7 results for “hypercapnia”
56y · Female·Complications of Angelman's syndrome - aspiration pneumonia
…nia following a one-month hospital admission. She experienced recurrent aspiration events, hypoxia, and hypercapnia episodes requiring multiple MET calls. Medical teams appropriately managed her complex condition, event…
46y · Male·Cardiomegaly in the setting of hypoventilation syndrome in an obese man with sch…
A 46-year-old man with schizophrenia, COPD, hypoventilation syndrome, obesity and cardiomegaly died suddenly on a psychiatric inpatient unit from a cardiac arrhythmia. He had experienced multiple respiratory crises requi…
40y · Male·Cardiomyopathy with early pneumonia in a man with reported sleep apnoea and high…
…) for agitation. He was observed hourly overnight but deteriorated with progressive hypoventilation and hypercapnia despite apparently normal respiratory rate on visual inspection. He suffered cardiorespiratory arrest b…
3y · Male·Entrapment in an airtight environment (washing machine drum) resulting in suffoc…
Sean Murphy, aged 3 years 6 months, died on 20 September 2010 after becoming trapped in an airtight LG front-loading washing machine at his home in Hilton, Western Australia. He died from suffocation due to entrapment in…
69y · Female·Asthma
June Sylvia Long, aged 69, suffered an asthma attack at home on 28 June 1994 and was transported to Alfred Hospital. She deteriorated overnight in the hospital's Respiratory Ward despite initial improvement in Emergency …
78y · Female·Tension pneumothorax (surgically managed) due to aspiration pneumonia (bronchosc…
78-year-old woman with severe COPD and type 2 respiratory failure underwent elective melanoma surgery at a private day hospital (North Lakes Day Hospital) despite being classified as ASA 4 (unsuitable for day surgery). T…
67y · Male·Complicated endotracheal tube insertion due to or as a consequence of recent clo…
Oliver Steven McVey, a premature twin born at 31 weeks gestation weighing 1036g, died from complications of endotracheal tube re-insertion at 67 days of age. Following successful surgical ligation of a patent ductus arte…
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