8 results for “hypoglycemia”
7y · Female·Multiple abdominal injuries including traumatic rupture of the liver and stomach…
…in-dependent diabetic man, collided with a group of pedestrians. The driver had undiagnosed and unaware hypoglycemia at the time of the accident. Key clinical lessons include: (1) insulin-dependent diabetics with hypogly…
37y · Female·Unascertained
Fiona McBurney, 37, with Down syndrome, intellectual disability, Type 1 diabetes, and epilepsy, died at Helen Schutt House, a residential care facility, in June 2009. She was found deceased by care staff the morning afte…
53y · Male·decompensated alcoholic liver disease in the setting of gastro-intestinal haemor…
A 53-year-old man with advanced alcoholic liver disease (Child-Pugh C) died of decompensated liver disease with gastrointestinal haemorrhage. He was arrested for drunk in public place, lodged in police cells, and release…
Female·Combination of liver failure, blood loss and shock following needle biopsy
… readings (attributed to technical difficulty). When Alyssa deteriorated with low oxygen saturation and hypoglycemia, medical staff focused on respiratory and metabolic causes rather than considering post-biopsy hemorrha…
76y · Male·Animal attack, likely crocodile
A 76-year-old experienced fisherman from Sydney disappeared while fishing at Olive River Crossing near remote Bramwell Station in far North Queensland on 12 November 2023. Despite an extensive 8-day search involving mult…
<1y · Female·Persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn (PPHN)
Summer Jamsek was born at 4pm on 4 April 2010 with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) and died 5 April 2010 at Royal Children's Hospital. The coroner found Baby Summer died from PPHN but was not sati…
51y · Female·Complications of anorexia nervosa
A 51-year-old woman with severe anorexia nervosa, BMI 12.1, was admitted to hospital acutely unwell with hypothermia, bradycardia, heart block, and extreme malnutrition. She was discharged after only 2 days with minimal …
43y · Male·Septic shock from streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis arising from streptococcus pne…
David Crisfield, a 43-year-old immunosuppressed patient with COPD on Crohn's disease therapy, died from streptococcus pneumoniae septic shock. He presented to a rural hospital ED on 6 November 2007 with respiratory compr…
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