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45y · Female·Complications of sepsis secondary to sacral pressure wound in a woman with genet…
Kristy Ann Mitchener, a 45-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, and oesophageal dysmotility, died from sepsis secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer despit…
38y · Male·abdominal and chest sepsis complicating iatrogenic left pneumothorax and laparot…
A 38-year-old man with chromosome 1 short arm deletion syndrome, intellectual disability, and scoliosis died from sepsis following iatrogenic pneumothorax and emergency laparotomy for small bowel obstruction. He was admi…
56y · Male·Pulmonary embolism with deep vein thrombosis an antecedent cause; coronary arter…
Peter Robin, a 56-year-old man with a medical history of hypercholesterolaemia, hypertension, obesity, and depression, underwent elective dental surgery on 28 October 2015 to remove four wisdom teeth and resect a cyst. H…
71y · Male·metastatic caecal adenocarcinoma
Carmelo Disano, a 71-year-old man serving a prison sentence, died from metastatic caecal adenocarcinoma with liver and lung metastases at Long Bay Hospital in November 2015. He was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in Septe…
41y · Male·respiratory arrest secondary to advanced metastatic breast cancer
Ray Jabaltjari Gibson was a 41-year-old Aboriginal man with advanced metastatic breast cancer who died of respiratory arrest while in prison custody. He had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 while imprisoned and …
24y · Male·acute hydrocephalus due to undiagnosed colloid cyst of the third ventricle of th…
Brendan Burns, 24, died from acute hydrocephalus caused by an undiagnosed colloid cyst of the third ventricle. He presented with progressive severe occipital headaches, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea and vomiting over…
83y · Female·Complications following fracture and surgical repair of the left hip in an elder…
Mrs Nola Inez Daniel, an 83-year-old with chronic lung disease, osteoporosis, and cardiac disease, was admitted to Regis Forrest Gardens for respite care on 24 December 2009. She sustained three falls on Christmas Day, w…
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