59 results for “secondary chest infection”
79y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and acute bronchiolitis
… GP follow-up. Hours later, he deteriorated at home and died. Clinical lessons: the subtle presentation of chest infection in elderly patients (impaired thermoregulation means reduced fever response), importance of cons…
68y · Male·Community acquired chest infection secondary to C6 quadriplegia secondary to rem…
…ld Polis, a 68-year-old man with C6 quadriplegia from a 1972 diving accident, died from community-acquired chest infection complicated by heart failure. He had recurrent respiratory and urinary tract infections related …
51y · Male·Complications of aspiration pneumonia in a man with status epilepticus
…tive care, he experienced refractory seizures, ongoing aspiration pneumonia with lung consolidation, and secondary bacterial infection. Clinical lessons include recognizing that aspiration risk is high in patients with …
89y · Female·multi-organ failure on a background of urinary sepsis
Maria Eufemia Forgione, aged 89, died of multi-organ failure secondary to urinary sepsis at a nursing home. She had longstanding paranoid schizophrenia and was subject to a gu…
84y · Male·Complications of gout and old spinal injury, cause unknown
…r with multiple comorbidities (gout, spinal cord injury, renal impairment, cardiac failure) presented with chest infection, abdominal pain, and urinary retention. He was treated with intravenous antibiotics for suspecte…
54y · Male·Pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus
…Key clinical concerns include: inadequate documentation of nursing assessments; two nurses auscultated his chest on day 3 with conflicting findings (crackles vs clear), but this was not escalated to medical review; vita…
39y · Female·Undifferentiated large right pleural effusion
…y, and epilepsy living in supported accommodation, died from a large right pleural effusion complicated by chest infection. She presented to hospital in May 2024 with poor appetite and was found to have a right-sided pl…
85y · Female·Pulmonary embolus secondary to deep vein thrombosis, precipitated by minor fall
An 85-year-old woman died from pulmonary embolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis following a minor fall. She was admitted to Maryborough Hospital with chest infe…
47y · Female·Mycoplasma pneumonia secondary to rhinovirus infection
…Klofa, a 47-year-old woman with Down syndrome and multiple comorbidities, died from mycoplasma pneumonia secondary to rhinovirus infection. She presented to her GP on 6 June with upper respiratory symptoms and was presc…
57y · Male·Bilateral bronchopneumonia in a man with asthma, tetraplegia and multiple other …
…medical advice. His GP saw him 5 days before death for medication review and blood tests, with no signs of chest infection noted. He was found deceased at home with foam in mouth; CPR was commenced but unsuccessful. The…
53y · Male·Sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia
…rebral palsy and intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia. He had a known history of recurrent chest infections and swallowing disorder. H…
58y · Male·adenocarcinoma of the right lung
… Hospital Secure Unit. He presented in November 2007 with respiratory symptoms initially misdiagnosed as infection; chest imaging and pleural fluid analysis eventually confirmed lung cancer. He received appropriate mult…
38y · Male·Sepsis complicating bronchopneumonia and chest wall abscess in the setting of an…
A 38-year-old man with secondary adrenal insufficiency from childhood chemoradiation died from sepsis complicating a chest wall abscess a…
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
…nitiated by Q fever exposure at his abattoir workplace or a finger laceration. He presented with fever and chest pain but was initially misdiagnosed as having viral infection. Following appropriate blood tests revealing…
1y · Female·sudden cardiac death on a background of rhinovirus infection
…d died from sudden cardiac death due to underlying myocarditis/cardiomyopathy precipitated by rhinovirus infection. Clinical lessons include: (1) recognising that pulmonary consolidation on chest X-ray can indicate card…
77y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia on a background of dementia
Edward Morgan Rau, aged 77, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to dysphagia in the context of dementia. He was admitted to hospital on 29 October 2014 after choking on…
75y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary artery atherosclerosis; acute myoc…
…ith chronic schizophrenia, hypertension, and cardiac risk factors, died from acute myocardial infarction secondary to ischaemic heart disease while residing in a mental health aged care facility. He presented with chest…
50y · Female·septicaemia
…luding weakness, incontinence, diarrhoea/vomiting, shaking and cold extremities—consistent with systemic infection. Her housemates recognised her deterioration and Mr Martin repeatedly asked her permission to call an am…
56y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism due to left deep vein thrombosis
A 56-year-old man died from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis. He presented to his GP on 20 January 2017 with persistent dyspnoea and chest pa…
84y · Female·multi-organ failure arising from Staphylococcal septicaemia
Laurel Jean Shaw, aged 84, died from multi-organ failure secondary to Staphylococcal septicaemia. She was detained under a Mental Health Act order for Lewy Body Dementia w…
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