11 results for “ventilator support”
54y · Female·Pneumonia - chest sepsis
…and tracheostomy, died from pneumonia and chest sepsis at Austin Hospital. She had experienced recurrent ventilator-associated pneumonia, bronchiectasis, and progressive weight loss and frailty. Despite extensive investi…
54y · Female·complications related to post-polio syndrome and chronic respiratory weakness; n…
…ment. Multiple factors likely contributed: chronic respiratory muscle weakness, recent transition to new ventilator with suboptimal back-up rate settings, alcohol consumption above her usual intake, positioning on her ba…
48y · Female·Acute respiratory failure (cerebral hypoxia) in a woman dependent on non-invasiv…
…alfunctioned. Manessis was unable to troubleshoot the equipment failure. Key clinical lessons: disability support workers caring for NIV-dependent patients require structured, accredited training beyond brief 'train the…
21y · Male·cardiac arrest caused by acute bilateral pneumonia
…-year-old with autism and intellectual disability, died following wisdom tooth extraction complicated by ventilator-acquired pneumonia. Although discharged early from ICU after 3 days, he developed bilateral acute pneumo…
57y · Female·Complications of muscular dystrophy
…ed from complications of her underlying condition. She became acutely unwell overnight at her residential support facility with respiratory distress and required emergency transfer to hospital. Although paramedics did n…
26y · Male·Upper cervical spinal cord injury
…d to ICU where he required mechanical ventilation. After being informed of his dire prognosis (permanent ventilator dependence and institutional care), and after psychiatric assessment confirmed his decision-making capac…
54y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia with antecedent causes of oropharyngeal dysphagia and a sig…
…wing admission to Northern Hospital. The coroner found no clinical management failures by the hospital or supported independent living provider. The death resulted from natural causes related to her underlying disabilit…
24y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of severe thermal burns
…c of Nauru Hospital (RNH) including obsolete ventilation (bellows anaesthetic machine rather than modern ventilator), lack of monitoring equipment, limited laboratory capacity, and inability to manage complex burns; (3) …
67y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage complicating coronary artery bypass graft surgery follo…
A 67-year-old man died from intracranial haemorrhage following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. He had suffered a right coronary artery dissection during percutaneous coronary intervention at Sunshine Hospital and w…
30y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism in an overweight man with comorbidities (including rec…
Karl Steinhauser, a 30-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance misuse, died from pulmonary thromboembolism on 12 March 2023 while under Mental Health Act care. After two weeks of increasingly challen…
73y · Male·Complications of cervical fractures and spinal injury (operated), sustained in a…
A 73-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, cardiac disease, liver cancer) slipped on wet tiles outside McDonald's and sustained cervical and thoracic spine fractures with spinal cord injury. Attending param…
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