11 results for “incarcerated hernia”
48y · Female·abdominal sepsis in a woman with coronary artery disease, post-repair small bowe…
…ackenzie, 48 years old with Prader-Willi syndrome and intellectual disability, underwent laparotomy for incarcerated incisional hernia on 3 April 2011 at Latrobe Regional Hospital with initial repair but poor postoperati…
57y · Male·Small bowel ischaemia (operated) with incarcerated umbilical hernia
…ident of supported accommodation, presented to hospital with acute abdominal pain and was found to have incarcerated umbilical hernia with small bowel ischaemia requiring emergency surgery. He died from multiple organ fa…
90y · Male·Complications arising from a gastrointestinal obstruction; incarcerated inguinal…
…MacDonald, a 90-year-old prisoner, died from complications of gastrointestinal obstruction caused by an incarcerated inguinal hernia. He presented to Prince of Wales Hospital with severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomit…
65y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia following emergency laparotomy for incarcerated umbilical h…
…-old woman with intellectual disability, congenital blindness, diabetes, and epilepsy presented with an incarcerated umbilical hernia requiring emergency surgery. Post-operative aspiration occurred in recovery with subse…
4y · Female·consequences of incarcerated congenital left diaphragmatic hernia
Madison Ormerod, aged 4 years, died from incarcerated congenital left diaphragmatic hernia. Over 3 months before death, she presented with persistent vomitin…
50y · Male·myocardial infarction caused by coronary atherosclerosis
…yocardial infarction from severe coronary atherosclerosis complicated by end-stage renal disease and an incarcerated strangulated umbilical hernia. He died in custody at Alice Springs Hospital shortly after emergency her…
86y · Male·Cardiac arrest triggered by electrolyte imbalance and sepsis secondary to compli…
…86-year-old man with significant comorbidities died in a low-care nursing home from complications of an incarcerated umbilical hernia with bowel ischaemia, sepsis, and cardiac arrhythmia. His GP examined him briefly (10-…
61y · Female·respiratory failure secondary to advanced malignancy
Ms Carmelina Bellocco, aged 61, died from respiratory failure secondary to advanced metastatic colon cancer. She had longstanding paranoid schizophrenia with poor insight and compliance. Cancer was diagnosed in 2006 afte…
82y · Female·acute peritonitis, ruptured bowel and incarcerated bowel herniation
…or surgical staff. The deceased died from acute peritonitis due to ruptured bowel from her pre-existing incarcerated hernia. While recognition may not have changed outcome (70-80% mortality for bowel rupture in frail eld…
72y · Female·Pneumonia as a consequence of chronic obstructive airway disease
Ms Vigor-Newitt, a 72-year-old woman in prison, died from pneumonia complicated by chronic obstructive airway disease. She had presented with respiratory symptoms on 27 and 29 September 2020 and was appropriately hospita…
72y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to sepsis caused by abdominal adhesions from previous…
Michael Hamilton, 72, presented with acute abdominal pain post-bladder surgery while anticoagulated with warfarin. Initial assessment suspected duodenal perforation based on CT findings; laparotomy was performed but foun…
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