10 results for “ruptured bowel”
82y · Female·acute peritonitis, ruptured bowel and incarcerated bowel herniation
An 82-year-old woman admitted with bowel obstruction recovered well initially but suffered a preventable fall in the radiology department when left…
65y · Male·peritonitis and necrosis of the bowel following a ruptured appendix
A 65-year-old prisoner with severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease died from peritonitis and bowel necrosis following an appendectomy. Initial surgery for perforated appendicitis was technically difficult …
60y · Female·Cardiac tamponade due to ruptured heart due to total parenteral nutrition due to…
…used by TPN fluid leaking into the pericardium through a PICC line inserted to provide nutrition following bowel surgery. The PICC line was inserted under image intensification with appropriate technique and placement a…
13y · Male·Peritonitis secondary to ruptured gangrenous acute appendicitis
Luca Raso, a healthy 13-year-old boy, died from peritonitis secondary to ruptured gangrenous acute appendicitis after being misdiagnosed with viral gastroenteritis by his GP on two consul…
63y · Male·ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
…e was not contacted for transfer to Perth until 7:25pm, a further 3+ hour delay. He died at 9:05pm from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. The coroner found that the excessive delays in diagnosis and transfer contribu…
48y · Male·sepsis and renal failure due to perforated gastric ulcer
…ening pain throughout the afternoon, imaging showed only faecal loading and constipation was diagnosed. A ruptured pyloric ulcer causing peritonitis was not recognised until 9pm when he was found on the floor in shock. T…
8y · Male·Septic shock consequent on burst appendix with peritonitis
…itis on 24 March 2009 but the diagnosis was missed. The next day, his treating doctor correctly diagnosed ruptured appendix and referred him urgently to hospital. At Liverpool Hospital ED, critical failures occurred: the…
70y · Male·haemoperitoneum secondary to ruptured spleen following colonoscopy
Alan Edward Stewart, aged 70, died from haemoperitoneum due to splenic rupture following routine colonoscopy at Royal Melbourne Hospital on 15 August 2018. The splenic injury was caused by mechanical trauma from the colo…
42y · Female·hypovolaemic shock due to an acute ruptured subcapsular splenic haematoma in the…
Eve Brown, a 42-year-old Aboriginal woman, died of hypovolaemic shock from a ruptured splenic haematoma in the context of urosepsis at a regional hospital. She presented with UTI symptoms and…
50y · Male·Multi-organ failure caused by low flow ischaemia of coeliac artery and superior …
…, underwent coronary artery bypass grafting with intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) support. The first IABP ruptured intraoperatively and was replaced. The replacement balloon, though appropriately sized according to stand…
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