12 results for “type one respiratory failure”
50y · Female·unascertained
…ccessful resuscitation. She had metastatic Stage 4 ovarian cancer, chronic obstructive airways disease with Type 2 respiratory failure, and congestive cardiac failure. Her last chemotherapy was one week prior to death. T…
3y · Male·respiratory failure, with spinal muscular atrophy an antecedent cause
Tory Ganderton, a 3-year-old boy with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 1, died of respiratory failure during inter-hospital transfer. Admitted to Shoalhaven Hospital on 7 Septemb…
84y · Male·Pneumonia complicating fractured cervical spine in the setting of fall
An 84-year-old man died from pneumonia and Type 2 respiratory failure nine days after sustaining a severe cervical spine fracture from a fall on a bus. Fol…
1y · Female·cystic encephalomalacia
… 27 weeks gestation as a monochorionic diamniotic twin following intrauterine death of her co-twin, died at one month of age from cystic encephalomalacia. The surviving twin had a documented 20% risk of neurological inj…
48y · Female·Hypoxic/Ischaemic Encephalopathy; Aspiration of Food with Respiratory Arrest wit…
… with dysphagia; ensuring all staff are aware of and implement new safety measures immediately; maintaining one-to-one support during meals for high-risk residents; and regular training on aspiration risks in intellectu…
52y · Male·hanging
…leep apnoea died by hanging in custody. He had requested a CPAP machine for over 9 months without receiving one, which he believed exacerbated his depression. The coroner found his mental health was generally appropriat…
84y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy with cardiomegaly due to pulmonary hypertension and valvu…
…Health Act detention order at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He had been admitted with acute congestive cardiac failure exacerbation, discharged to nursing care, but returned to hospital hours later when he attempted to leave…
26y · Male·Upper cervical spinal cord injury
…f ventilatory support. Medical staff withdrew mechanical ventilation, and he died on 9 January 2008. The coroner found the signage at the jetty inadequate, noting that as of 1 January 2008 there were only two signs, bot…
59y · Male·disseminated carcinoma due to right lung carcinoma
…s diagnosis, but Professor O'Neill disagreed that cancer was present then, noting this aggressive carcinoma type would be unlikely to survive to 2009 if present in 2007. Hospital care in 2009 was deemed of the highest st…
36y · Male·Complications of morbid obesity, including cardiac enlargement, aspiration of ga…
…id obesity (183.5 kg, BMI 45.3). He was discharged from hospital on 14 January 2019 after admission for respiratory failure and returned to Bayview Lodge, a supported accommodation facility without medical oversight. He…
66y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
…d with minimal nursing observation. A morphine PCA was prescribed without adequate consideration of her respiratory risks. She suffered cardiac arrest from hypoxia approximately two hours post-discharge. Clinical lesson…
[18, 21, 23, 19, 22, 19]y · ["male", "female", "male", "male", "male", "female"]·MDMA toxicity (one case mixed MDMA and cocaine toxicity)
…d alcohol, led to fatal serotonin toxicity and hyperthermia. For Diana and Joseph, there were significant failures in medical care at onsite medical tents, including delayed escalation to hospital and inadequate treatme…
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