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31y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head and neck (self-inflicted)
Nathan Barreto Sexton, 31 years old, died by suicide on 21 October 2023 near Merredin, Western Australia, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck. Prior to his death, he had committed serious armed offen…
86y · Female·Bradycardic arrest secondary to relative hypoperfusion while undergoing surgery …
An 86-year-old woman underwent elective surgery to excise a probable squamous cell carcinoma from her left hand with split-thickness skin grafting under local anaesthesia with intravenous sedation. She suffered an unexpe…
62y · Female·Hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock (hysterectomy) in the context of cardiomegaly…
A 62-year-old woman with significant comorbidities (cirrhosis, cardiomegaly, thrombocytopenia, chronic kidney disease, COPD) died from hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock during elective total laparoscopic hysterectomy fo…
91y · Male·Complications following cardiac arrest in the setting of anaesthetic induction d…
A 91-year-old man with COPD, asthma, and previous cardiac arrest from suxamethonium died from complications following anaphylaxis to rocuronium during anaesthetic induction for emergency small bowel obstruction surgery. …
58y · Female·lymphangitic carcinomatosis leading to hypoxaemic respiratory failure and cardia…
June Nutter, a 58-year-old woman presenting with weight loss, anorexia, and unexplained shortness of breath, underwent gastroscopy and colonoscopy at a private hospital to investigate suspected gastric pathology. She had…
Male·Motor vehicle crash injuries; Arjomand—head injury; Hiron—chest and abdominal in…
Three men died in a high-speed motor vehicle crash while intoxicated with methylamphetamine and other drugs. The driver (Arjomand) sustained a non-survivable head injury; the rear seat passenger (Hiron) sustained severe …
45y · Female·Sibutramine ingestion in a woman with coronary artery atherosclerosis
Karen Willis, a 45-year-old woman with no known medical conditions, died of acute cardiac arrhythmia triggered by sibutramine ingestion combined with underlying coronary atherosclerosis. She had purchased Slimming Factor…
75y · Female·Abdominal infection following surgery (repair of recurrent umbilical hernia) - s…
Wilma Ray Jones, 75, died of abdominal infection and sepsis following uncomplicated umbilical hernia repair. Post-mortem revealed ischaemic bowel with infarction, likely caused by superior mesenteric artery occlusion tri…
44y · Male·undetermined; possibly multiple internal injuries from collision, acute myocardi…
Geoffrey James Hewitt, a 44-year-old Aboriginal man, died in a single-vehicle collision on 7 May 2011 after his Toyota Hilux veered onto the wrong side of the Arnhem Highway and was struck by an oncoming truck. He was ej…
25y · Male·gastro-intestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis in association with acute…
Richard Stanley Tauwhare, a 25-year-old male, died on 10 February 2002 from gastro-intestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis in association with acute-on-chronic amphetamine toxicity. He had consumed a large dose o…
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