53y · Male·sepsis due to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis on a background of end stage liv…
Kevin Arnold Cailes, 53, died from sepsis due to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis on a background of end-stage liver failure. He had cirrhosis diagnosed in 2011 with alcoholism as the l…
48y · Male·sepsis and renal failure due to perforated gastric ulcer
…on, imaging showed only faecal loading and constipation was diagnosed. A ruptured pyloric ulcer causing peritonitis was not recognised until 9pm when he was found on the floor in shock. Transfer to the surgical centre w…
42y · Female·multiple organ failure due to sepsis on a background of pneumonia, spontaneous b…
…th advanced cirrhosis, died from multiple organ failure due to sepsis, pneumonia, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and end-stage liver disease. She was admitted with pneumonia and delirium on 12 July 2019 and placed o…
82y · Female·peritonitis due to a perforated viscus (proximal jejunum) resulting from motor v…
…al trauma. Despite initial clinical assessment appearing adequate, a perforated jejunum with developing peritonitis was not diagnosed until early morning of day 2, when she had deteriorated significantly. Key clinical l…
88y · Female·Complications of cholecystectomy surgery
…is. An iatrogenic small bowel perforation, likely caused by inadvertent suturing during closure, led to peritonitis and aspiration pneumonia. Critical failures in post-operative care at Forster Private Hospital prevente…
69y · Male·peritonitis due to perforated bowel
…ril 2024. Despite receiving appropriate psychiatric and medical care during his admission, he developed peritonitis secondary to large bowel perforation, complicated by Clostridium bacteraemia and hepatocellular carcino…
50y · Male·hepatic encephalopathy secondary to liver cirrhosis with background of hepatitis…
…agement including fluid drainage, PICC line insertion for medication delivery, antibiotic treatment for peritonitis, and endoscopic assessment revealing oesophageal varices, his condition rapidly deteriorated. He was de…
43y · Female·sepsis secondary to extensive acute peritonitis following perforation of small b…
…ng narcotic analgesia within 24 hours—a red flag for bowel injury. Despite fluctuating clinical course, peritonitis and bowel perforation were not recognised until late (day 6), when bowel contents began draining from t…
4y · Male·Intra-abdominal injuries from blunt force trauma (ruptured duodenum and lacerate…
…casions between 22-24 May 2009. Postmortem revealed a ruptured duodenum and lacerated mesentery causing peritonitis and haemorrhage. Seventy bruises indicated non-accidental injury inflicted over several days. The fatal…
82y · Male·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to suture failure of bowel anastomosis foll…
An 82-year-old man died from sepsis due to faecal peritonitis following anastomotic breakdown after right hemi-colectomy for colon cancer. Surgery was appropriate an…
69y · Female·peritonitis due to dislodged percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube
A 69-year-old woman with pyelonephritis developed peritonitis and died after a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube became dislodged. The tube dislodgement…
48y · Female·abdominal sepsis in a woman with coronary artery disease, post-repair small bowe…
…il 2011 at Latrobe Regional Hospital with initial repair but poor postoperative progress. She developed peritonitis and was transferred to Northern Hospital on 4 April. She died of abdominal sepsis caused by small bowel…
3y · Female·peritonitis caused by small bowel perforation due to blunt force trauma
A 3-year-old girl died from peritonitis caused by small bowel perforation. Expert evidence established the perforation resulted from blunt forc…
61y · Female·Peritonitis due to anastomotic leak at gastrectomy site; pathological obesity as…
A 61-year-old woman with pathological obesity died from peritonitis secondary to anastomotic leak following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The procedure itself was appro…
67y · Female·perforated sigmoid volvulus with peritonitis upon a background of spinocerebella…
Betty Irene Ball, aged 67, died from perforated sigmoid volvulus with peritonitis on 2 February 2016. She had spinocerebellar ataxia and was resident in aged care. She developed constip…
64y · Male·Peritonitis, due to or as a consequence of a ruptured gallbladder, due to or as …
Dennis Childs, a 64-year-old Indigenous man serving a life sentence, died from peritonitis secondary to a ruptured gallbladder. On 8 December 2018, he presented with abdominal pain at the correc…
58y · Female·acute peritonitis, which led to the development of acute septicaemia following a…
A 58-year-old woman died from acute peritonitis and sepsis following surgery for duodenal diverticulum. Initial elective surgery on 4 March 2008 was te…
65y · Male·peritonitis and necrosis of the bowel following a ruptured appendix
A 65-year-old prisoner with severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease died from peritonitis and bowel necrosis following an appendectomy. Initial surgery for perforated appendicitis was technical…
13y · Male·Peritonitis secondary to ruptured gangrenous acute appendicitis
Luca Raso, a healthy 13-year-old boy, died from peritonitis secondary to ruptured gangrenous acute appendicitis after being misdiagnosed with viral gastroenteritis…
Male·Faecal peritonitis due to perforated diverticulum
…tilation, elevated blood glucose—Dr B. discharged him without diagnosis. He died the next day of faecal peritonitis. The coroner found multiple preventable errors: premature diagnostic closure, grossly inadequate pain r…
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