7 results for “severe megacolon”
38y · Male·multi organ failure secondary to intestinal ischaemia from toxic megacolon relat…
…th chronic schizophrenia died from multi-organ failure secondary to intestinal ischaemia caused by toxic megacolon from severe constipation. He was a detained patient on Clozapine and Oxybutamin, both known to cause con…
35y · Male·acute vomit aspiration in a man with acute large intestine obstruction (severe m…
…pine treatment per 2015 guidelines, a serious medication side effect—gastrointestinal hypomotility causing severe megacolon—was not widely recognised at that time. The coroner found his treatment appropriate but highligh…
41y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia; contributing factors: toxic megacolon, ce…
David Orton, a 41-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died from cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia complicated by toxic megacolon and Salmone…
22y · Female·Complications of megacolon due to chronic constipation in a woman with cerebral …
A 22-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy and epilepsy died of complications from megacolon due to chronic constipation. She attended…
11y · Female·Complications of E. coli sepsis in association with intestinal obstruction due t…
Child R, an 11-year-old Aboriginal girl with congenital anorectal anomalies causing chronic severe constipation, presented to Halls Creek Hospital on 5 January 2017 with severe abdominal pain and vomiting.…
11y · Male·complications of bowel obstruction in the setting of chronic constipation
…e to financial constraints, leading to rapid deterioration. He presented to Bairnsdale ED on 24 March with severe abdominal distension, lactic acidosis, and signs of shock. Critical gaps in emergency care included incomp…
22y · Female·bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction
…complicated by abdominal compartment syndrome. She presented to Carnarvon Hospital on 26 October 2016 with severe constipation. Conservative management with laxatives was attempted with advice from Sir Charles Gairdner H…
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