69 results for “severe anaemia”
2y · Female·Complications of severe anaemia and SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) infection
A two-year-old girl died from complications of severe iron-deficiency anaemia and COVID-19 infection. She had significant feeding difficulties, took almost excl…
76y · Male·exsanguination secondary to pulmonary aortic fistula and thoracic aorta aneurysm…
Allan Phipps was a 76-year-old man with a known thoracic aortic aneurysm and severe depression admitted to Austin Hospital in October 2012 for unstable angina and depression management. His …
81y · Male·gastrointestinal haemorrhage and multi-organ failure on a background of severe d…
… Thomas Kelbin, aged 81, died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage and multi-organ failure on a background of severe dementia. He had been placed under guardianship with detention powers after becoming unable to self-care a…
52y · Female·hepatic encephalopathy due to Child C cirrhosis of the liver on a background of …
…rhosis. She presented to Port Pirie Medical Centre with bleeding, pain and confusion. Blood tests revealed severe anaemia and liver disease; imaging showed chronic pancreatitis. She was transferred to Royal Adelaide Hosp…
62y · Male·Hypertensive and ischaemic heart disease in a man with diabetes mellitus
…ort-term accommodation at Carroll House when he suffered a fall on 22 June 2023. He subsequently developed severe anaemia, hypoglycaemia, and gastrointestinal bleeding from multiple gastric ulcers, requiring ICU admissio…
92y · Female·heart failure secondary to aortic stenosis, anaemia, atrial fibrillation and isc…
A 92-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (aortic stenosis, anaemia, atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease) died of heart failure four days after admission to aged ca…
77y · Male·Complications of reaction to an iron infusion in a man with ischaemic heart dise…
A 77-year-old man with iron deficiency anaemia and underlying ischaemic heart disease died from anaphylaxis following iron polymaltose infusion. Critica…
51y · Female·Multiorgan failure in the setting of WHO Class III obesity, chronic excessive al…
A 51-year-old woman with WHO Class III obesity, chronic alcohol consumption, and anaemia died of multiorgan failure following admission with community-acquired pneumonia and respiratory failure.…
80y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
Robert Mather, 80, died from asphyxia due to choking on food while hospitalised with acute psychosis, severe malnutrition, iron deficiency anaemia and urinary retention. He had schizophrenia with 40+ year history an…
30y · Male·Acute pneumonia and multi-organ failure, due to or as a consequence of traumatic…
…ber 2016. He collapsed and fell while alone, likely due to either acute cardiac arrhythmia or seizure from severe hyponatraemia—neither condition could have been predicted beforehand. His medical care prior to the fall w…
79y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to pneumonia and bleeding duodenal ulcer complicating su…
…spital-acquired pneumonia, upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a duodenal ulcer, acute kidney injury, and severe delirium requiring Mental Health Act detention. Despite appropriate medical management including antibioti…
58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis
…9 April 2004. He had been an involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital since 1992, following a severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident in 1970. This injury caused chronic brain damage and pro…
56y · Female·Complications of cervical cancer
Kerry Forrest, aged 56, died in custody on 26 January 2016 from complications of advanced cervical cancer. She was serving a 25-year sentence after being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer in 2012, prior to sentenci…
69y · Male·Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia, a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Colin Hay, a 69-year-old man serving a custodial sentence, died from Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (a non-Hodgkin lymphoma) on 21 October 2016 in the Secure Unit Annex of Prince of Wales Hospital. He was diagnosed in J…
75y · Female·multiple organ failure due to severe anaemia secondary to blood loss post electi…
A 75-year-old woman died from multiple organ failure due to severe anaemia after elective hysterectomy surgery. Critical failures occurred: the surgical and anaesthetic team…
85y · Male·Incised wounds to the wrist
An 85-year-old man with myelodysplasia and severe hip pain from an ischiorectal abscess died from incised wrist wounds sustained in a nursing home while in …
68y · Male·community-acquired pneumonia in a setting of advanced centriacinar emphysema, al…
…neumonia complicated by asplenia (absent splenic function), chronic liver disease from alcohol misuse, and severe malnutrition. He presented with syncopal episodes, cachexia, and metabolic derangement. Critical clinical …
84y · Female·Multisystem organ failure related to complications from a fall resulting in hip …
…us area despite being assessed as high falls risk. She underwent surgery on 27 August but her acute mania, severe agitation, and challenging behaviour made post-operative management extremely difficult. Staff could not a…
40y · Male·respiratory failure due to Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Michael Cockburn, a 40-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and documented severe adverse reactions to antipsychotic medications, was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital from psychiatric d…
67y · Male·aspiration pneumonia with contributing chronic schizophrenia
…culties. The coroner found his death was not preventable, noting an inevitability to his decline given his severe and treatment-resistant mental illness combined with deteriorating physical health.
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