136 results for “pleural effusion”
63y · Female·Natural causes unascertained; probable aspiration pneumonia with large pericardi…
…fter hospice admission. Post-mortem examination revealed probable aspiration pneumonia, large pericardial effusion, and bilateral pleural effusions. The coroner found no evidence suggesting care was inappropriate. The ca…
39y · Female·Undifferentiated large right pleural effusion
…l palsy, intellectual disability, and epilepsy living in supported accommodation, died from a large right pleural effusion complicated by chest infection. She presented to hospital in May 2024 with poor appetite and was…
75y · Male·Right haemothorax complicating intercostal catheter insertion for the treatment …
Giuseppe Costa, 75, died from right haemothorax following intercostal catheter insertion for pleural effusion drainage. Critical failures in clinical management included: inadequate documentation of pleural…
65y · Male·Congestive Cardiac Failure secondary to Ischaemic Heart Disease due to Non-Small…
Kevin John Steel, a 65-year-old Aboriginal man with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and multiple comorbidities, died in Alice Springs Hospital from congestive cardiac fa…
84y · Male·staphylococcus aureus sepsis complicating metastatic malignancy
…dentified multiple comorbidities including heart disease, dementia, and hypertension. CT imaging revealed pleural effusion and gastro-oesophageal mass; a chest drain was inserted and palliative care initiated. Multidisc…
61y · Male·Complications of metastatic adenocarcinoma
…ebruary 2022 after presenting to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital with hypotension, tachypnoea, weight loss, and pleural effusion. Following consultation with oncology and palliative care, he declined active treatment and was …
58y · Male·Complications of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
…ital admission with dyspnoea, fatigue and weakness. Imaging revealed lymphoma recurrence with significant effusions and he was managed with comfort care measures. The death was from natural causes. This case highlights t…
40y · Male·Complications of Influenza A infection in a man with cerebral palsy and congenit…
…causing respiratory failure. He presented with severe lower respiratory tract infection and parapneumonic effusion. Despite antiviral and antibiotic treatment, pleural drainage, and intra-pleural enzyme therapy, he deter…
53y · Female·Bronchopneumonia on a background of cerebral palsy
…ve dysphagia due to aspiration. She was admitted to The Alfred Hospital on 27 August 2023 with pneumonia, pleural effusion and multiple comorbidities. Despite appropriate management including pleural drainage and multid…
36y · Male·Metastatic non-seminomatous germ cell tumour
…agnosed as advanced metastatic cancer on imaging. Following symptom deterioration with severe dyspnea and pleural effusion on 30 July 2019, he was transferred to palliative care where he died 9 days later. The coroner f…
48y · Female·Pleural Effusion with Lung Infection
…jury, profound intellectual disability, and quadriplegia living in supported accommodation. She died from pleural effusion with lung infection. She presented with laboured breathing on 7 November 2020; her GP arranged h…
56y · Male·consequences of a physical struggle in the setting of injecting drug use (heroin…
…e (heroin, benzodiazepam, methylamphetamine), undiagnosed and untreated malignant mesothelioma with large pleural effusion causing cardiorespiratory compromise, and underlying coronary artery atherosclerosis. The injuri…
60y · Female·Pneumonia with large pleural effusion
…er's disease and epilepsy residing in specialist disability accommodation, developed pneumonia with large pleural effusion and died in hospital. A speech pathologist identified persistent wet cough in November 2024 and …
52y · Male·Left upper lobe collapse/bronchopneumonia and haemorrhagic pleural effusion seco…
…ian national serving a life sentence for drug importation, died from advanced metastatic lung cancer with pleural effusion at Royal Darwin Hospital in July 2011. The coroner found that care provided by health and correc…
62y · Male·Congestive cardiac failure due to ischaemic heart disease
…uring his 9-month custody, he received appropriate medical care including regular hospital admissions for pleural effusion management and heart failure treatment. A do-not-resuscitate order was appropriately implemented…
58y · Male·adenocarcinoma of the right lung
…esented in November 2007 with respiratory symptoms initially misdiagnosed as infection; chest imaging and pleural fluid analysis eventually confirmed lung cancer. He received appropriate multidisciplinary care including…
72y · Male·Complications of subtotal colectomy for diffuse polyposis and invasive adenocarc…
…fter elective subtotal colectomy for bowel cancer. Post-operatively, he developed complications including pleural effusion and multi-organ dysfunction. Following discussions with family, Mr Lynch transitioned to palliat…
65y · Male·Metastatic lung cancer
…ic lung cancer. He presented with breathing difficulty and chest pain on 16 July 2023, was diagnosed with pleural effusion and lung cancer, and transferred to Monash Medical Centre for oncology consultation. After discu…
75y · Male·Carcinomatosis due to carcinoma of the left lung (metastatic adenocarcinoma)
…asthma history. Although examined and monitored appropriately on each occasion, advanced lung cancer with pleural effusion was not diagnosed until 8 November 2010 when he was hospitalised. By diagnosis, disease was incu…
94y · Female·pneumonia due to traumatic left rib fractures, complicated by malignant left ple…
Mrs Standaloft, aged 94, died of pneumonia due to traumatic left rib fractures complicated by malignant pleural effusion and recurrent lung carcinoma, sustained in an unwitnessed fall at a nursing home on 31 December …
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