8 results for “upper gastrointestinal bleed”
62y · Male·Acute Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage in association with Acute on Chronic Peptic U…
Kenneth Charles Fox, 62, presented to Fremantle Hospital ED on 12 April 2006 with a gastrointestinal bleed after fainting. He was diagnosed with a massive bleed causing hypovolaemic shock and stabilized…
78y · Female·Hypernatraemia in the setting of lowered oral intake
…she had a choking incident and was admitted to Frankston Hospital with severe dehydration, hypernatraemia, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and possible aspiration pneumonia. Despite treatment with intravenous fluids, a…
78y · Female·Acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage
…Davidge, a 78-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in residential care, died from acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage in hospital. She presented initially with haematemesis and melaena on 11 November 2013, w…
32y · Female·ischaemic heart disease complicated by upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
…s with a single troponin test and ECG. She died the next day from acute coronary thrombosis complicated by upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Critical omissions included: failure to perform a rectal examination despite…
44y · Male·cardiogenic shock, on a background of severe tricuspid valve regurgitation, seve…
…to severe pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction, with surgery contraindicated by recent upper GI bleeding requiring anticoagulation. Both gastroenterology and cardiothoracic experts found the medical …
83y · Female·upper gastrointestinal bleed with haemodynamic compromise following anticoagulat…
Margaret Patricia Kenney, 83, died from upper gastrointestinal bleeding complicated by cardiac arrest while anticoagulated for atrial fibrillation. She …
76y · Female·Acute renal failure due to dehydration due to upper gastrointestinal bleed
A 76-year-old woman with chronic pain was admitted to a small rural hospital on 1 April 2015 with haematemesis secondary to NSAID use. Blood tests were ordered on admission but not transported to the district hospital fo…
80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…pneumonia following an appendectomy. On hospital day 3, he developed coffee-ground vomitus indicating gastrointestinal bleeding. A gastroscopy was performed that afternoon to identify the bleeding source, but he aspirate…
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