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1y · Female·acute on chronic respiratory failure
Kara Compton, aged 22 months with Down's syndrome and chronic respiratory disease requiring home oxygen, died from acute on chronic respiratory failure following a dog bite attack. Injuries caused blood loss which, combi…
0y · Male·Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) against a background of sub-glottic stenosis…
Brendan Scott Kay, a 104-day-old ex-premature infant with sub-glottic stenosis from prolonged neonatal intubation, died suddenly in his parents' car during transfer home from Brisbane to Tully. The stenosis had been inve…
7y · Female·streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis complicating retropharyngeal abscess
A 7-week-old infant died from streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis complicating retropharyngeal abscess. Three days before death, a report was made to child protection services alleging the father had shaken the infants. A ge…
0y · Female·Organ failure caused by not receiving enough oxygen during labour (intrapartum h…
Georgia Rae Tilmouth was born at 35 weeks gestation after premature labour and died 13 hours later from perinatal asphyxia due to hypoxia during labour. The coroner found multiple deficiencies in obstetric care contribut…
0y · Male·Intrapartum head injuries secondary to brow presentation and obstructed labour
Benjamin Glasgow died shortly after emergency caesarean delivery at 12:30 pm on 19 October 2006 for brow presentation, an obstructed labour. Autopsy revealed unprecedented multiple skull fractures and severe brain injury…
0y · Male·Respiratory insufficiency; interstitial fibrosis and low-grade pneumonitis of pr…
Zakaria Tartoussi died at age 43 days from respiratory insufficiency due to interstitial fibrosis and low-grade pneumonitis of probable viral aetiology. He presented for medical attention five times in six weeks with sym…
14y · Female·blunt force head injury
A 14-year-old Aboriginal girl with newly diagnosed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and critically low platelet count (5,000/mm³) absconded from Alice Springs Hospital on 27 January 2006. Hospital staff failed t…
2y · Female·Drowning in an above-ground swimming pool
Hannah Plint, a 2½-year-old, died from drowning after accessing an above-ground pool by dragging a chair to the gate and opening it unsupervised. Her mother was inside with a younger sibling. The pool fence and gate sepa…
1y · Male·hanging from curtain cord with neck compression
A 13-month-old boy died by hanging from a Roman blind cord in his bedroom cot. The child was able to stand and pull himself up, gaining access to the cord which hung into the cot. His father left him alone briefly while …
12y · Male·Suicide by hanging
A 12-year-old Aboriginal boy living in a remote Queensland community died by suicide by hanging following his placement in alternative care by child protection services. The boy had multiple vulnerabilities including fet…
Zara Schupelius: suffocation; Callum Smith: undetermined; Jake Hackett: suffocat…
Concurrent inquests into five sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI), three attributed to suffocation and two undetermined but with suffocation as a significant possibility. All deaths occurred in infants aged 2-7 mo…
0y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
Riley Krol, a 11-day-old male infant, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following emergency caesarean section delivery on 1 March 2005. After artificial rupture of membranes during labour induction, the foetus d…
0y · Female·undetermined; possible suffocation not definitively established at autopsy
A 4-week-old neonate died at home with undetermined cause, though suffocation on a soft pillow was considered possible. The infant was born prematurely on a concrete pavement to a mother with untreated opioid addiction a…
14y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (suicide)
Gabrielle Mia Tedeschi, a 14-year-old girl with longstanding oppositional and self-harm behaviours and subsequent depression, died by suicide on 14 October 2004 following a ligature compression injury sustained on 11 Oct…
1y · Female·sudden unexpected death in infancy due to hypoxic episode while co-bedding with …
Arisa Huber, a newborn, died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) due to hypoxic episode while co-bedding with her exhausted mother in a postnatal ward. The infant was found without breathing or pulse at 6:45am…
0y · Female·combined effects of asphyxia and inhalation of gastric contents
Elizabeth Rose Edwards, a 9-month-old premature infant with perinatal brain injury, died of asphyxia and aspiration of gastric contents while in temporary foster care. She had been placed with carers (the Todds) with min…
0y · Male·undetermined; possible drug effect, hypoxia, or asphyxia; methylamphetamine expo…
Felix Jake Stiller-Smith, a 37-day-old infant, died on 6 February 2003 while co-sleeping with his mother. The cause of death remained undetermined at autopsy, though heavy, congested internal organs suggested possible dr…
13y · Female·Pneumonia, due to or as a consequence of Hypoxic Brain Damage, due to or as a co…
Amanda Helen Boyce, aged 13, drowned in a spa pool at a resort after her long hair became entrapped in the pump suction system. She was submerged for an estimated 10-20 minutes before being freed. Despite immediate CPR a…
2y · Male·morphine toxicity
A 2-year-old boy died from morphine toxicity approximately 35 hours after suspected ingestion of up to 7 Kapanol (slow-release morphine) capsules accessed from his father's medication left unguarded in the home. Hospital…
2y · Female·septicaemia
Zena Stevens, a 2.5-year-old Aboriginal girl, died from septicemia at Tennant Creek Hospital on 14 January 2005. She had presented to clinic on 11 January with fever, purulent ears and a recently lanced abscess after rec…
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