11 results for “surgical site infection”
90y · Male·Sepsis secondary to wound infection/dehiscence and bilateral parotid gland infec…
…well, a 90-year-old with ischaemic heart disease, chronic lung disease, and diabetes, underwent emergency surgical repair of a perforated diverticulum on 1 September 2015. Post-operative recovery was initially good. Howe…
85y · Female·Staphylococcus bacteremia complicating multiple injuries sustained in a motor ve…
…in a motor vehicle collision on 20 June 2018. She was treated with ICU admission, induced coma, and three surgical fixations. Initial recovery appeared successful, but she developed a wound infection post-discharge to re…
37y · Female·sepsis due to necrotising fasciitis following abdominoplasty with liposuction
…tributed to normal post-operative symptoms. Her GP telephone consultation the same day found no signs of infection. She deteriorated rapidly at home and presented to hospital in septic shock on post-operative day 5, dyi…
56y · Male·sepsis
A 56-year-old man died from sepsis following elective bladder cancer surgery. Post-operative infection developed with clear clinical signs: elevated CRP (205-284 mg/L), positive bacterial cultures (Staphyloc…
41y · Female·secondary haemorrhage following gastric banding surgery
…r after two hours without contacting her surgeon. She consulted another doctor on 20 February with wound infection but cancelled her surgical appointment. She died 21 February from massive intra-abdominal bleeding from …
84y · Male·respiratory failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia
Ronald Geoffrey Weeks, aged 84, died of respiratory failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia following a hip fracture sustained in a fall at James Nash House psychiatric facility. He was serving an 8-year sentence for …
58y · Male·pneumonia on a background of adenocarcinoma of the lung stage 4, ischaemic heart…
…charge to prison infirmary, he was readmitted with seizures (likely metastatic brain involvement), wound infection, and pneumonia. The coroner found his medical treatment was satisfactory throughout and that his death f…
89y · Male·septicaemia due to infected groin wound, femoropopliteal bypass in a man with mu…
…th multiple comorbidities (diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, heart failure) developed a groin wound infection following femoropopliteal bypass surgery while residing in aged care. The wound deteriorated rapidly fro…
60y · Male·haemopericardium due to rupture of right ventricle complicating removal of cardi…
…ces. While a 14mm tear would likely have proven fatal regardless, the delay and absence of cardiothoracic surgical backup on-site represented departures from CSANZ guidelines that created preventable morbidity risks.
35y · Male·Hanging
… (ORIF). By June 2014, imaging revealed delayed/non-union of the left fracture. A critical screw from the surgical plate became loose in October 2014, prompting dental referral. The dentist referred him for an OPG x-ray …
42y · Female·hypovolaemic shock due to an acute ruptured subcapsular splenic haematoma in the…
…rough early consultation, proper diagnostic reasoning, and timely transfer to a facility with imaging and surgical capacity.
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