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48y · Female·multiple drug toxicity consisting of flecainide, lorazepam and diazepam
A 48-year-old woman died from multiple drug toxicity (flecainide, lorazepam, diazepam) following a deliberate overdose. She was located by police after a search and detained under the Mental Health Act. Critical delays o…
70y · Female·Heart failure due to paroxysmal atrial fibrillation treated with flecainide card…
A 70-year-old woman with complex cardiac history including heart failure, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, and coronary atherosclerosis presented with urinary tract infection and atrial fibrillation on Christmas Day 2021.…
82y · Female·traumatic closed head injury (subdural haematoma) resulting from a fall from sta…
Mrs Emily Jones, 82, died from subdural haematoma following an unwitnessed fall at Royal Hobart Hospital on 15 November 2021. She was admitted five days after discharge from Hobart Private Hospital where she was treated …
73y · Female·atherosclerotic and hypertensive coronary vascular disease
Ms Wallace, a 73-year-old woman with hypertension and other comorbidities, developed atrial fibrillation during orthopaedic surgery for a fibula fracture. She was discharged on flecainide 50mg daily, metoprolol, and riva…
46y · Female·hemopericardium secondary to dissection of the thoracic aorta
Iman Kassis, a 46-year-old woman with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type 4 and known severe aortic regurgitation with dilated ascending aorta, presented to the ED on 8 October 2008 with sudden-onset severe throat pain, bradycar…
45y · Male·choking on food
Richard Mann, a 45-year-old man with intellectual disability and psychiatric illness residing in an institutional setting (Strathmont Centre infirmary), died from choking on food. Critical failures in observation and mon…
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