5 results for “stoma complication”
45y · Female·Multi-organ failure due to septicaemia and peritonitis due to faecal leakage fro…
…ss drainage. These deficiencies led to predictable failure. Despite early nursing warning signs (darkening stoma from 6 May), the patient was inappropriately discharged on 11 May 1998 while unwell and unable to manage t…
27y · Female·Aspiration of gastric contents associated with persistent vomiting following gas…
…tric contents following a vertical-banded gastroplasty performed for morbid obesity. The surgeon created a stoma (opening) of 4-5mm diameter using a 27 French bougie, smaller than the 36-38 French standard recommended b…
79y · Male·complications of peritonitis
…rgeon, Dr L.-Ming Schmidt, made a catastrophic surgical error by exteriorising the wrong end of bowel as a stoma, causing iatrogenic mechanical bowel obstruction. The error went undetected for 8 days despite clinical si…
52y · Female·haemorrhage from a tracheal-innominate artery fistula complicating a tracheostom…
…ophic haemorrhage in 34-50% of cases, the observed bleeding (3mls) was ambiguous and could represent minor stoma bleeding rather than herald bleeding. Bronchoscopy, angiography, and other investigations would have low d…
66y · Male·Complications of excess alcohol intake in a man with heart disease
A 66-year-old man died from complications of excess alcohol intake in the setting of underlying heart disease. He had a 40+ year history of heav…
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