12 results for “lung function testing”
16y · Female·consequences of acute asthma with hypoxic encephalopathy
… but never clearly communicated to patient/family by Dr I. (30 March) or Dr J. (12 April and 3 May); (2) no lung function testing (spirometry or peak flow) was performed despite this being essential for diagnosis and sev…
54y · Female·complications related to post-polio syndrome and chronic respiratory weakness; n…
… respiratory failure, died suddenly at home during consensual sexual activity. She had severely compromised lung function (13% predicted capacity) and was transitioning from an iron lung to positive pressure ventilation …
56y · Female·Bronchial asthma and emphysema
…ropriate despite acknowledging that a welfare check on 25 March would likely have found her alive, and that lung function testing would have better informed clinical decisions. Key clinical lessons include: integrated ma…
74y · Male·metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung on a background of ischaemic heart disease…
A 74-year-old prisoner with metastatic lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes died at Yatala Labour Prison Hea…
49y · Male·acute asthma leading to hypoxic brain injury
…lessons include: patients with seasonal hay fever and asthma require optimised preventer therapy; objective lung function testing improves outcomes; asthma action plans are underutilised; and community awareness of thund…
29y · Male·acute asthma
…ot be resuscitated. Clinical lessons include the critical importance of preventer medication use, allergy testing and asthma action plans, particularly for those with hay fever. The unprecedented scale of the surge (2,3…
20y · Female·acute asthma
Hope Carnevali, a 20-year-old law student with a history of severe allergic asthma and hay fever, died during the Melbourne Thunderstorm Asthma event on 21 November 2016. She experienced acute respiratory distress at hom…
37y · Male·Acute asthma (thunderstorm asthma event)
37-year-old male died from acute asthma during the unprecedented Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event (21-22 November 2016). He had moderate to severe asthma with suboptimal preventer medication use and recently diagnosed…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest in the se…
…er-only therapy, faced highest risk. Better preventer medication compliance, asthma action plans, allergy testing, and remaining indoors during TA warnings could have been protective. The emergency response system was o…
33y · Male·hypoxic respiratory failure following right pneumonectomy for treatment of sever…
Manjit Singh, a 33-year-old Indian 457 visa worker, died from hypoxic respiratory failure following a pneumonectomy for treatment of severe pulmonary tuberculosis. He had latent TB identified pre-arrival in India. Critic…
35y · Male·Acute asthma
…on for asthma, particularly in those with hay fever; (2) availability of asthma action plans; (3) objective lung function assessment; and (4) better recognition of risk factors including seasonal allergies and lack of pr…
19y · Male·unexpected arrhythmogenic event leading to a fall from height, blunt force head …
PTE Liam Wolf, a 19-year-old Australian Army recruit, died after collapsing on an obstacle course at Kapooka during the final training exercise. He experienced a sudden unexpected cardiac arrhythmia while climbing a ladd…
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