38y · Male·Urosepsis
…rom urosepsis after rapid deterioration at his residential facility on 28 March 2009. He had a permanent suprapubic catheter inserted in 2008 for chronic urinary retention and had experienced ongoing problems with cathet…
78y · Male·urinary tract infection in a man with dementia and epilepsy
…an with intellectual disability, dementia, epilepsy, and chronic urinary tract infections managed with a suprapubic catheter, died of urosepsis at a hospice after admission for end-of-life care. His health had deteriorat…
61y · Male·urosepsis in the setting of chronic suprapubic catheterisation in a man with con…
Wayne Daniel Holland, aged 61, died from urosepsis related to chronic suprapubic catheterisation. He had significant disability from congenital rubella and lived in specialist disabilit…
94y · Female·Sepsis complicating management of vulval carcinoma in an elderly woman with seve…
A 94-year-old woman with vulval carcinoma underwent suprapubic catheter insertion at a private hospital on 14 May 2014. She appeared well post-procedure with normal ob…
87y · Male·aspiration pneumonia, urinary tract infection and general inanition complicating…
… complications including urinary retention and pneumonia. He required escalating levels of care including catheterisation, restraints (mittens), and eventually palliative care. The coroner found the care provided during …
31y · Male·sepsis due to urosepsis and pneumonia on a background of C3 incomplete tetrapleg…
…priate medical care in custody. The death was attributed to complications of long-term indwelling bladder catheterisation, a known risk factor for sepsis in spinal cord injury patients. The expert specifically commended …
40y · Female·Sepsis secondary to ureteritis, pyelonephritis and aspiration pneumonia with a c…
A 40-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, autism, and schizoaffective disorder living in specialist disability accommodation died from sepsis secondary to ureteritis, pyelonephritis, and aspiration pneumonia. She had sust…
47y · Male·pneumonia
Wayne Eadie, a 47-year-old man with intellectual disability living in residential care, died from community-acquired pneumonia complicated by acute-on-chronic renal failure. He presented unwell on 3 February 2012 and was…
52y · Female·spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage from ruptured berry aneurysm
A 52-year-old woman with acquired brain injury from a prior stroke died from spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm. She experienced vomiting on the evening of 6 July, initially attributed …
68y · Male·Community acquired chest infection secondary to C6 quadriplegia secondary to rem…
Arnold 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 relat…
76y · Female·Major organ failure secondary to sepsis due to gram-positive bacteraemia from ur…
Patricia Northcote, a 76-year-old paraplegic woman with advancing dementia, died from sepsis secondary to urinary tract infection complicated by a sacral pressure sore. The pressure injury developed in November 2012 at a…
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