11 results for “systolic dysfunction”
51y · Female·community acquired pneumonia
…ntly, temporarily compromising noradrenaline delivery when her blood pressure was critically low (60 mmHg systolic). Despite manual administration resumption and maximal vasopressor support, she arrested at 7:06 am on 7 …
83y · Male·ischaemic myocardial fibrotic heart disease due to or as a consequence of severe…
Geoffrey Brian Homan, an 83-year-old man, died from ischaemic myocardial fibrotic heart disease due to severe calcified coronary atherosclerosis. He had suffered two myocardial infarctions in December 2019 and June 2020.…
70y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 70-year-old sentenced prisoner with severe ischaemic heart disease and prior myocardial infarctions died from acute myocardial infarction with coronary artery atherosclerosis. He presented with severe chest pain on 5 O…
24y · Female·Cardiac conducting system disease leading to asystole against a background of a …
A 24-year-old woman with complex congenital cardiac disease, cerebral palsy, and hydrocephalus was admitted to a secondary hospital with a respiratory tract infection and bradycardia with left bundle branch block. She de…
57y · Male·streptococcus pneumonia septicaemia due to splenectomy
… and critically, failure to admit to ICU despite severe sepsis with lactic acidosis, hypotension (<90mmHg systolic for 3 hours), and MEWS scores >9. While the coroner found treatment sub-optimal and not giving Mr El-Chei…
42y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to severe triple-vessel coronary artery atherosclero…
A 42-year-old man with known severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease died from acute ischaemic heart disease while working at height. He had refused recommended coronary artery bypass graft surgery in December 2008,…
57y · Female·Complications of muscular dystrophy
A 57-year-old woman with longstanding muscular dystrophy and newly diagnosed cardiomyopathy died from complications of her underlying condition. She became acutely unwell overnight at her residential support facility wit…
68y · Female·Haemorrhage secondary to right subclavian artery lacerations sustained during ce…
A 68-year-old woman died from massive blood loss following inadvertent puncture of the right subclavian artery during central venous line insertion. The anaesthetist used anatomical landmarks without ultrasound after an …
75y · Male·Right haemothorax complicating intercostal catheter insertion for the treatment …
Giuseppe Costa, 75, died from right haemothorax following intercostal catheter insertion for pleural effusion drainage. Critical failures in clinical management included: inadequate documentation of pleural fluid drainag…
39y · Male·cardiac arrest caused by alcoholic cardiomyopathy
Ryan Smiler was a 39-year-old Aboriginal man who died from cardiac arrest caused by alcoholic cardiomyopathy while in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre. He had a long history of alcohol abuse, hypertension, and heart…
83y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to aortic stenosis (recent transcatheter aortic va…
An 83-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure died from pulmonary embolism one day after discharge following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI). Clinical lessons cent…
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