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42y · Female·Pneumonia, underlying severe cerebral palsy
Rachel Piskun, aged 42, died from pneumonia complicated by severe cerebral palsy. She had severe disabilities requiring 24-hour care in supported accommodation. During a September 2021 hospitalization, compression stocki…
87y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to cardiac arrest, with valvular hear…
An 87-year-old woman died following a CT-guided epidural injection at a private radiology clinic. Although she had undergone the procedure for spinal pain, the radiologist performed an epidural injection at the T12 level…
43y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following polypharmacy overdose and iatrogenic …
Jay Alan Paterson, a 43-year-old man with chronic pain and opioid dependence, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following polypharmacy overdose and iatrogenic upper airway injury. He obtained 296 oxycodone table…
32y · Male·Multidrug overdose
A 32-year-old man with a history of polysubstance abuse, schizoaffective disorder, and chronic pain died from multidrug overdose at home. He had obtained fentanyl, clonazepam, diazepam, methadone, and other drugs from mu…
44y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (oxycodone, diazepam, and pregabalin)
Melissa May, a 44-year-old woman with chronic pain and opioid dependence, died from combined drug toxicity on 16 December 2013. She had been prescribed oxycodone, diazepam, and pregabalin by doctors at Rich River Health …
31y · Female·Pneumonia; combined drug toxicity (including marijuana), smoking, pathological o…
Georgia Cheal, a 31-year-old with complex medical history including chronic pain, major depression, and obesity, died from pneumonia exacerbated by combined drug toxicity from multiple prescription medications, cannabis,…
72y · Female·Intrathecal toxicity of bupivacaine and morphine
A 72-year-old woman with terminal metastatic parotid cancer died from intrathecal toxicity of bupivacaine and morphine. She was admitted to Ashford Hospital for pain management of pathological pelvic fractures. An intrat…
76y · Male·morphine toxicity and carcinomatosis
John Walter Hedges, a 76-year-old man with terminal metastatic cancer, died at Greenslopes Private Hospital following a morphine overdose administered by agency nurse Cornelia Empen. Hedges had two pain management routes…
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