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74y · Male·Left cerebral ischaemic stroke caused by cerebral arterial cardioembolism
Desmond George Buckby, a 74-year-old prisoner detained under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act, suffered a massive left cerebral ischaemic stroke caused by cardioembolism while in Wolston Correctional Centre…
67y · Male·Complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
A 67-year-old man with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was serving a lengthy prison sentence in Corrective Services NSW custody at Long Bay Hospital's Aged Care and Rehabilitation Unit. In early October 2…
85y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage in the setting of a fall in a man with multiple comorbi…
An 85-year-old man with multiple comorbidities suffered a fall at home and was transported to hospital with stroke symptoms. A CT brain scan revealed subtle subarachnoid haemorrhage (traumatic), but the VST consultant ne…
75y · Male·acute bronchopneumonia in a man with comorbidities
A 75-year-old sentenced prisoner died from acute bronchopneumonia with comorbidities. Mr Rice had extensive medical complexity including COPD, cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes. He was appropriat…
18y · Male·Multi organ failure due to sepsis from a Group A streptococcus infection
Alex Braes, an 18-year-old from Broken Hill NSW, died of multi-organ failure due to Group A streptococcus sepsis. He presented to Broken Hill Base Hospital three times over 24 hours with knee pain that progressed to seps…
16y · Male·pulmonary embolism secondary to nephrotic syndrome
Dylan Riley, a 16-year-old with steroid-responsive minimal change nephrotic syndrome, died from a massive pulmonary embolism (PE) on 1 August 2015. He presented to Rockingham Hospital with dyspnoea, hypoxia, tachycardia …
44y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism in a woman with likely myeloproliferative neoplasm
A 44-year-old previously healthy woman with BMI 30.5 and minimal comorbidities (snoring, back pain, knee pain) underwent elective sleeve gastrectomy for weight loss. Nine days post-op she presented with splenic rupture r…
59y · Male·pulmonary thromboemboli due to deep vein thrombosis following right hip replacem…
A 59-year-old man died from pulmonary thromboembolism following right hip replacement surgery. He had mild polycythaemia and elevated BMI (33.26), both risk factors for deep vein thrombosis. Pre-operatively he was classi…
68y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of recent surgery
A 68-year-old man died from pulmonary thromboembolism following revisional gastric bypass surgery. He developed multiple post-operative complications including fever, elevated inflammatory markers, and a possible bowel p…
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