4 results for “prolonged QT interval risk”
34y · Male·Unascertained; likely fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to electrolyte disturba…
…ed elevated urea and creatinine consistent with dehydration and/or renal impairment. He had a documented prolonged QT interval on previous ECGs and multiple prior hospital admissions for vomiting-induced electrolyte dis…
19y · Female·combined drug effect and myocarditis
A 19-year-old Aboriginal woman with alcohol and cannabis abuse died at Graylands Hospital from combined drug effect and myocarditis. Following two suicide attempts within 48 hours, she was sedated and transferred via Roy…
33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy with an antecedent cause of in-hospital cardiop…
Melissa King, aged 33, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest at Blacktown Hospital. She presented with severe malnutrition, electrolyte derangements including hyponatraem…
51y · Male·undetermined natural causes
…cale insulin doses were not administered despite blood glucose levels of 16.2 and 14.2 mmol/L; (2) Holistic risk assessment for day leave failed to adequately consider the combination of extreme heat, elevated blood gluc…
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