8 results for “life-threatening asthma”
9y · Male·asthma - acute episode of asthma which became increasingly resistant to Ventolin
Hunter Campbell Marr, a 9-year-old with episodic asthma, was admitted on 2 January 2014 with asthma exacerbation. His parents denied or minimised his asthma diagn…
13y · Male·Asthma
Master S was a 13-year-old Aboriginal boy with severe persistent asthma who died at home on 13 November 2019. He was found unresponsive with his nebuliser mask on his face. The c…
91y · Male·Complications following cardiac arrest in the setting of anaesthetic induction d…
A 91-year-old man with COPD, asthma, and previous cardiac arrest from suxamethonium died from complications following anaphylaxis to rocuroniu…
36y · Male·bronchial asthma
Nathan Reynolds, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man with severe asthma, died from bronchial asthma in prison on 1 September 2018. His death exposed critical failings in both imm…
20y · Female·food-induced anaphylaxis, likely to peanut allergen
Kylie Lynch, a 20-year-old woman with chronic asthma and a known peanut allergy, died from anaphylaxis on 2 September 2007 in Coral Bay, Western Australia. She…
55y · Female·acute necrotising bronchopneumonia
MQ, 55, died of acute necrotising bronchopneumonia on 2-3 March 2023. She had developed community-acquired pneumonia from 21 February 2023, presenting initially with referred shoulder pain (later recognised as diaphragma…
3y · Female·bronchopneumonia in an infant with obstructive sleep apnoea
…ust outreach obesity services for remote regions; early recognition of severe paediatric obesity as a life-threatening condition; ensuring carers receive adequate training on airway support devices before discharge; and …
45y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxia following cardio-respiratory collapse due to anaphylaxis…
…sepsis secondary to a Staphylococcus aureus foot infection with bacteraemia. Blood cultures confirmed life-threatening infection on day 2-3 of admission. After 72 hours of meropenem without clinical improvement and overn…
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