8 results for “refractory hypotension”
51y · Female·community acquired pneumonia
Louise Kitty Whiskey, a 51-year-old Aboriginal woman with chronic alcohol misuse, cirrhosis, and recurrent respiratory infections, died from community-acquired pneumonia at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She was admitted on 23…
75y · Female·cardiac arrest in the context of aortic stenosis (moderate to severe), coronary …
…disease, left ventricular hypertrophy) underwent elective ankle ulcer debridement surgery. She developed refractory hypotension post-operatively. Although her Modified Early Warning Score indicated need for escalation, M…
62y · Male·multi organ failure due to atypical pneumonia
…ed significant abnormalities (low sodium 127, elevated potassium 5.3, renal impairment) with concurrent hypotension (88/68). At 02:30 on 12 May when the nurse called about persistent hypotension, Dr S. did not reassess …
39y · Female·Respiratory failure in the setting of aspiration pneumonia in a woman with arthr…
Nicole Kateiva, a 39-year-old woman with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, intellectual impairment, and epilepsy, died from respiratory failure due to aspiration pneumonia. She presented to hospital with two days of co…
42y · Female·multiple organ failure due to sepsis on a background of pneumonia, spontaneous b…
…e deteriorated with worsening encephalopathy and sepsis. Multiple MET calls occurred on 30-31 July with hypotension requiring fluid resuscitation. A multidisciplinary team deemed intensive care inappropriate given her t…
52y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to hypotension in a woman with documented electrocardio…
…zziness and collapse, she suffered cardiac arrest requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation. She developed refractory seizures and hypoxic brain injury, dying four days later. Post-mortem examination revealed coronary arte…
62y · Male·Intraoperative haemorrhage due to metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (su…
A 62-year-old man died from intraoperative haemorrhage during surgery for a renal tumour initially diagnosed as benign anastomosing haemangioma on biopsy but found at autopsy to be metastatic clear cell renal cell carcin…
73y · Female·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of sepsis due to or as a conse…
…caecal and rectal tumours. Post-operatively, she developed persistent low urine output and intermittent hypotension managed with repeated fluid challenges and diuretics. Despite these interventions, she became fluid-ove…
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