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NThospital2026-01-09

Inquest into the death of C Guyula

49y · Female·Hypoxia due to complications following incision and drainage of a right buttock …

A 48-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, COPD, chronic kidney disease, ischaemic heart disease) died following complications of anaesthesia during incision and drainage of a buttock abscess. Critical fa…

anaesthesiasurgeryproceduralmedicationfentanyl
WAhospital2023-11-17

Inquest into the Death of Child MD (Name Subject to a Suppression Order)

2y · Male·multiorgan failure in a boy with clinically suspected sepsis and Cockayne syndro…

A 2-year-old boy with Cockayne syndrome (a rare life-limiting genetic condition) died from multiorgan failure due to clinically suspected sepsis following hospitalisation for acute illness with vomiting, lethargy and poo…

intensive carepaediatricsmedicationceftriaxone
VIChospital2015-12-10

Finding into death of Dane Alexander Hortle

2y · Male·Tramadol toxicity in the setting of adenotonsillectomy in a child with Pierre Ro…

Dane Hortle, a 2-year-old with Pierre Robin Sequence and obstructive sleep apnoea, died from tramadol toxicity following adenotonsillectomy. He was discharged with a prescription for tramadol 25mg, which was dispensed as…

ENT surgerypaediatric surgerymedicationcommunicationtramadol
VIChome2011-04-15

Finding into death of Elanur Koc

2y · Female·pneumonia in a toddler with enlarged tonsils and presence of codeine in blood

Elanur Koc, a 2-year-old with a history of recurrent throat infections and enlarged tonsils, died from pneumonia. Significant codeine was detected in her blood, urine, liver, and stomach contents, with codeine also prese…

paediatricsgeneral practicemedicationcodeine
SAmental health2000-06-16

Coroner's Finding: FERN Edmund James

30y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia due to therapeutic clozapine use

Edmund James Fern, aged 30, died at a psychiatric institution (James Nash House) on 4 September 1997, nine days after septoplasty for nasal obstruction. He was on multiple medications including clozapine 350mg nightly, c…

psychiatryENT surgerymedicationsystemclozapine

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