10 results for “hepatic decompensation”
74y · Male·acute on chronic liver failure complicating common bile duct cholangiocarcinoma …
… appropriate imaging and referral. CT and MRCP confirmed bile duct cancer. He underwent percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography in May and right hemi-hepatectomy with hepaticojejunostomy in June 2022. Surgery was comp…
54y · Male·Complications including hepatic encephalopathy, pneumonia and multi-organ failur…
…se, a 54-year-old prisoner, died from complications of hepatitis C and hepatocellular carcinoma including hepatic encephalopathy, pneumonia and multi-organ failure. He collapsed at Acacia Prison on 4 May 2018 with seizu…
52y · Female·hepatic encephalopathy due to Child C cirrhosis of the liver on a background of …
A 52-year-old woman with chronic liver disease from alcohol abuse, diabetes and hepatitis C died from hepatic encephalopathy and cirrhosis. She presented to Port Pirie Medical Centre with bleeding, pain and confusio…
64y · Male·Heart failure secondary to alcohol related liver disease, coronary obstructive p…
…o self-discharge against medical advice despite being very unwell with impaired decision-making capacity (hepatic encephalopathy/delirium). An Inpatient Treatment Order was appropriately placed and confirmed by psychiat…
73y · Male·Acute on chronic renal failure and multi-factorial encephalopathy in a man with …
…osis, dilated cardiomyopathy, chronic kidney disease) died in prison from acute-on-chronic renal failure, hepatic encephalopathy, and multiorgan failure. He was initially reluctant to engage with hospital treatment due …
68y · Male·Complications following colon surgery on a background of cirrhosis of the liver;…
…Private Hospital on 31 May 2007 for colorectal cancer. Post-operatively, he developed massive ascites and hepatic encephalopathy. Key clinical lessons: cirrhosis severity was not adequately assessed or communicated to a…
64y · Male·Complications of congestive cardiac failure on a background of cardiac hypertrop…
… timely escalations and investigations, though no reversible cause was identified to explain his acute decompensation.
51y · Male·unascertained; presumed sudden cardiac arrhythmia
…ictability of sudden cardiac events in patients with schizophrenia and the challenge of managing acute decompensation in community settings.
Male·Complications of alcohol and hepatitis C-related liver disease
Peter Young, an Aboriginal man with advanced alcoholic cirrhosis and recently acquired hepatitis C infection, died of multi-organ failure while on remand in custody. He received appropriate standard medical care in priso…
68y · Male·Internal haemorrhage due to coagulopathy and upper gastrointestinal varices, cir…
…t evidence concluded the procedure unlikely contributed significantly to death, which resulted from rapid hepatic decompensation, coagulopathy, gastrointestinal bleeding, and acute cardiac events. The coroner recommende…
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