5 results for “lung atelectasis”
77y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia on a background of dementia
Edward Morgan Rau, aged 77, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to dysphagia in the context of dementia. He was admitted to hospital on 29 October 2014 after choking on food. A speech pathologist assessed him as hav…
88y · Male·Tuberculous pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures, osteoporosis and…
…on 8 August 2010 resulted in significant chest injuries. Hospital-acquired pneumonia developed secondary to lung atelectasis from rib pain. The coroner found the rib fractures likely resulted from assault rather than acc…
61y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy arising from cardiac arrest following self-removal of a c…
…llowing a cardiac arrest caused by self-removal of a central venous catheter (CVC) on day 14 post-bilateral lung transplant. The CVC was still in situ despite two documented orders for removal on 3 March 2016. Clinical l…
42y · Female·multiple organ failure due to sepsis on a background of pneumonia, spontaneous b…
Anthea Ryder Moketarinja, a 42-year-old Aboriginal woman with advanced cirrhosis, died from multiple organ failure due to sepsis, pneumonia, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and end-stage liver disease. She was admitte…
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 showed mixed respiratory and metabolic acidosis indicating decompensatio…
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