9 results for “paralytic ileus”
71y · Male·Aspiration in setting of paralytic ileus in patient in convalescent phase of abd…
A 71-year-old man died from aspiration complicating prolonged paralytic ileus on postoperative day 9 following open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Despite clinical signs of …
80y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
…r 5+ years by GP, bladder distension (3750 ml urine), urinary obstruction from enlarged prostate causing paralytic ileus increasing aspiration risk. The coroner found medical care at hospital appropriate. Key lessons: m…
80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
… may have enabled earlier nasogastric tube insertion and reduced aspiration risk; (3) The possibility of paralytic ileus was not considered until the following day; (4) Medical records with illegible handwriting signifi…
49y · Male·unascertainable; possible explanations include epileptic seizure, cardiac arrhyt…
… 2005 of unascertainable cause. Possible explanations included epileptic seizure, cardiac arrhythmia, or paralytic ileus, with contributing factors potentially including recent clozapine initiation (June 2005), constipa…
80y · Female·peritonitis due to sigmoid resection margin leak following extended right hemico…
…py, leaving this to GP Dr C. who did not follow up. Diagnosis was delayed five months. Post-operatively, paralytic ileus on day 2 should have prompted CT imaging to exclude anastomotic leak, but this was not performed. …
74y · Male·Aspiration of gastric contents due to paralytic ileus following Whipple surgery …
… occurred: on the evening of 1 March when abdominal distension and respiratory distress were attributed to ileus without consideration of NGT reinsertion; at 4:17am on 2 March despite clinical deterioration and abnormal…
26y · Female·cardiorespiratory arrest due to massive gastric dilatation with gastric rupture
Assunta Petroccia, a 26-year-old woman, died from cardiorespiratory arrest due to massive gastric dilatation with rupture following a bulimic episode. She presented to hospital with severe abdominal pain and was incorrec…
64y · Male·necrotising fasciitis precipitated by a fishbone perforating his rectum, leading…
James Tranby, a 64-year-old Indigenous diabetic prisoner, presented with a fish bone lodged in his rectum on 3 December 2008. Following removal on 5 December, he developed progressive sepsis leading to necrotising fascii…
41y · Female·Peritonitis following surgical procedure to the urinary bladder, due to infected…
Cheryl Lee Edmiston, a healthy 41-year-old woman, died of peritonitis and sepsis following minor bladder procedures (cystoscopy, hydrodilatation, and biopsy) at Joondalup Health Campus on 14 February 2003. The biopsies w…
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