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6 results for post-operative pericarditis

VICaged care2022-11-30

Finding into death of Ian Dunlop

74y · Male·Pericarditis post aortic valve surgery with large pericardial effusion leading t…

Ian Dunlop, a 74-year-old man, died from pericarditis with large pericardial effusion and tamponade four days after aortic valve replacement surgery. Post-op…

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ACThospital2019-11-22

Inquest into death of JAMIE LAWRENCE MITCHELL

36y · Male·Septicaemia and cerebral artery air embolism, due to complications related to cl…

…tion with post-procedural chest pain at Goulburn Base Hospital on 4 October was initially attributed to pericarditis, a known ablation complication. The fistula and infection developed over several days, diagnosed on 10 …

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VICmental health2014-12-23

Finding into death of David John McLeod

58y · Male·Cardiomegaly and severe single vessel coronary artery atherosclerosis in a man w…

…ersus pre-existing chronic incontinence. Although medical records showed conflicting information about post-operative urinary status after recent prostate surgery, the coroner found medical and nursing care was appropria…

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SAhospital2022-10-27

Coroner's Finding: Rentoulis Dimitrios

79y · Male·Iatrogenic right ventricular injury complicating drainage of pericardial collect…

…79-year-old man died from iatrogenic right ventricular injury sustained during attempted drainage of a post-operative pericardial effusion following coronary artery bypass grafting. During a minimally invasive sub-xiphoi…

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SAhospital2006-05-18

Coroner's Finding: PAHL-CADMAN Emma Rose

20y · Female·cardiac dysrhythmia/arrest in a 20 year old Down's Syndrome female following abd…

…t despite extreme anaesthetic risk; failure to provide intensive monitoring (ECG, continuous oximetry) post-operatively despite preoperative oxygen saturation of 48% and known severe cardiac disease; absence of specialis…

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NSWhospital2021-04-16

Inquest into the death of Kelvin MOULDS

61y · Male·Hypoxic encephalopathy arising from cardiac arrest following self-removal of a c…

Kelvin Moulds, a 61-year-old man, died of hypoxic encephalopathy following a cardiac arrest caused by self-removal of a central venous catheter (CVC) on day 14 post-bilateral lung transplant. The CVC was still in situ de…

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