8 results for “post-operative surgical site infection”
90y · Male·Sepsis secondary to wound infection/dehiscence and bilateral parotid gland infec…
…well, a 90-year-old with ischaemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, and diabetes, underwent emergency surgical repair of a perforated diverticulum on 1 September 2015. Post-operative recovery was initially good. Howe…
37y · Female·sepsis due to necrotising fasciitis following abdominoplasty with liposuction
…om sepsis due to necrotising fasciitis following abdominoplasty and liposuction. She was discharged on post-operative day 4 with severe pain, nausea, and vomiting, which were attributed to normal post-operative symptoms.…
85y · Female·Staphylococcus bacteremia complicating multiple injuries sustained in a motor ve…
…in a motor vehicle collision on 20 June 2018. She was treated with ICU admission, induced coma, and three surgical fixations. Initial recovery appeared successful, but she developed a wound infection post-discharge to re…
41y · Female·secondary haemorrhage following gastric banding surgery
…e eight days after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery in Darwin. She attended ED on 18 February with post-operative pain; Dr McNair discharged her after two hours without contacting her surgeon. She consulted another d…
56y · Male·sepsis
A 56-year-old man died from sepsis following elective bladder cancer surgery. Post-operative infection developed with clear clinical signs: elevated CRP (205-284 mg/L), positive bacterial culture…
84y · Male·respiratory failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia
Ronald Geoffrey Weeks, aged 84, died of respiratory failure 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 …
58y · Male·pneumonia on a background of adenocarcinoma of the lung stage 4, ischaemic heart…
…charge to prison infirmary, he was readmitted with seizures (likely metastatic brain involvement), wound infection, and pneumonia. The coroner found his medical treatment was satisfactory throughout and that his death f…
35y · Male·Hanging
… (ORIF). By June 2014, imaging revealed delayed/non-union of the left fracture. A critical screw from the surgical plate became loose in October 2014, prompting dental referral. The dentist referred him for an OPG x-ray …
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