8 results for “high-flow oxygen therapy”
46y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating epistaxis in the setting of prolonged nasal pr…
…spiration pneumonia, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating epistaxis following prolonged nasal prong oxygen therapy. During a 20-day hospital admission for cholangitis and aspiration pneumonia, nasal pressure injur…
54y · Female·Respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia, due to multiple sclerosis
…uary 2024, was admitted to hospital, and received a MET call for hypoxia. She was transferred to ICU for high-flow oxygen support. Over two days her condition showed minimal improvement, and following discussions with f…
49y · Male·Acute bronchopneumonia as a consequence of recent intracranial and intra-cerebra…
…ronto-parietal contusions and subdural haematoma. Despite appropriate medical care including anti-seizure therapy and transfer to HDU with high-flow oxygen therapy, he developed aspiration pneumonia due to hepatic encep…
52y · Male·Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
…poxia, was admitted to the respiratory ward, and intubated on 19 June. Despite aggressive treatment with high-flow oxygen, antibiotics, and high-dose methylprednisolone, his condition deteriorated. The coroner found he …
59y · Male·Carcinomatosis due to adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
Dennis Petzler, a 59-year-old prisoner, died from carcinomatosis due to adenocarcinoma of the pancreas with extensive metastatic spread. He presented with abdominal pain and nausea in June 2018, initially managed as gast…
77y · Female·Pneumonia with contributing factors of acquired brain injury, Parkinson's diseas…
A 77-year-old woman with acquired brain injury, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and intellectual disability died of pneumonia while an SDA resident. She presented with breakthrough seizures and aspiration pneumonitis on 16…
67y · Male·hypoxic respiratory failure in the setting of pneumonia, pulmonary embolism and …
…mprisoned at Yatala Labour Prison and received significant medical care including chemoembolisation, radiotherapy, and endoscopy for liver cancer discovered incidentally in 2021. In December 2022, he presented with ches…
16y · Male·pulmonary embolism secondary to nephrotic syndrome
Dylan Riley, a 16-year-old with steroid-responsive minimal change nephrotic syndrome, died from a massive pulmonary embolism (PE) on 1 August 2015. He presented to Rockingham Hospital with dyspnoea, hypoxia, tachycardia …
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