8 results for “intercostal catheter insertion for pneumothorax”
65y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with chronic pulmonary disease (COPD and emphysema), with asp…
Phillip Van Vegten, a 65-year-old sentenced prisoner with longstanding COPD, emphysema, and lung cancer, died of pneumonia complicated by aspiration of vomit (Wilkes Syndrome) at Royal Perth Hospital. The coroner found m…
81y · Female·left haemothorax and mediastinal haemorrhage from the insertion site of the perm…
An 81-year-old woman died from haemothorax and mediastinal haemorrhage following pacemaker insertion for sick sinus syndrome. Multiple venous punctures during the procedure caused vascular injury. Critical…
Female·Intrauterine pneumonia and meconium aspiration complicating intrauterine growth …
…hetamine use. The mother had known substance abuse, prior child protection involvement, and tested positive for amphetamine during pregnancy (October and December 2013), yet did not engage with maternity services until …
2y · Male·Hyaline membrane disease and pneumonia in the setting of pneumothorax
A 2-day-old term infant (2670g, small-for-gestational-age) presented with respiratory distress at 11 hours of life. A capillary blood gas at 1:14pm s…
74y · Female·empyema/sepsis complicating oesophageal perforation following a complicated elec…
…the colon anastomosis requiring surgical repair. Critically, she also suffered a spontaneous oesophageal perforation (Boerhaave syndrome) likely on 6-7 November, but this diagnosis was not made until 13 November—a six-d…
47y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating systolic cardiac arrest in the set…
…ere asthma warning signs; patient education about thunderstorm asthma risks; and health system preparedness for mass surge events.
83y · Male·Acute blood loss and shock/trauma in a man with cardiomegaly, myocardial fibrosi…
…re injuries with poor prognosis despite appropriate emergency response. Harold Long developed a tension pneumothorax during fixed-wing air transport to Melbourne without Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance support, highlight…
46y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in collision between semi-trailer and train; tension…
…t the level crossing despite them being activated. Multiple failures contributed: infrastructure inadequate for heavy vehicles, lack of robust human factors research informing safety systems, deficient trailer brake mai…
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