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44y · Male·aspiration and intellectual disability
Andrew Wilson, a 44-year-old man with intellectual disability, epilepsy, asthma, and severe scoliosis, died from aspiration in a community residential unit. He had been prescribed a laxative and enema for constipation af…
45y · Female·Epilepsy
Janice King, a 45-year-old with uncontrolled epilepsy living in supported accommodation, suffered a severe breakthrough seizure despite four anticonvulsants. The seizure caused prolonged cardiac arrest (20-25 minutes) re…
17y · Male·Epilepsy with contributing factors of cerebral palsy and intellectual disability
Taner Kirim, a 17-year-old with epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and intellectual disability, died suddenly on 19 January 2009 in his room at Bayview House, a DHS-run residential care facility in Frankston. He was discovered un…
29y · Female·Invasive aspergillosis
A 29-year-old registered nurse with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) died from invasive aspergillosis. Dr G. prescribed lamotrigine 100 mg daily (double the recommended initial dose of 50 mg) on first consultation with…
83y · Female·Congestive cardiac failure due to ischaemic and valvular heart disease
An 83-year-old woman with Down syndrome and cardiac disease died from congestive cardiac failure at Royal Adelaide Hospital following accidental medication administration error in a community group home. On 1 July 2007, …
45y · Female·aspiration of vomitus with bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction
Vicki Margaret Greeuw, a 45-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder, died on 13 May 2007 at Albany Regional Hospital from aspiration of vomitus secondary to bowel obstruction due to severe faecal impaction. She had …
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…
Unknown·Erfinna Lay: Aspiration resulting from Acute Multiple Drug Toxicity; John Quirk:…
Two young people died from acute multiple drug toxicity in 2005. Erfinna Lay (22, female) died from aspiration after ingesting chloral hydrate prescribed to her partner. John Quirk (27, male) died from doloxene overdose …
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