131 results for “kidney surgery”
79y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to pneumonia and bleeding duodenal ulcer complicating su…
…-old man with ischaemic heart disease and dementia fell at home, sustaining a left hip fracture requiring surgery. Post-operatively, he developed hospital-acquired pneumonia, upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a duode…
62y · Male·urosepsis
…sability, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and cerebral palsy, died from urosepsis following emergency urological surgery for a kidney stone. He presented to hospital with fever and restlessness on 17 August 2023, was found to …
74y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction and ischaemic coronary artery disease, with the cont…
…old man with significant cardiovascular risk factors including prior myocardial infarction, triple bypass surgery, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, and vascular disease, died from acute myocardial infarction w…
82y · Male·Complications of large bowel obstruction in a man with diverticular disease and …
…ollowing a fall, and imaging confirmed large bowel obstruction. A colorectal fellow recommended emergency surgery (laparotomy and Hartmann's procedure), but perioperative medicine and ICU teams deemed him too high-risk …
0y · Male·Complications of VATER syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma
Baby E was a 7-month-old neonate with VATER syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma who died from complications of these conditions. He was born prematurely at 30 weeks, requiring intubation and ventilation, and remained in…
41y · Male·heart failure related to exsanguination due to traumatic rupture of an arteriove…
Nicholas Summers, a 41-year-old kidney transplant recipient, died from traumatic rupture of an arteriovenous fistula with massive hemorrhage on 1…
27y · Male·exsanguination due to ruptured right kidney, renal vessels, and liver from motor…
…t left the road at speed and struck a concrete culvert, causing severe injuries including a ruptured right kidney, renal vessels, and liver damage. The coroner found that both occupants had consumed alcohol. Transport to…
33y · Male·Fatal cardiac arrhythmia, secondary to acute kidney injury
…zudlo, a 33-year-old man with morbid obesity (estimated weight 195kg), underwent shoulder fracture repair surgery on 17 March 2016 at Liverpool Hospital. He died 38 hours post-operatively from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia…
80y · Male·haemorrhagic stroke caused by Staphylococcus aureus sepsis due to L4/5 discectom…
…otics and surgical washout, the infection progressed to sepsis, septic shock, hospital-acquired pneumonia, kidney failure, possible endocarditis, and ultimately a haemorrhagic stroke. The coroner's medical consultant fou…
35y · Male·intraperitoneal haemorrhage from an anastomotic leak from a transplanted renal a…
Luke Wood, a 35-year-old kidney transplant recipient, died 11 days post-transplant from intraperitoneal haemorrhage due to anastomotic lea…
64y · Male·Multi organ failure due to metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung
…he lung while serving a sentence on home detention. He had a significant cardiac history including bypass surgery and stent placements. Cancer was diagnosed in June 2015 while on home detention and treated with radiothe…
66y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with emphysema as secondary cause
…ially diagnosed as hip joint infection. Investigation revealed a rare right iliac artery aneurysm blocking kidney drainage, complicated by sepsis. Despite intervention including stent insertion and nephrostomy, he declin…
75y · Male·multifactorial causes on a background of ischaemic heart disease, generalised va…
…Bischard, a 75-year-old man with multiple complex comorbidities including coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes, died five days after elective right total knee replacement surgery. The coroner fou…
39y · Female·multiorgan failure and probable sepsis
…y drainage. Despite initial haemodynamic improvement, she developed multiorgan dysfunction including acute kidney injury, liver failure, and pneumonia with ongoing seizures. After discussion with family regarding her poo…
51y · Male·multi-organ failure due to acute kidney injury and haemodynamic shock as a conse…
…on General Hospital to Royal Hobart Hospital but died two days later from multi-organ failure due to acute kidney injury and haemodynamic shock. While a protocol existed for urgent transfer of major burns (>50%) to speci…
82y · Male·Ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease
…haemic heart disease, triple vessel coronary artery disease (previously bypass grafted), diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and dementia died suddenly in prison from ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. The coroner f…
77y · Male·shock due to bowel ischaemia following massive blood loss due to bleeding of the…
…idities including ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, peripheral vascular disease, and end-stage kidney disease, died from shock due to bowel ischaemia following massive blood loss from the left internal iliac …
79y · Male·Complications associated with metastatic colorectal carcinoma and diabetes melli…
…ld prisoner with extensive comorbidities including metastatic colorectal cancer, diabetes, stage 4 chronic kidney disease, and osteomyelitis, died from cancer complications. He was appropriately placed in palliative care…
72y · Male·Complications of small bowel obstruction in a man with multiple medical co-morbi…
… hiatus hernia, and marked rectal faecal loading. Clinicians identified multiorgan failure including acute kidney injury and aspiration pneumonia. A nasogastric tube could not be inserted and surgical intervention was de…
75y · Female·postoperative delirium/exacerbation of community acquired pneumonia following le…
A 75-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease, anemia, and significant mobility impairment fell in her aged care facility despite documented hig…
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