76y · Female·Major organ failure secondary to sepsis due to gram-positive bacteraemia from ur…
…an with advancing dementia, died from sepsis secondary to urinary tract infection complicated by a sacral pressure sore. The pressure injury developed in November 2012 at a nursing home and deteriorated rapidly, contribu…
55y · Male·Staphylococcal sepsis, complications of pressure sores and hypostatic pneumonia,…
…ngs included inadequate transition planning without continuity of known carers, lack of staff training in pressure sore identification and prevention, poor integration between community health services, absence of pre-tr…
73y · Female·Bacterial endocarditis organism arising from a staphylococcal infection that ent…
… for dementia and was transferred 10 times between inadequate facilities, including substandard Mulawa. A pressure sore noted in November 2004 received inadequate management. This likely seeded a fatal staphylococcal bac…
60y · Female·haemopericardium following thoracic aortic dissection Type A
…oman with hypertension and smoking history, presented to the ED with back pain, vomiting, incontinence, and sore throat. An abnormal ECG was obtained but not appropriately interpreted. She had minimal urine output over 7…
83y · Female·meningitis with sepsis with the likely source of infection being a large and dee…
…n (24.5kg, BMI 13), poor hygiene with faecal soiling under fingernails, dystrophic toenails, and multiple pressure ulcers. Ms Atkins had not seen a GP for 12 months despite recommended monthly reviews. Her son David Bald…
50y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis
…on due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. On the morning of his death, he reported headache, vomiting, and sore throat. Nurse assessment found normal blood pressure and no respiratory distress; chest pain was denied. Th…
48y · Female·Sepsis due to pulmonary and cutaneous infections, with urinary tract infection a…
A 48-year-old tetraplegic woman died from sepsis originating from a necrotic sacral pressure wound. Multiple system failures contributed: inadequate pressure sore prevention at the disability care p…
26y · Female·Streptococcal Sepsis resulting from Skin Ulceration and complications of Cerebra…
… palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability, died on 28 June 2007 of Streptococcal sepsis from infected pressure ulcers. She was cared for at home by her mother Daphne and sister Jenna. Following her father's death in …
78y · Female·Complications of prolonged immobility and malnutrition in a woman with retroperi…
…ophrenia, depression, and undiagnosed retroperitoneal lymphoma died from septic shock complicating severe pressure ulcers, malnutrition, and dehydration. She had been immobile on a couch for approximately one week at hom…
83y · Female·Combined effects of severe malnutrition and infection (septicaemia secondary to …
Mrs Clark, 83, died from severe malnutrition and infection including septicaemia from an infected sacral pressure ulcer that had existed for 7 months. She was admitted to hospital in a deplorable state with severe press…
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