155 results for “respiratory sepsis”
33y · Female·Respiratory sepsis in a woman with an acquired brain injury
…an with acquired brain injury from a 2017 motor vehicle accident and post-traumatic epilepsy, died from respiratory sepsis secondary to community-acquired pneumonia. She was admitted to Ballarat Base Hospital on 20 May …
29y · Male·respiratory sepsis in a man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy
…etricca, a 29-year-old man with cerebral palsy, quadriplegia, autism and developmental delay, died from respiratory sepsis following aspiration pneumonia. He had experienced multiple respiratory episodes requiring hospi…
63y · Male·Bowel obstruction
…-old man with severe intellectual disability, quadriplegia, and blindness died from bowel obstruction with sepsis. On 5 September 2015, carers noted cough and eating difficulties. A locum doctor visited, noted hypotensio…
57y · Male·Sepsis and acute renal failure due to pneumonia
…pital with chest pain, breathing difficulty, atrial fibrillation, and hypoxia. He was diagnosed with chest sepsis, septic shock, respiratory failure, and acute renal failure. Despite ICU admission and treatment with anti…
3y · Female·COMPLICATIONS FROM SEVERE CEREBRAL PALSY
…m complications of her severe cerebral palsy. She presented with seizures, dark green sputum, and signs of sepsis (respiratory acidosis confirmed). Despite treatment for presumed chest sepsis and non-invasive ventilation…
64y · Male·respiratory failure and sepsis on a background of end-stage disseminated small c…
A 64-year-old prisoner with end-stage disseminated small cell lung cancer died from respiratory failure and sepsis at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had presented with collapse, fever, and hypotension i…
54y · Female·sepsis
…ospital on 5 December 2008 with a chest infection and multiple comorbidities including cardiac failure, respiratory failure, and obesity. She deteriorated with septic shock secondary to pneumonia and was transferred to …
50y · Male·Sepsis of unknown organism in respiratory
…t with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, chronic dysphagia, and obstructive sleep apnoea, died from sepsis of unknown respiratory organism. He had experienced declining health with six hospitalisations in 2022, in…
90y · Male·bowel obstruction leading to acute renal failure, sepsis and respiratory failure
…with advanced dementia and multiple comorbidities died from bowel obstruction causing acute renal failure, sepsis, and respiratory failure. He had recently been placed in aged care under guardianship orders following hos…
86y · Male·Sepsis associated with a pericolic abscess, complicated by terminal large intest…
An 86-year-old life-sentenced prisoner died from sepsis associated with a pericolic abscess complicated by terminal gastrointestinal haemorrhage. He had extensive…
4y · Male·Haemophilus influenzae septicaemia with superimposed respiratory tract infection
… He was examined, found to have tachycardia (HR 156) and fever (39.2°C), and diagnosed with viral upper respiratory tract infection. He was discharged with paracetamol and advice to return if symptoms worsened. Over the…
62y · Female·Sepsis secondary to lower respiratory tract infection
…an with Down's syndrome, dementia, dysphagia, and epilepsy living in a disability care facility, died from sepsis secondary to lower respiratory tract infection. She presented with hypothermia, bradycardia, and decreased…
8y · Male·Streptococcus pyogenes and parechovirus infection
… presented to regional ED on 2 September with fever and ear infection signs, then 4 September with mild respiratory distress but no fever. The GP appropriately initiated oral antibiotics when symptoms persisted, and aft…
3y · Male·Disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection
A 3-year-old Aboriginal boy died from disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection with sepsis. He presented to a remote clinic on 10 April with fever and dizziness, then returned on 13 April with irre…
47y · Male·Pneumonia
…injury from childhood encephalitis living in specialist disability accommodation, died from pneumonia with sepsis. He presented with fever on 8 April and was initially treated at Stawell Regional Health. He deteriorated …
54y · Male·multi-organ failure and sepsis complicating fulminant pneumonia with empyema (op…
A 54-year-old man died from sepsis and multi-organ failure secondary to fulminant pneumonia with empyema. He presented to his GP on 1 April 2…
54y · Female·Sepsis due to bronchopneumonia complicating malignant spindle cell tumour of rig…
… where lung biopsy was performed, after which her condition deteriorated rapidly with severe pneumonia and sepsis developing. She died on 27 December 2005. Clinical lessons include the need for appropriate imaging invest…
41y · Male·respiratory arrest secondary to advanced metastatic breast cancer
…y Jabaltjari Gibson was a 41-year-old Aboriginal man with advanced metastatic breast cancer who died of respiratory arrest while in prison custody. He had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 while imprisoned and r…
61y · Male·Right lower lobe pneumonia
…be pneumonia on 25 December 2024 at Monash Medical Centre following palliative care. He developed upper respiratory symptoms on 3 December 2024, treated initially as upper respiratory tract infection with oral antibioti…
45y · Male·abdominal sepsis on a background of metastatic lung carcinoma
A 45-year-old man with advanced metastatic lung cancer died from abdominal sepsis secondary to bowel perforation while imprisoned. He presented with respiratory symptoms in January 2019, w…
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