4 results for “pleural tap (diagnostic)”
77y · Male·complications of haemothorax and hypotension following drainage of pleural effus…
77-year-old male died from complications of haemothorax and hypotension following drainage of pleural effusion post-coronary bypass surgery, in the setting of pre-existing renal impairment and diabetes. Duri…
33y · Male·Haemoperitoneum secondary to lacerated spleen as a result of peritoneal ascitic …
…gh C) and poor prognosis died from haemoperitoneum following splenic laceration during a diagnostic ascitic tap procedure. Two junior doctors (HMOs/Basic Physician Trainees) performed the procedure unsupervised without …
60y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure due to malignant pleural effusion due to metastatic ma…
…y metastasised to regional lymph nodes. The melanoma subsequently spread to the pleura and lungs, causing pleural effusion. The patient died in November 2008 from cardiorespiratory failure. Key clinical lessons: plantar…
73y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the lung with palliation
Norman Hazelgrove, a 73-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic lung carcinoma in September 2017. Early in his imprisonment (2013), a chest X-ray showed COPD but this diagnosis was not formally documented or managed desp…
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