12 results for “internal organ injury”
16y · Male·Peritonitis as a result of ruptured duodenum following blunt trauma of the torso
…re two days after being treated and discharged from Campbelltown Hospital Emergency Department for a rugby injury. He sustained blunt abdominal trauma from a tackle on 19 June 2010, presenting with abdominal pain, vomiti…
66y · Female·Multi-organ failure associated with haemorrhage and sepsis following cholecystec…
Mrs Jeanette Brown, 66, died from multi-organ failure following post-operative haemorrhage after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Arterial clips a…
Male·Mahdi Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury incurred at time of motor vehicle crash…
…th methylamphetamine and other drugs at the time of the crash. The driver (Arjomand) suffered a fatal head injury consistent with loss of consciousness or sudden sleep due to stimulant intoxication. The two passengers su…
68y · Male·surgical complications following laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholecystitis,…
… Postoperatively, he developed profound hypotension. The treating team disagreed on whether the cause was internal bleeding or sepsis. A diagnosis of bleeding should have been reached earlier based on clinical signs, blo…
34y · Male·Severe chest injury with fractures to ribs and sternum, internal bleeding, lacer…
… and crash risk. Emergency services responded appropriately with immediate CPR, but severe traumatic chest injury with cardiac tamponade was unsurvivable.
40y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon cardiac disease, possible viral infection o…
…r Magro, a 40-year-old male inmate at a correctional facility, died on 27 December 2008 from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac disease and severe pneumonia. Critical failures in prison healthcare were identified. On…
81y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating multiple right-sided rib fractures due to a fal…
…o revealed 9 rib fractures, the treating general practitioner failed to appreciate the seriousness of this injury pattern in an elderly patient and did not seek specialist advice or arrange transfer to a tertiary centre.…
38y · Male·Multiple self-inflicted stab wounds to the chest causing significant internal or…
Scott Matthew Taylor, aged 38, died from self-inflicted stab wounds to the chest sustained while police attempted to detain him on 14 January 2012. Police attended his residence to interview him regarding rape allegation…
49y · Female·Intra-abdominal haemorrhage, septic and haemorrhagic shock as a result of a lapa…
…until bowel perforation occurred; inadequate post-operative monitoring and failure to recognise and treat internal bleeding despite clear clinical signs; and poor medical leadership in the ICU with inexperienced overseas…
58y · Male·multiorgan failure due to sepsis resulting from repeatedly fractured left humeru…
Wayne Anthony Lowe, aged 58, died of multiorgan failure due to sepsis following repeated humeral fractures sustained in falls. He was admitted with a righ…
77y · Female·Complications following a recent fracture and surgical repair of the right hip i…
…ed rapidly preoperatively and remained painful. The case illustrates that elderly patients with borderline organ reserve require close monitoring, lower threshold for infection suspicion, and protocolized perioperative …
38y · Male·Multiorgan failure following out of hospital cardiac arrest in a man with methyl…
A 38-year-old Noongar man died from multiorgan failure following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after being restrained in prone position by police. He ha…
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