95 results for “intensive care unit admission”
40y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy due to asphyxia from hanging
…OCD, complex trauma, severe depression, and recurrent suicidal ideation was admitted to an open psychiatric unit after expressing suicidal intent. Despite being assessed as high-risk with a management plan requiring hour…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest following a choking…
…atric illness, died from hypoxic brain injury following a choking episode during a meal in a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU). She had a prior history of swallowing difficulties from ODS but had made substantial s…
67y · Male·Hypertensive cardiomegaly and ischaemic heart disease
…sted after making threats at Federal Police offices. He was admitted involuntarily to John Cade Psychiatric Unit under the Mental Health Act 1986. On admission, psychiatry certified him as involuntary and administered an…
26y · Female·compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
…uma, substance abuse, depression, and multiple suicide attempts, died by hanging in the Northern Psychiatry Unit on 24 June 2010 while under involuntary psychiatric admission. She had presented to emergency with acute su…
59y · Female·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to perforation of sigmoid colon complicatin…
…ck. Expert evidence overwhelmingly supported that surgery should have been performed within 2-3 hours of admission (late Saturday evening or early Sunday morning), after brief resuscitation with fluids and antibiotics. …
27y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of hanging
… (ICE and cannabis), and previous suicide attempt, was voluntarily admitted to a low dependency psychiatric unit on 24 April 2018. Over four days, he was assessed as medium risk despite expressing suicidal and homicidal …
23y · Male·cerebral hypoxia secondary to strangulation from hanging by belt
Samuel Dibley, aged 23, was involuntarily admitted to the Mental Health Unit on 19 May 2009 with cannabis-induced psychosis and suicidal ideation. He was placed in the Low Dependence U…
50y · Male·Pneumonia
…Box Hill Hospital on 4 May 2007 following an acute psychotic episode. He was transferred to a mental health unit, then back to Box Hill Hospital on 18 May for rehydration due to dehydration and hypotension from refusing …
73y · Female·Combined effects of congestive cardiac failure, coronary artery atherosclerosis …
… congestive cardiac failure, coronary atherosclerosis, and cardiomegaly while an inpatient in a psychiatric unit. She had recently been treated for C. difficile colitis requiring ICU admission for hypotension. The corone…
33y · Male·Decompensated congestive cardiac failure complicating acute myocardial infarctio…
…ly diagnosed acute coronary syndrome with elevated troponin. However, cardiogenic shock developed during admission, requiring intensive haemodynamic support. Medical experts identified that prescribing beta-blocker on d…
29y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis
…g. He was admitted to ICU and appropriately commenced on prophylactic enoxaparin 40mg daily. On day 3 of admission, due to aggressive behaviour and staff safety concerns, enoxaparin was ceased to facilitate de-escalatio…
20y · Female·cardiac dysrhythmia/arrest in a 20 year old Down's Syndrome female following abd…
…ered by registrar without senior consultant present despite extreme anaesthetic risk; failure to provide intensive monitoring (ECG, continuous oximetry) post-operatively despite preoperative oxygen saturation of 48% and…
61y · Female·Complications of pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis
…uicide attempt and was placed on an Assessment Order due to ongoing suicidal behaviour. During her 5-day admission to the mental health unit, her physical health appeared stable though she exhibited suicidal ideation an…
57y · Male·Sepsis and acute renal failure due to pneumonia
…was diagnosed with chest sepsis, septic shock, respiratory failure, and acute renal failure. Despite ICU admission and treatment with antibiotics, inotropes, and supportive care, his condition deteriorated and he died w…
53y · Male·Bilateral ACA stroke
… angiogram identified an ACA thrombus, lysis therapy was not administered. The coroner found a missed opportunity for thrombolysis due to delayed stroke team notification, though the patient's rapidly fluctuating symptom…
55y · Male·Morphine toxicity, with contributing factors of ischemic heart disease, coronary…
… wife's MS Contin tablets. Key clinical failures included: Dr L.'s delayed attendance (over 5 hours post-admission), failure to recognize the severity of persistent hypotension (70/40 mmHg initially, dropping to 50/35),…
63y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and pneumonia complicating cardiac arrest in a ma…
…emphysema, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and pneumonia following cardiac arrest on a psychiatric unit. He presented to ED on 15 August 2019 with acute psychosis requiring sedation with multiple CNS-depressing …
20y · Male·Multiple injuries due to contact with a train
…an Saccu, a 20-year-old with severe treatment-resistant schizophrenia, absconded from an open mental health unit and was fatally struck by a train approximately 3 hours later. He was admitted on an involuntary treatment …
39y · Male·respiratory failure and cardiac arrest
…spital after police noted concerning psychiatric behaviour. He was appropriately assessed in the Short Stay Unit, where blood gas analysis revealed critical hypoxemia (pO2 48mmHg, PaCO2 100mmHg) following midazolam admin…
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…
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