7 results for “heart transplantation”
56y · Male·Cardiogenic shock, end stage ischemia due to chemo related cardiomyopathy, fulmi…
Andrew Westley, 56, underwent heart transplantation at The Alfred Hospital for dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to chemotherapy for Hodgkins l…
59y · Male·multiorgan failure complicating paracetamol toxicity
David James Dorling, a 59-year-old man with multiple sclerosis, ischaemic heart disease, and diabetes, ingested 90-100 paracetamol tablets on 1 February 2024 with suicidal intent. He att…
50y · Female·respiratory arrest on a background of left lower lobe pneumonia in a person with…
…lth legislation. She had been diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension in 2000, deemed unsuitable for heart-lung transplantation due to obesity and psychiatric illness. Following escalating psychiatric symptoms and…
48y · Female·Cardiorespiratory arrest due to cardiac tamponade as a result of perforation of …
… right atrium during central venous catheter exchange in ICU. She was recovering from emergency liver transplantation complicated by sepsis and acute renal failure. A routine guidewire exchange of her hemodialysis cathe…
38y · Male·Heart failure in a man with dilated cardiomyopathy and focal severe coronary art…
Anthony Axtell, a 38-year-old man with severe dilated cardiomyopathy from amphetamine use, died of heart failure while in prison custody. Initially treated successfully in 2002 with recovery to normal cardiac fu…
41y · Male·heart failure related to exsanguination due to traumatic rupture of an arteriove…
Nicholas Summers, a 41-year-old kidney transplant recipient, died from traumatic rupture of an arteriovenous fistula with massive hemorrhage on 16 February 2016. He had returned to Tasmania under nephrologist Dr M.'s car…
65y · Female·Combined effects of acute pneumonia, pancreatitis, urinary tract infection, and …
… bedridden for years, refusing medical care and in-home supports. Her husband, who had undergone lung transplantation, was her sole carer and unable to provide adequate physical care. Three weeks before death, she fell …
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