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66y · Male·Complications of excess alcohol intake in a man with heart disease
A 66-year-old man died from complications of excess alcohol intake in the setting of underlying heart disease. He had a 40+ year history of heavy daily alcohol consumption (12+ cans of beer plus whiskey daily), chronic p…
37y · Male·Mixed Drug Toxicity (Oxycodone, Quetiapine, Pregabalin and Clonazepam)
A 37-year-old man died from mixed drug toxicity (oxycodone, quetiapine, pregabalin, clonazepam) after ingesting unknown quantities of his own medications in an ED. He presented with trauma symptoms four days post-motor v…
68y · Female·Sepsis (Enterobacter cloacae) due to peritonitis as a consequence of leaking per…
A 68-year-old woman with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy died from sepsis due to peritonitis following dislodgement of a PEG tube inserted on 27 February 2018. She presented to a rural hospital 5.5 hours post-discharg…
34y · Male·Haemopericardium due to dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm
A 34-year-old man with a bicuspid aortic valve presented to ED twice on 5 September 2017 with chest pain. On both occasions, the ED was at full capacity ('Access Block'). He left without being seen both times, before a c…
41y · Male·Subdural haematoma
A 41-year-old Aboriginal man with excessive alcohol use presented four times to a rural hospital over one month with headaches. His symptoms were attributed to cluster migraine, then alcohol withdrawal syndrome, despite …
29y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity
Shane John Robinson, a 29-year-old prisoner with complex medical conditions including Crohn's disease, pulmonary embolism, anaemia and schizoaffective disorder, died from multiple drug toxicity in prison. He had been pre…
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