909 results for “intensive care management”
59y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage
…transferred to Royal Melbourne Hospital where an external ventricular drain was inserted and he received intensive care management. Despite medical intervention, his neurological recovery was poor. After 48 hours of cea…
42y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapin…
…, complicated by alcohol/drug dependence and multiple physical comorbidities. His GP provided comprehensive care with 50 consultations over 11 months and appropriate psychiatric referrals. However, the coroner identified…
55y · Male·Unascertained
…ia (40°C), multiorgan failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Despite appropriate and intensive clinical management including emergency intubation, mechanical ventilation, vasopressor support, and con…
82y · Male·respiratory failure
…m. Transported to Royal Hobart Hospital, he developed aspiration pneumonia, requiring intubation and ICU management with mechanical ventilation. Despite intensive medical care, his condition deteriorated. Active treatmen…
47y · Male·Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia; Aspiration; Critical Care Neuropathy; Cereb…
…al palsy and intellectual disability, died of severe community-acquired pneumonia, aspiration, and critical care neuropathy on 31 July 2011, while in intensive care at Northern Hospital. He had resided in a disability su…
30y · Male·Electrocution from high-voltage electrical current (110,000 V)
…lation and low peer acceptance within his military unit; frustration with the medical discharge process; intensive Church of Scientology involvement with unclear counselling outcomes; and intensive contact from Church m…
45y · Female·Epilepsy
… She was found fitting, became unresponsive and apnoeic with asystolic arrest. Despite effective CPR and intensive care management including intubation and anti-seizure medication loading, she had severe hypoxic brain i…
73y · Female·pulmonary embolus
…by urosepsis, precipitated by cessation of diabetic medications and excess sugared drink intake. Despite intensive care management including intubation, ventilation, and haemodialysis, she showed minimal improvement in …
67y · Male·Blunt head injury (bilateral subarachnoid haemorrhage, left sided subdural haemo…
… in residential areas. While the death resulted from a tragic accident, improved road design and traffic management in high-pedestrian areas could reduce such incidents.
21y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septicaemia of mixed respiratory (bronchopneumonia) a…
…ssion (first face-to-face consultation was 20 minutes on surgery day); failure to clearly communicate to intensive care staff that pre-operative assessment was required; post-operative complications including a subhepat…
46y · Male·COMPLICATIONS OF RUPTURED ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING CEREBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM (OPERA…
…d to Alfred Hospital, and underwent emergency aneurysm repair surgery. Despite surgical intervention and intensive care management including maximum medical intervention for elevated intracranial pressure, his condition…
30y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity (vecuronium and atropine self-in…
…n incomplete verbal handovers rather than reading clinical records; (4) transfer from secure psychiatric intensive care to an open ward without intensive supervision was inappropriate for her clinical acuity; (5) emerge…
73y · Male·Thromboembolism on a background of a spindle cell tumour
…ve a large right ventricular thrombus secondary to an underlying spindle cell tumour. He was admitted to intensive care with cardiogenic shock and multi-organ dysfunction. Despite appropriate management including thromb…
74y · Male·traumatic closed head injuries
… 28 November 2022. He was transported to Royal Hobart Hospital where he was placed in an induced coma in intensive care but succumbed to his injuries on 2 December 2022. The coroner found the death resulted from neglige…
52y · Female·haemorrhage from a tracheal-innominate artery fistula complicating a tracheostom…
…ded enhanced staff education about bleeding as a potential warning sign and modification of tracheostomy management protocols and training workbooks.
1y · Male·Parainfluenza, pneumonitis and asthma; haemorrhagic mucositis of the bowel and g…
…openia, thrombocytopenia, and gastrointestinal bleeding with haemorrhagic mucositis. Despite appropriate intensive management including bronchodilators, oxygen, transfusions, and antivirals, he suffered sudden respirato…
<1y · Male·Scimitar syndrome
…cluding pulmonary hypoplasia, venous obstruction, and severe pulmonary hypertension. The infant received intensive care at Princess Margaret Hospital including cardiac catheterisation and emergency surgery. The coroner …
51y · Male·Stab wound to the heart
… was found not guilty by reason of mental illness. The inquest examined whether his community mental health care was adequate. Expert evidence from forensic psychiatrists concluded Cahill's Mobile Assertive Treatment Tea…
55y · Male·Morphine toxicity, with contributing factors of ischemic heart disease, coronary…
…tension (70/40 mmHg initially, dropping to 50/35), and critically, failure to transfer the patient to an intensive care unit despite objective deterioration and abnormal pathology results showing dangerously elevated po…
<1y · Male·hypoxic brain damage due to laryngeal obstruction from foreign body (metal screw…
…ithin 6 minutes but struggled to visualize and remove the screw due to blood and vomit in the airway. An intensive care paramedic arrived and successfully removed the screw via laryngoscopy with Magill's forceps at 24 m…
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