61y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolus
…ing care and had signed a no-CPR order. Key clinical factors included post-operative complications from laryngectomy, which he complicated by refusing nasogastric feeding and adequate tracheostomy care. The coroner found…
66y · Male·respiratory infection on a background of metastatic carcinoma
…Prince of Wales Hospital from respiratory infection secondary to metastatic carcinoma. He had undergone laryngectomy and tracheostomy for throat cancer in 2017, and presented with extensive nodal involvement discovered o…
50y · Male·Tracheostomy site haemorrhage in a man with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (t…
A 50-year-old man died from tracheostomy site haemorrhage 36 days after laryngectomy for recurrent laryngeal cancer. He lived alone post-discharge with a MePACS personal alarm system and h…
78y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure due to complications of tracheal stenosis
Bruce Hodges, a 78-year-old man with a 20-year-old tracheostomy following laryngeal cancer surgery, presented to hospital with progressive shortness of breath and tracheal stenosis. Over 48 hours of admission, his respir…
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