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Unknown·Michael Russell: intracranial haemorrhage complicating surgery for right cerebra…
Two patients died following stroke interventions on 18 April 2017 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Michael Russell (60) died from intracranial haemorrhage following vessel perforation during thrombectomy for acute coronar…
22y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
22-year-old woman with epilepsy, cognitive disability and schizophrenia died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) during respite care. She experienced a nocturnal seizure while sleeping at a disability support …
19y · Female·self-inflicted hanging
Sabrina Di Lembo, a 19-year-old law student, died by suicide after experiencing anxiety and panic attacks during exam preparation. Over nine weeks, she had 17 medical contacts but received inadequate assessment, no detai…
63y · Female·Head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident
Vicki Webster, a 63-year-old woman, died from head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on Lake Rowan Road, Victoria. She swerved to the left to pass an oncoming vehicle, overcorrected to the right, left the ro…
12y · Female·Cardio-respiratory failure due to aspiration pneumonia
Angelique Burton-Ho, age 12, with VACTERL syndrome and difficult airway, presented to Bowral Hospital ED on 9 August 2015 with respiratory symptoms. She was inadequately triaged initially, then readmitted that evening wi…
71y · Male·Aspiration in setting of paralytic ileus in patient in convalescent phase of abd…
A 71-year-old man died from aspiration complicating prolonged paralytic ileus on postoperative day 9 following open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Despite clinical signs of persistent ileus (vomiting, abdominal disten…
49y · Male·acute asthma leading to hypoxic brain injury
Hoi-Sam Lau, 49, died from acute asthma leading to hypoxic brain injury during the unprecedented Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event of 21 November 2016. He had well-controlled asthma triggered by pollen and respiratory …
35y · Male·Acute asthma
Apollo George Papadopoulos, age 35, died from acute asthma during the Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event on 21 November 2016. He had known asthma and hay fever triggered by seasonal environmental factors, was highly sen…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest in the se…
Mrs Le Hue Huynh, 46, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest during the November 21, 2016 Thunderstorm Asthma event in Melbourne. She had known asthma with poor medication compli…
29y · Male·acute asthma
A 29-year-old male with known asthma and hay fever died from acute asthma during the November 2016 thunderstorm asthma event in Melbourne. He presented to Ballarat Hospital on 21 November with severe asthma, was treated …
18y · Male·acute asthma
Omar Jamil Moujalled, 18 years old, died from acute asthma during the unprecedented thunderstorm asthma event in Melbourne on 21 November 2016. He had pre-existing asthma and severe hay fever with exceptionally high sens…
37y · Male·Acute asthma (thunderstorm asthma event)
37-year-old male died from acute asthma during the unprecedented Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event (21-22 November 2016). He had moderate to severe asthma with suboptimal preventer medication use and recently diagnosed…
57y · Male·sepsis and multiple organ failure secondary to aspiration pneumonia
Timothy Fenton, a 57-year-old intellectually disabled man on antiepileptic medications, developed a small bowel ileus after presenting with vomiting and diarrhoea. Following emergency laparotomy, his nasogastric tube was…
55y · Male·probable sepsis in the setting of immunosuppression, a skin wound and chronic di…
David Paul Unwin, a 55-year-old kidney transplant recipient with polycystic kidney disease, died of sepsis in January 2017. He presented with progressive symptoms including chronic diarrhoea, weight loss (16kg in 8 weeks…
Fire caused by unattended cooking wok on gas stove with ignited cooking oil
A fire occurred at Sydney Building, Canberra City on 17 February 2014 in the kitchen of Japanese restaurant Izakaya Coo 2 G 4 U, caused by an unattended cooking wok on a gas stove that ignited cooking oil. A staff member…
85y · Female·ischaemic heart disease due to stenosis of coronary bypass grafts
An 85-year-old woman with significant cardiac history (prior coronary artery bypass graft) presented with gastrointestinal symptoms. Her GP ceased rosuvastatin without direct communication to nursing staff. Care staff id…
1y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and multisystem failure in the setting of extre…
Baby B was born by emergency breech extraction in an ambulance after obstructed labour, sustaining severe hypoxic-ischaemic injury. The death was multifactorial. The mother had limited antenatal care despite known metham…
12y · Male·Cardiac haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of congenital aortic stenosis (su…
Joshua Statis, a 12-year-old with complex congenital aortic stenosis, died 18 days after a redo Konno procedure and aortic valve replacement when a CardioCel patch to the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) ruptured, …
71y · Female·Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, with coronary artery atherosclerosis contrib…
Sandra Cree, a 71-year-old woman, died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) after undergoing an elective endovascular repair procedure in Brisbane. She presented to a remote hospital (Lightning Ridge Multi-Pur…
25y · Male·unable to determine
Tyrone Frederick MacQueen disappeared on 1 July 1994 at age 25. He had chronic schizophrenia with poor medication compliance, recent psychiatric hospitalization, expressed suicidal ideation, self-harm (wrist cutting), de…
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