89y · Female·multi-organ failure on a background of urinary sepsis
Maria Eufemia Forgione, aged 89, died of multi-organ failure secondary to urinary sepsis at a nursing home. She had longstanding paranoid schizophrenia and was subject to a guardianship o…
87y · Female·Sepsis
An 87-year-old woman with dementia, heart failure, and cerebrovascular disease died of sepsis on an aged psychiatry unit. She was admitted under mental health legislation following behavioural deterio…
69y · Female·Findings consistent with pneumonia/sepsis
Sandra Mary Carroll, 69 years old, died from pneumonia/sepsis on 8 November 2016 at Northeast Health Wangaratta. She had contracted a urinary tract infection in October…
50y · Male·Complications of urosepsis in the setting of T3/4 paraplegia
… paraplegia from a childhood injury, was residing in supported accommodation. He had a chronic indwelling urinary catheter with recurrent infections. On 24 August 2015, his long-term GP prescribed antibiotics for a urin…
90y · Male·Sepsis in the setting of cachexia in a man with multiple comorbidities
…tellectual disability living in a disability group home, was admitted to hospital on 21 December 2019 with sepsis suspected secondary to urinary tract infection, colonic pathology, and subsequently diagnosed advanced pro…
79y · Female·Sepsis due to urinary tract infection with Group B streptococci
A 79-year-old nursing home resident died of sepsis from urinary tract infection with Group B streptococci after waiting 6 hours in the Emergency Department w…
84y · Male·Complications of gout and old spinal injury, cause unknown
…pinal cord injury, renal impairment, cardiac failure) presented with chest infection, abdominal pain, and urinary retention. He was treated with intravenous antibiotics for suspected overwhelming sepsis. Despite appropr…
66y · Female·urinary tract infection with contributing hypertensive heart disease, diabetes m…
Rita Ann Broadway, 66, died from urinary tract infection on 2 January 2015, one day after presenting to Modbury Hospital Emergency Department with…
75y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to sepsis secondary to hospital-acquired pneumonia
… Alzheimer's dementia who was detained under Mental Health Act orders died from multi-organ failure due to sepsis secondary to hospital-acquired pneumonia. He was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital with cerebrovascular …
66y · Male·sepsis following bacteraemia caused by transurethral catheter insertion
A 66-year-old man with severe dementia and multiple comorbidities died from sepsis following bacteraemia after a routine indwelling urinary catheter change at a nursing home. The catheter i…
84y · Male·Urinary tract infection in a man with Parkinson's disease
An 84-year-old man with Parkinson's disease and dementia died from urinary tract infection with sepsis while incarcerated. On 3 November 2021, he developed fever and confusion; ant…
55y · Male·Urosepsis and pneumonia, with contributing factor of Down syndrome
…ear-old man with Down syndrome and intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from urosepsis and pneumonia following recurrent urinary tract infections. He had multiple UTIs during 2020, with a docum…
86y · Male·Sepsis with septic shock, due to urinary tract infection, pyelonephritis (kidney…
An 86-year-old man died from sepsis and septic shock secondary to urinary tract infection, pyelonephritis and prostatic infection. He presente…
45y · Male·Acute renal failure in the setting of urosepsis and San Filippo Syndrome
…early-onset dementia living in a community residential unit, died from acute renal failure secondary to urosepsis. He presented with urinary tract infection symptoms on 5 May 2014, was treated with antibiotics in the com…
59y · Female·Sepsis in a woman with epilepsy, cerebral palsy and haemochromatosis
A 59-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability died of sepsis from a urinary tract infection (urosepsis) caused by E. coli and Proteus mirabilis. She had four hospital …
38y · Female·Septicaemia, urosepsis, and Lennox Gastaut syndrome
… severe intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and Lennox-Gastaut epilepsy, died from septicaemia and urosepsis following a urinary tract infection. She presented with bruising to her thigh on 6 February 2011, but was …
79y · Male·Urinary tract infection with E coli bacteraemia on a background of ischaemic hyp…
…concerning vital signs (tachypnoea, tachycardia, low oxygen saturation, fever) and a history suggestive of sepsis (6-day UTI symptoms, rigors, confusion). The ED RMO assessed the patient as having a simple UTI and discha…
86y · Male·multi-organ failure due to sepsis on a background of sacral pressure ulcer
An 86-year-old man died from multi-organ failure due to sepsis from a stage 4 sacral pressure ulcer after 61 days in a regional hospital. Critical failures included dela…
58y · Female·Enterococcus faecalis sepsis and acute renal failure
…Lloyd, a 58-year-old woman with intellectual disability and schizophrenia, died from enterococcus faecalis sepsis and acute renal failure on 7 August 2009. She presented to Angliss Hospital ED on 31 July with urinary ret…
59y · Male·Complications of multiple sclerosis
…idential Services in Williamstown after 20 years in care. He was admitted to hospital in January 2022 with sepsis, stabilized, and was discharged to the residential facility on a palliative care pathway. His health decli…
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