20 results for “viral gastroenteritis”
51y · Male·Lobar pneumonia
…p home, died from lobar pneumonia. On 29 October, he presented with vomiting and diarrhoea; a GP diagnosed viral gastroenteritis and advised monitoring. He attended day placement on 30 October but was sent home due to v…
5y · Male·Brainstem encephalitis (viral)
…Emergency Department with fever, vomiting, and dehydration on 10 December 2007. He was diagnosed with gastroenteritis and admitted for fluid resuscitation. Despite clinical deterioration including respiratory distress, …
13y · Male·Peritonitis secondary to ruptured gangrenous acute appendicitis
…y, died from peritonitis secondary to ruptured gangrenous acute appendicitis after being misdiagnosed with viral gastroenteritis by his GP on two consultations (22 and 24 February 2017). He presented with vomiting, diar…
18y · Female·Severe cardiogenic shock caused by myocarditis as a consequence of an unknown vi…
Ivy Dwyer, 18, died from viral myocarditis causing cardiogenic shock. She presented over weeks with progressive non-specific symptoms (na…
21y · Female·Multiple organ failure due to undefined sepsis (toxic shock syndrome)
…ptic shock with multi-organ failure in March 2012 after presenting with symptoms initially consistent with viral gastroenteritis and dehydration. Initial management at remote Paraburdoo Hospital was appropriate, but cri…
6y · Male·Sepsis due to melioidosis
…tal over five days (5–10 January 2017) with fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, and headache. Initial diagnosis of viral gastroenteritis was reasonable given the rarity of melioidosis in children and the clinical presentation. …
1y · Male·acute meningitis from Streptococcus pneumoniae, associated with diffuse brain sw…
…presentation included: a junior, inadequately oriented locum (Dr B.) misdiagnosing bacterial meningitis as viral gastroenteritis; failure to recognise severe illness despite tachycardia, tachypnoea, lethargy, and inabil…
38y · Male·haemopericardium (pericardial tamponade) due to aortic dissection
…ng vascular pathology. Junior registrar and senior medical officer diagnosed musculoskeletal pain and gastroenteritis, discharging him home. Re-presentation 48 hours later led to delayed surgical review (8 hours) and CT…
3y · Female·Streptococcus pyogenes septicaemia
…inic) over three days with fever, rash, and diarrhoea. Initial presentations were reasonably attributed to viral illness and her rash was assessed as urticaria rather than erysipelas. However, the clinician managing her…
Salmonella infection contributing to deaths in gastroenteritis outbreak
Four elderly residents of Broughton Hall aged care facility died during a 2007 Salmonella gastroenteritis outbreak. A three-day delay in notifying the Department of Health (April 7 to April 10) prevented ear…
4y · Male·Peritoneal sepsis caused by a perforated duodenal ulcer
…r registrar inappropriately altered SPOC calling criteria without consultant discussion; (3) a provisional viral gastroenteritis diagnosis was inadequately reconsidered despite accumulating abnormal pathology; (4) the d…
34y · Male·Staphylococcus aureus sepsis and endocarditis
…evated urea and creatinine), suggesting bacterial infection. Despite these findings, he was diagnosed with viral gastroenteritis and admitted for observation. Dr B. discharged him at 7.35pm after one examination, withou…
0y · Male·multi-organ failure from septicaemia following surgical reduction of intussuscep…
…resented to Queanbeyan Hospital on 14 October 1996 with persistent vomiting for 3 days. GP Dr R. diagnosed viral infection with possible reflux, admitted for observation, and managed conservatively. Critical urinalysis …
0y · Male·Complications of small bowel obstruction due to post operative adhesions
Marcus Charles, a 3-month-old neonate, died from small bowel obstruction due to postoperative adhesions following earlier surgical repair of oesophageal atresia and duodenal atresia. On 4 November 2006, paramedics attend…
16y · Male·Pneumonia complicating influenza A (H1N1) infection with secondary Staphylococcu…
…fever (39.4°C), vomiting, diarrhoea, and sweating—features of septic shock. RN Swoboda triaged him as gastroenteritis without proper vital sign assessment, despite concerns about meningitis and a high fever that should …
93y · Male·Complications following colectomy for Clostridium difficile pancolitis in the se…
…ansferred to a rural district hospital where his ongoing diarrhoea and low-grade fevers were attributed to viral gastroenteritis and treated symptomatically. Clostridium difficile infection was not considered or investi…
8y · Male·bacterial meningitis that had not been diagnosed by a number of clinicians who h…
…ween 14–17 December 2007. Critical failures included: inadequate differential diagnosis (anchoring to gastroenteritis despite absent diarrhoea), overreliance on normal vital signs while ignoring toxicity signs (lethargy…
6y · Female·Brain stem herniation due to pneumococcal meningitis
…across care teams; (4) blood tests should have been ordered in ED despite clinical presentation suggesting viral illness; (5) critical laboratory results must have senior clinician review with escalation pathways; (6) i…
49y · Male·bronchopneumonia
49-year-old male seaman died of bronchopneumonia with secondary pericarditis on a cargo vessel 30 nautical miles off Port Hedland. He developed acute abdominal pain and vomiting on 29 September 2012 and deteriorated rapi…
Unknown·Ms Fensom: influenza A (H1N1 2009, pandemic swine flu) with myocarditis causing …
Two deaths from H1N1 influenza in 2009. Ms Fensom (41) died from myocarditis complicating swine flu after inadequate recognition and management of persistent hypotension at Millicent Hospital. Her condition required esca…
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