Coroner's Finding: Konstantinidis, Agis
Deceased
Agis Konstantinidis
Demographics
90y, male
Date of death
2018-09-17
Finding date
2020-06-19
Cause of death
aspiration pneumonia due to pulmonary fibrosis and dementia
AI-generated summary
A 90-year-old man with advanced dementia and terminal pulmonary fibrosis died of aspiration pneumonia at a residential aged care facility. He had experienced multiple suicide attempts including wrist cutting and methylated spirits ingestion, leading to an emergency guardianship order and transfer to palliative care. The coroner found the care, supervision and treatment at the facility to be of appropriate and high standard, with nothing more that could have been done. No clinical errors or preventability issues were identified. The case illustrates the inevitable complications in end-stage lung disease complicated by dementia in very elderly patients receiving appropriate palliative care.
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Drugs involved
Clinical conditions
Contributing factors
- advanced terminal lung disease
- dementia
- extreme frailty
- aspiration risk
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