230 results for “mechanical ventilation”
26y · Male·Upper cervical spinal cord injury
…from Brooks Jetty into shallow water on New Year's Day 2008. He was transferred to ICU where he required mechanical ventilation. After being informed of his dire prognosis (permanent ventilator dependence and institution…
29y · Male·carbon monoxide poisoning
…twork from humidity and pool chemicals, and gaps in the external wall allowing gas infiltration into the mechanical ventilation system. A resident had collapsed from suspected CO poisoning three days prior, suggesting ch…
6y · Male·Acute on chronic respiratory failure in the setting of hypotonic quadriplegic ce…
…s admitted to Royal Children's Hospital in November 2012, requiring escalation to ICU with non-invasive ventilation, then intubation. Despite maximal ventilatory support, his condition deteriorated. A planned withdrawal…
55y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with epilepsy and intellectual disability
…, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted with status epilepticus, treated with antibiotics and mechanical ventilation in ICU, then extubated. Despite initial improvement, she developed worsening infection marke…
82y · Male·respiratory failure
…o Royal Hobart Hospital, he developed aspiration pneumonia, requiring intubation and ICU management with mechanical ventilation. Despite intensive medical care, his condition deteriorated. Active treatment was appropriat…
47y · Female·Mycoplasma pneumonia secondary to rhinovirus infection
…tubation and ICU admission at Frankston Hospital. Given her previously expressed wish to avoid prolonged mechanical ventilation and the severity of her condition, she was extubated on 21 June with a comfort-focused care …
46y · Male·Diffuse Alveolar Damage (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome) as a consequence o…
…borough Base Hospital by ambulance and diagnosed with severe bilateral pneumonia. Despite intubation and mechanical ventilation, he developed Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome and died. An independent respiratory physi…
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to paraquat ingestion
…t Kimba Hospital. Despite appropriate emergency management including earth therapy en route, intubation, mechanical ventilation, and activated charcoal administration at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the ingested dose (1…
15y · Male·pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy and epilepsy
Travis Blows, a 15-year-old with cerebral palsy and difficult-to-control epilepsy, died from pneumonia after a prolonged PICU admission. He presented to ED multiple times in the months before death with seizures and feve…
68y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to gram-negative sepsis on a background of recent myocar…
A 68-year-old male prisoner with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, end-stage renal failure, COPD, morbid obesity) presented with acute myocardial infarction and underwent coronary artery bypass grafting. Post-operatively…
60y · Male·respiratory failure and sepsis complicating acute subdural haematoma
Richard Kartinyeri died 44 days after exiting a moving vehicle during a police pursuit. He sustained a severe right-sided acute subdural haematoma, cerebral contusions and skull fractures requiring emergency neurosurgery…
56y · Female·multi-organ failure due to anorexia nervosa
…tal, she deteriorated rapidly with hypoxia, hypotension and severe acidosis, requiring ICU admission and mechanical ventilation before dying. The coroner found her detention lawful, her treatment appropriate, and made no…
47y · Male·aspiration pneumonia, cerebral infarction, and diabetes mellitus
A 47-year-old man with Type 1 diabetes, previous strokes, acquired brain injury, and epilepsy died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by cerebral infarction. He had chronic aspiration risk due to atonic bowel and had …
29y · Male·Blunt head and neck injuries sustained in an unintentional motor vehicle acciden…
…nsection. After 12 days with no improvement, ICU specialists (supported by multiple consults) concluded ventilation was futile. The family strongly disagreed and sought external opinions. Three hours' notice was given b…
48y · Female·Combined effects of cardiac hypertrophy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a…
KD, a 48-year-old woman with chronic schizo-affective disorder, end-stage renal failure, COPD, cardiac hypertrophy and obesity, died from combined natural causes while under assessment order in psychiatric care. She pres…
64y · Female·Haemorrhage into atheromatous plaque, due to coronary atherosclerosis
…acute cardiac event on 5 May 2008 requiring emergency pacemaker insertion. After three weeks in ICU with mechanical ventilation, she was transferred to a medical ward where an equipment malfunction (fractured in-line suc…
51y · Male·Traumatic brain injuries resulting from blunt head trauma: multiple calvarial an…
… subdural haematomas and pneumocephalus. He underwent emergency neurosurgery and was managed in ICU with mechanical ventilation, but his neurological condition did not improve. The family made a reasonable decision to tr…
Unknown·Ms Fensom: influenza A (H1N1 2009, pandemic swine flu) with myocarditis causing …
…pment might have been prevented. After admission on 10 August with pneumonia, he required intubation and mechanical ventilation by 11 August evening (24 hours earlier than it occurred), with prompt retrieval to tertiary …
66y · Male·hepatorenal failure and biliary sepsis complicating common bile duct obstruction
…ealed probable biliary cancer. He underwent ERCP with stent insertion and required ICU support including mechanical ventilation and dialysis. After extubation on 18 April, he explicitly declined further aggressive treatm…
57y · Female·Complications of muscular dystrophy
…piratory distress and required emergency transfer to hospital. Although paramedics did not transport her mechanical ventilators to hospital as per established protocol, clinical evidence indicated this did not materially…
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