10 results for “post-operative psychiatric complications”
63y · Male·Multiple injuries due to fall from height
…DBS surgery in 2013 was successful, but device infection necessitated removal and reinsertion in 2014. Post-operatively, he experienced severe pain, mood disturbance with suicidal ideation, and adjustment difficulties. A…
81y · Male·traumatic brain injury
… was ejected from his vehicle because he was not wearing a seatbelt. He died 5 days later in hospital. Post-operative mental health changes (panic attacks, delusions) following recent benign oral mass removal may have co…
84y · Female·Multisystem organ failure related to complications from a fall resulting in hip …
…e underwent surgery on 27 August but her acute mania, severe agitation, and challenging behaviour made post-operative management extremely difficult. Staff could not administer necessary blood transfusion due to inabilit…
59y · Male·Suicide by hanging while suffering from a mood disorder in the nature of deliriu…
…5 January 2009, 47 days after undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery for Parkinson's disease. Post-operatively, he experienced significant behavioural changes including agitation, impulsivity, and mood disturban…
58y · Male·Cardiomegaly and severe single vessel coronary artery atherosclerosis in a man w…
David John McLeod, a 58-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, was admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit on 21 August 2012 following mental health deterioration. He presented with signs of infe…
58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis
… due to erosive gastritis at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 19 April 2004. He had been an involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital since 1992, following a severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle a…
84y · Male·respiratory failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia
…ure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia following a hip fracture sustained in a fall at James Nash House psychiatric facility. He was serving an 8-year sentence for historic sexual offences. The coroner found his death r…
78y · Female·Complications arising from a left femur fracture following an unwitnessed fall i…
…e sustained an unwitnessed fall in her room on 1 August 2015, fracturing her left femur, and died from complications on 2 August 2015. A falls risk assessment completed on admission classified her as medium-low risk bas…
71y · Male·Saddle pulmonary embolus as a consequence of deep venous thrombosis in the right…
Glen Malcolm Klose, aged 71, died from a saddle pulmonary embolus secondary to deep vein thrombosis in his right calf, a complication associated with his history of multiple knee surgeries. He was admitted to Glenside Ho…
41y · Female·Peritonitis following surgical procedure to the urinary bladder, due to infected…
Cheryl Lee Edmiston, a healthy 41-year-old woman, died of peritonitis and sepsis following minor bladder procedures (cystoscopy, hydrodilatation, and biopsy) at Joondalup Health Campus on 14 February 2003. The biopsies w…
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