old woman died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following an acute post-surgical arterial bleed that obstructed her airway after hemithyroidectomy. The bleeding complication occurred when she coughed after…
31y · Female·cerebral anoxia following attempted intubation pre-surgery in a woman with torti…
Rachael Anne Rasmussen, a 31-year-old mother of three with severe neck deformities (torticollis, dysmorphia, short rigid neck), died on 17 June 2003 from cerebral anoxia following attempted intubation at Joondalup Health…
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