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84y · Male·Complications of fracture left humerus neck due to fall due to hyperactive delir…
An 84-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease and dementia-related behaviours developed a urinary tract infection causing acute delirium, atrial fibrillation, and multiple falls. After presenting to the emergency departmen…
70y · Male·Unascertained; likely exposure, possibly natural causes secondary to medical epi…
John Howitson Frylinck, a 70-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, disappeared while walking at Mundaring Sculpture Park on the evening of 18 January 2024. He became disoriented in …
81y · Female·Multisystem failure in the setting of hyponatraemia secondary to chronic malnutr…
An 81-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, heart failure, and dementia died from multisystem failure secondary to severe malnutrition and hyponatraemia. Over four years, her son (Medical Power of Attorney) progress…
85y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
An 85-year-old woman with mild dementia died in a motor vehicle collision while driving. Her GP identified cognitive decline and recommended she stop driving in February 2021, but she refused. She was observed driving er…
52y · Female·Presumed SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy)
Mariza Beretta, a 52-year-old woman with Trisomy 21 and early-onset Alzheimer's disease, died from presumed SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy) at Royal Melbourne Hospital. She was diagnosed with genetic general…
94y · Female·Complications of metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast in a woman with deme…
A 94-year-old woman with advanced dementia and metastatic breast cancer died from complications of her malignancy. She presented repeatedly with vomiting due to duodenal obstruction from metastatic tumour, but this was n…
57y · Male·Complications of opioid (hydromorphone and morphine) toxicity and incised wounds…
Leslie Hawkins, aged 57 with dementia and significant medical comorbidities, died from opioid toxicity and incised wrist wounds as part of a suicide pact with his terminally ill wife. Mrs Hawkins, diagnosed with advanced…
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