46 results for “upper respiratory tract infection”
62y · Female·Pneumonia in a lady with spastic quadriplegia
…ual disability, and spastic quadriplegia, died from pneumonia at Werribee Mercy Hospital. She developed an upper respiratory tract infection in mid-July 2014, attended medical appointments on 16, 25, and 31 July where a…
60y · Male·End stage multiple system atrophy
…r-old man with end-stage multiple system atrophy, was admitted to Box Hill Hospital on 5 June 2025 with respiratory distress, dysphagia, and recent upper respiratory tract infection. His condition progressively deterior…
63y · Female·Cardiomegaly in a woman with aortic stenosis
…who advised no further action was needed as she was asymptomatic. Two weeks before death, she developed an upper respiratory tract infection treated with antibiotics. On 18 May 2016, she collapsed with cardiac arrest an…
57y · Male·Small bowel obstruction due to mid small bowel volvulus
…d diarrhoea, refused food/drink, and developed a cough. His GP attended and diagnosed a rhinovirus-related upper respiratory tract infection, prescribing amoxicillin. The following morning he was found non-responsive an…
66y · Female·Pneumonia in a woman with multiple medical comorbidities
…egurgitation, died of pneumonia in November 2016. She had been admitted to hospital in late September with upper respiratory tract infection, discharged, then presented to the locum and general practitioner multiple tim…
61y · Male·Right lower lobe pneumonia
… lower lobe pneumonia on 25 December 2024 at Monash Medical Centre following palliative care. He developed upper respiratory symptoms on 3 December 2024, treated initially as upper respiratory tract infection with oral …
3y · Male·unascertained
…3 years 11 months, presented to Bell Street Family Medical Centre on 28 June 2003 with chest pain and mild upper respiratory symptoms. He was diagnosed with mild symptoms and given prednisolone. That evening, he experie…
31y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability and epilepsy (palliat…
…ility, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died of aspiration pneumonia at Maroondah Hospital. Following a COVID-19 infection in December 2023, he experienced recurrent respiratory tract infections and aspiration episodes. In Apri…
55y · Male·Complications of pneumonia
…amination revealed acute bilateral bronchopneumonia with cavitating lesions and Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Although he had presented with respiratory symptoms in December 2017 and February 2018, these were attr…
4y · Male·Haemophilus influenzae septicaemia with superimposed respiratory tract infection
…eye pain. He was examined, found to have tachycardia (HR 156) and fever (39.2°C), and diagnosed with viral upper respiratory tract infection. He was discharged with paracetamol and advice to return if symptoms worsened.…
0y · Male·Respiratory insufficiency; interstitial fibrosis and low-grade pneumonitis of pr…
Zakaria Tartoussi died at age 43 days from respiratory insufficiency due to interstitial fibrosis and low-grade pneumonitis of probable viral aetiology. He pr…
24y · Female·Pulmonary and miliary tuberculosis
… 2024 at Melbourne Airport. She had been symptomatic for months, presenting to a GP on 19 May 2024 with respiratory symptoms (chesty cough, sore throat, voice loss) which were diagnosed as viral upper respiratory infect…
45y · Male·pneumonia in a man with mucopolysaccharidosis-III
…ymptoms on 21 July; examined by locum doctor Dr B. who found normal vital signs and clear chest, diagnosed upper respiratory infection. Re-examined 22 July by locum Dr S. who found scattered crackles and presumed aspira…
31y · Male·Upper airway obstruction due to pharyngeal abscess caused by dental abscess, whi…
Karl Scholz, 31-year-old male, died from upper airway obstruction due to pharyngeal abscess originating from untreated dental infection. He presented wit…
72y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic bowel c…
…d metastatic bowel cancer, died from aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. He had recurrent respiratory tract infections and presented to hospital on 18 June with shortness of breath and abdominal distension…
2y · Male·unexplained sudden death
…t-mortem examination revealed aspiration of gastric contents with early aspiration pneumonia, rhinovirus infection, and trace amounts of fluoxetine metabolite (from maternal breastfeeding). The coroner found no strong e…
3y · Male·Streptococcus pyogenes group A pneumonia
…iarrhoea, was assessed twice at Mount Beauty Medical Centre on 23 December 2015 by GPs who diagnosed viral upper respiratory tract infection. Both doctors observed concerning clinical signs (tachycardia, tachypnoea, let…
2y · Female·pneumonia in a toddler with enlarged tonsils and presence of codeine in blood
Elanur Koc, a 2-year-old with a history of recurrent throat infections and enlarged tonsils, died from pneumonia. Significant codeine was detected in her blood, urine, liver,…
56y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis
…osis affecting all three main coronary arteries. He presented to his GP on 17 and 21 February 2020 with respiratory symptoms (cough, shortness of breath, fever) attributed to a chest infection. Critical clinical lesson:…
2y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest secondary to up…
…equired 4+ hours observation post-adrenaline before safe discharge. The following day he suffered cardiorespiratory arrest from upper airway obstruction, resulting in severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and death. Key…
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