27 results for “immunosuppression”
29y · Female·Invasive aspergillosis
…em). The excessive dose triggered hypersensitivity syndrome, requiring steroid treatment that caused immunosuppression. Steroid-induced immunosuppression increased susceptibility to aspergillosis, though multiple interv…
72y · Female·probable sepsis complicating chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
A 72-year-old woman died of sepsis complicating chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She presented to ED with severe abdominal pain, elevated lactate (6.1 mmol/L), and signs of shock. The surgical team failed to reco…
Unknown·Organising pneumonia (Sandra Boney and Norman Boney); Organising pneumonia compl…
…ding acidosis. All subsequently developed organising pneumonia, likely secondary to methanol-induced immunosuppression. Early clinical recognition of methanol poisoning symptoms and alert recognition by health workers e…
22y · Female·septic shock complicating osteomyelitis secondary to cellulitis in a woman with …
Sarah Hammoud, aged 22 with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, died from septic shock complicating osteomyelitis secondary to cellulitis. She resided in a supported residential service and had recurrent elbow in…
30y · Male·Disseminated mycobacterium avium complex infection complicating HIV infection
…ogression to AIDS, and challenges in managing patients who refuse evidence-based care despite severe immunosuppression.
56y · Male·fatal cardiac arrhythmia due to complications from acute bronchopneumonia and ar…
Garry Weigand, a 56-year-old man with a history of brain injury and intellectual impairment, died in custody 17 days after arrest. He died from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia resulting from acute bronchopneumonia combined wi…
66y · Male·multiple organ failure associated with the combined effects of complications of …
…ry tract infection and failed to investigate the methotrexate. He was later hospitalized with severe immunosuppression, triggering tuberculosis reactivation, gastrointestinal bleeding and sepsis. Although the immediate …
55y · Male·probable sepsis in the setting of immunosuppression, a skin wound and chronic di…
David Paul Unwin, a 55-year-old kidney transplant recipient with polycystic kidney disease, died of sepsis in January 2017. He presented with progressive symptoms including chronic diarrhoea, weight loss (16kg in 8 weeks…
17y · Male·Multi-organ failure with terminal fungal sepsis (Aspergillus) on a background of…
Ben Witham, a 17-year-old with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, died from multi-organ failure with terminal fungal sepsis. The critical issue identified was a substantial delay in investigating acute severe abdominal pain …
1y · Male·Parainfluenza, pneumonitis and asthma; haemorrhagic mucositis of the bowel and g…
Tyler Di Blasi, aged 14 months, died from complications of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) treatment. He developed parainfluenza pneumonitis, severe asthma, chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and gas…
<1y · Male·Pneumonia in the setting of malnutrition
Baby A, born at home without medical assistance, died at 19 days old from pneumonia complicated by severe malnutrition and dehydration. He weighed 2.87kg at autopsy, far below his reported 4kg birth weight. He had diffic…
79y · Female·medication related cardiac arrest (verapamil and propranolol) in a patient with …
Mrs Patricia Croxon, a 79-year-old admitted with community-acquired pneumonia, died from medication-related cardiac arrest caused by verapamil and propranolol. The verapamil was charted in immediate release form when she…
66y · Male·infectious complications of plasmablastic myeloma
Mati Tamwoy, a 66-year-old Aboriginal man, died in ICU from infectious complications of plasmablastic myeloma after 661 days on remand. He received excellent oncological care including chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Howe…
75y · Male·bronchopneumonia
…ase, and unsuitability for surgery. The death resulted from immobilization-related complications and immunosuppression from prior chemotherapy. Family dysfunction and restraint orders complicated his final care but did …
47y · Male·Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
…on between custody status and death. The death resulted from natural causes in the context of severe immunosuppression and poor prior treatment adherence.
37y · Female·sepsis secondary to rectosigmoid perforation on a background of metastatic squam…
Carmen Jayne Clancy, aged 37, died on 27 September 2022 from sepsis secondary to rectosigmoid perforation caused by metastatic cervical cancer. Incarcerated on home detention following a cancer diagnosis in 2021, she und…
66y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with emphysema as secondary cause
Harold James Carpenter, a 66-year-old prisoner with significant comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, emphysema, hepatitis C and possible malignancy, died from coronary atherosclerosis and emphysema. He presen…
59y · Female·Multiorgan failure and polymicrobial sepsis secondary to severe bone marrow fail…
A 59-year-old woman with renal transplant died from multiorgan failure and sepsis secondary to severe bone marrow failure caused by azathioprine toxicity. She had an undiagnosed genetic polymorphism (TPMT *3A/*3A homozyg…
63y · Female·Escherichia coli septicaemia in a lady with multiple comorbidities
Helen Welsh, 63, died from E. coli septicaemia with multiple comorbidities. She presented with respiratory symptoms and underwent bronchoscopy. On discharge day, she deteriorated with fever, altered consciousness, and hy…
72y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
Bruce Robinson, a 72-year-old man with a history of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, schizophrenia, psychosis, and dementia, died on 27 October 2022 after jumping from a ferry into Sydney Harbour. He had been non-compliant with h…
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