11 results for “septic shock”
82y · Male·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to suture failure of bowel anastomosis foll…
…rotomy showed extensive anastomotic breakdown requiring washout. Despite ICU support, he deteriorated with septic shock and multi-organ failure. The coroner found no criticism of the diagnostic delay given atypical prese…
65y · Male·ischaemic heart disease following complications of colorectal surgery
A 65-year-old man with significant comorbidities (cardiomyopathy, diabetes, obesity) underwent colorectal surgery for adenocarcinoma. Post-operative course was complicated by anastomotic breakdown causing sepsis on day 1…
70y · Male·multi-organ failure due to septic shock consequent on faecal peritonitis due to …
…eeded well until day 6 when he was discharged. On day 10, he developed an anastomotic leak with subsequent septic shock. Late re-admission and emergency surgery could not prevent multi-organ failure. Death was preventabl…
59y · Female·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to perforation of sigmoid colon complicatin…
…nt was scheduled for surgery at 9am but not operated until 8am the following day, by which time she was in septic shock. Expert evidence overwhelmingly supported that surgery should have been performed within 2-3 hours o…
49y · Female·Intra-abdominal haemorrhage, septic and haemorrhagic shock as a result of a lapa…
Deborah Burgen died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage complicated by septic shock following delayed emergency surgery for bowel obstruction. She attended the emergency department six…
60y · Female·Peritonitis due to anastomotic leak following subtotal colectomy for treatment o…
60-year-old woman died from septic shock due to anastomotic leak following subtotal colectomy for synchronous bowel cancers. Early postoperat…
65y · Male·Severe neutropenic sepsis and multi-organ failure secondary to severe mucositis …
A 65-year-old man with stage 3 rectal cancer died from severe neutropenic sepsis and multi-organ failure secondary to probable dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency when treated with capecitabine chemotherapy.…
46y · Male·sepsis following haemorrhoidectomy
…ain, anxiety, and medication effects. A MET call was not made until 9:30 pm when Mr Dobson was in profound septic shock. Antibiotics were not commenced until 11:25 pm. Critical missed opportunities were: failure to escal…
67y · Female·Intra-abdominal sepsis complicating an anastomotic leak following elective surge…
A 67-year-old woman died from intra-abdominal sepsis following an anastomotic leak from elective colorectal surgery to repair a vesico-colic fistula. The initial surgery on 1 November 2017 was appropriately performed, an…
90y · Female·abdominal sepsis complicating perforated diverticular abscess of the sigmoid col…
Thelma Annie Ogilvy, a 90-year-old woman from rural Victoria, died from abdominal sepsis complicating a perforated diverticular abscess. She presented with bowel obstruction requiring laparotomy on 21 October 2019, was d…
82y · Female·Peritonitis due to leakage of bowel contents from bowel anastomosis following el…
Winifred Carpenter, 82, died 11 days after a right hemicolectomy for colon cancer from peritonitis due to anastomotic leak. Critical failures occurred on discharge day (10 March 2023): clinicians did not recognize her de…
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