38 results for “warfarin anticoagulation therapy”
43y · Female·Acute thrombosis of a prosthetic mitral valve
…sease died from acute thrombosis of her prosthetic mitral valve following cessation and recommencement of warfarin for IVF treatment. A critical breakdown in communication occurred between her IVF specialist and general …
48y · Female·intracerebral haemorrhage on a background of anticoagulation therapy for a recen…
… and treatment of schizoaffective disorder. An initial ischaemic stroke resulted from non-compliance with warfarin (required for her mechanical aortic valve). During rehabilitation at Fiona Stanley Hospital, she refused …
65y · Male·acute right subdural haematoma
Sidney Brunt, aged 65, died from an acute right subdural haematoma caused by excessive, unmonitored anticoagulation with warfarin. His general practitioner, Dr A., prescribed warfarin for atrial fibrillation but faile…
82y · Male·closed head injury (subdural haematoma) sustained in a fall
An 82-year-old man on warfarin died from a subdural haematoma sustained in a fall at a rehabilitation centre. He fell while attempting t…
81y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage in the setting of heparinisation for subclavian artery…
81-year-old Alan Webster with atrial fibrillation on long-term Warfarin underwent colonoscopy in August 2011. His anticoagulation was interrupted and bridging Clexane prescribed…
86y · Female·right subdural haematoma due to blunt head trauma with contributing excessive wa…
An 86-year-old woman died from subdural haematoma following a minor head injury, complicated by excessive warfarin anticoagulation. She was started on warfarin by a cardiologist on 19 December 2012 for atrial fibrillatio…
72y · Male·Subdural haematoma in a man receiving warfarin treatment
…h intellectual disability receiving 24-hour support from DHHS died from acute subdural haematoma while on warfarin therapy post-cardiac surgery. He collapsed at work with vomiting and vagueness, was assessed at local med…
73y · Male·Blunt head injury from fall, complicated by warfarin therapy
A 73-year-old man on warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation died from traumatic head injury sustained in an unwitnessed fall from a l…
53y · Female·infarction of the transverse colon due to mesenteric/retroperitoneal haemorrhage…
…infarction secondary to mesenteric/retroperitoneal haemorrhage and incisional abdominal hernia during anticoagulation therapy. She was admitted to hospital with delirium; an organic cause (UTI) was found and treated. A …
84y · Female·acute left subdural haematoma
…om a chair at a residential aged care facility and sustained an acute left subdural haematoma. She was on warfarin for deep vein thrombosis and atrial fibrillation. Initial nursing observations were appropriate, but over…
90y · Female·Right acute on chronic subdural haematoma sustained in a fall in the setting of …
A 90-year-old woman on warfarin for atrial fibrillation suffered an unwitnessed fall with head strike at an aged care facility. She prese…
83y · Male·Acute subdural haemorrhage following a fall
…ney Bedford, aged 83, fell on his driveway at home on 30 October 2015 and suffered a head injury while on warfarin anticoagulation therapy. He was transported to Launceston General Hospital where an initial CT scan of th…
76y · Female·complications of subdural haemorrhage (operation)
…Key clinical lessons include the importance of thorough head injury assessment in elderly patients on anticoagulation (warfarin), recognition that delayed presentation of subdural haematoma can occur in older patients, …
87y · Male·Endobronchial and pulmonary haemorrhage secondary to pneumonia complicating chro…
An 87-year-old man with atrial fibrillation on warfarin underwent elective bronchoscopy for suspected lung lesion. The admitting respiratory team incorrectly doc…
77y · Female·Subdural haematoma secondary to blunt head trauma (head-strike)
A 77-year-old woman on warfarin for atrial fibrillation presented to Sandringham Hospital after striking her head on a wall. Despite bein…
68y · Female·acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage secondary to bilateral dental extraction
A 68-year-old woman on long-term warfarin therapy for a prosthetic aortic valve died from acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage following dental extra…
84y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction precipitated by upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage f…
…ing Jehovah's Witness who refused blood transfusions. Rivaroxaban cannot be monitored or reversed, unlike warfarin. He developed upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a gastric ulcer, possibly exacerbated by concurrent us…
75y · Male·acute right subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall
George Triantafilopoulos, a 75-year-old man on warfarin after aortic valve replacement, suffered two head strikes within 24 hours—first falling onto concrete at …
77y · Female·haemorrhagic diathesis due to warfarin toxicity
Ruby Mabel Edwards, 77, died from haemorrhagic diathesis due to warfarin toxicity after 84 days in a rural hospital. She had a prosthetic aortic valve requiring anticoagulation. …
87y · Male·multi organ failure due to septic shock complicating urinary tract infection and…
An 87-year-old man with atrial fibrillation on warfarin developed septic shock and multi-organ failure following traumatic bladder catheterisation. Two catheteri…
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