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34y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following seizure with concomitant global severe anoxic enc…
Kenneth Strangways, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man with post-traumatic epilepsy, organic brain damage from head injuries, alcoholism and psychiatric illness, died from aspiration pneumonia following a seizure. The death wa…
33y · Male·Postural asphyxia due to restraint (Posey Poncho vest)
A 33-year-old male admitted after drug overdose died from asphyxiation while restrained in a Posey Poncho vest. Successfully treated for overdose complications, he developed drug-induced delirium with agitation, promptin…
87y · Male·acute renal failure and two major haemorrhagic strokes
An 87-year-old man with multiple comorbidities including previous strokes, atrial fibrillation, and diabetes died from acute renal failure and two major haemorrhagic strokes after three months in an aged care facility. D…
66y · Male·Complications of chronic lithium therapy
Sydney Kennedy, a 66-year-old man with intellectual disability and bipolar affective disorder, died from complications of chronic lithium therapy. He had been on lithium for years with annual psychiatric review, but ther…
54y · Male·Unknown - death established on balance of probabilities but manner and cause und…
A 54-year-old man with major depressive disorder, chronic suicidality, and alcohol abuse was discharged from psychiatric hospital on 23 April 2014 while remaining at "very high chronic suicide risk." He had multiple prio…
45y · Male·Coronary Atherosclerosis
David Grieve, a 45-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and multiple cardiac risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, obesity, smoking), died of coronary atherosclerosis while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Grayla…
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