Coronial

4 results for percutaneous tracheostomy

SAhospital2011-11-15

Coroner's Finding: TILKA Susan Marie

52y · Female·haemorrhage from a tracheal-innominate artery fistula complicating a tracheostom…

…-old woman died from catastrophic haemorrhage due to a tracheal-innominate artery fistula 10 days after percutaneous tracheostomy following stroke and decompressive craniectomy. Minor bleeding was observed 3 days before …

neurologyintensive care
QLDhospital2009-12-16

Davidson, Yvonne Alice

75y · Female·Septicaemia as a result of lobar pneumonia; congestive heart failure also presen…

A 75-year-old woman died from septicaemia following a percutaneous tracheostomy procedure performed by a locum consultant on a Sunday. The procedure deviated significantl…

intensive careanaesthesiaproceduralcommunication
WAhospital2012-05-31

Inquest into the Death of GARRETT

52y · Male·HIV infection complicated by basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and n…

…esented with severe bleeding from the mouth and was admitted to hospital where he underwent intubation, tracheostomy, and embolisation of the lingual artery. He was managed palliatively thereafter and died approximately …

emergency medicineintensive careheparin
NThospital2016-04-22

Inquest into the death of Bundy Namarnyilk

56y · Male·Acute bronchopneumonia secondary to locally advanced, poorly differentiated squa…

A 56-year-old Aboriginal man died in custody from bronchopneumonia secondary to metastatic hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. He first presented with sore throat in February 2014 and was referred to ENT clinic in Ap…

ENT surgeryoncology

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