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40y · Male·Unascertained; probable SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) - natural ca…
A 40-year-old man with severe Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and intellectual disability died unexpectedly in his sleep at a supported disability accommodation facility. He was found in a position consistent with having had a s…
24y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
Aaron Forte, a 24-year-old man with epilepsy, Jacob's XXY Syndrome, intellectual disability, and schizophrenia, died of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) while in specialist disability accommodation. He was fou…
39y · Female·Plastic bag asphyxia
Ms KSQ, aged 39, died by plastic bag asphyxia in May 2023. She had experienced alleged sexual abuse and coercive control from her partner over 12 years. In September 2022, when she attempted to change locks at the family…
15y · Male·pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy and epilepsy
Travis Blows, a 15-year-old with cerebral palsy and difficult-to-control epilepsy, died from pneumonia after a prolonged PICU admission. He presented to ED multiple times in the months before death with seizures and feve…
54y · Female·Complications of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Ms H, a 54-year-old woman with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, died of natural causes from complications of her severe epilepsy whilst in supported accommodation at McCallum Disability Services. She was found unresponsive in be…
59y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
A 59-year-old man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, spastic quadriplegia, and severe intellectual disability died of pneumonia following aspiration risk. He had persistent respiratory symptoms from July 2019, including cough…
5y · Male·Combined effects of prescribed morphine, valproic acid and midazolam leading to …
A five-year-old child with complex neurodevelopmental conditions and polypharmacy (including valproic acid for epilepsy, benzodiazepines, and other medications) underwent routine burn dressing change at hospital with ora…
67y · Female·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy in a woman with schizophrenia and cardiomega…
A 67-year-old woman with epilepsy, schizophrenia, and cardiomegaly died suddenly and unexpectedly at home in disability accommodation. The coroner determined the cause as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). The …
15y · Female·Seizure disorder (epilepsy) with associated vomit aspiration; Sudden Unexpected …
A 15-year-old girl with refractory epilepsy and intellectual disability died from a seizure with vomit aspiration at a special needs holiday camp on the second night of attendance. She had known epilepsy managed with mul…
15y · Male·bronchopneumonia secondary to chronic chest dysmorphology caused by congenital b…
Lee Shaun Wurramarrba was a 15-year-old severely disabled boy with cerebral palsy, global developmental delay, kyphoscoliosis, epilepsy, and chronic chest anatomical distortion who died from bronchopneumonia. He was in s…
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