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59y · Female·Multiorgan failure and polymicrobial sepsis secondary to severe bone marrow fail…
A 59-year-old woman with renal transplant died from multiorgan failure and sepsis secondary to severe bone marrow failure caused by azathioprine toxicity. She had an undiagnosed genetic polymorphism (TPMT *3A/*3A homozyg…
57y · Female·Haemothorax following acute thoracic aortic dissection in a woman with congenita…
Sally Hopwood, 57, with Turner syndrome, coarctation of the aorta, and bicuspid aortic valve, presented to ED on 23 March 2012 with severe acute back and chest pain (8/10). A chest X-ray revealed widened mediastinum. She…
75y · Female·pyelonephritis and pneumonia
Molly Jessie Smith, a 75-year-old woman with longstanding severe mental illness, died of pyelonephritis and pneumonia on 16 August 2009. She had been in state psychiatric care continuously for 53 years. During her final …
76y · Female·Acute renal failure due to dehydration due to upper gastrointestinal bleed
A 76-year-old woman with chronic pain was admitted to a small rural hospital on 1 April 2015 with haematemesis secondary to NSAID use. Blood tests were ordered on admission but not transported to the district hospital fo…
73y · Female·Multiple organ failure due to or as a consequence of sepsis due to or as a conse…
73-year-old woman died 12 days after elective colorectal surgery for synchronous caecal and rectal tumours. Post-operatively, she developed persistent low urine output and intermittent hypotension managed with repeated f…
80y · Female·Gas embolism complicating surgical repair of an atherosclerotic aortic aneurysm …
An 80-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (COPD, renal impairment, cardiac disease) underwent complex endoluminal repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm at a private hospital. The procedure required use of C…
87y · Female·Multiple opioid drug toxicity (morphine and fentanyl) in combination with conges…
An 87-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, emphysema, chronic kidney disease) was discharged home for palliative care after a hospital admission. Her family administered excessive doses of…
87y · Male·Strangulated small bowel due to adhesions from previous abdominal surgery
An 87-year-old man with diabetes, hypertension and dementia was admitted with presumed UTI and dehydration. Within 24 hours, nursing staff observed a distended abdomen and bile-stained vomiting—clinical signs of bowel ob…
69y · Female·multi-organ failure due to sepsis of unknown origin
A 69-year-old woman with diabetes, cardiac disease, and vulnerable kidneys died from multi-organ failure due to sepsis of unknown origin. She presented to a rural hospital on 28 June 2012 with vomiting, dehydration, and …
46y · Female·Cardiac arrest of unknown origin
Virginia Brown, a 46-year-old Aboriginal woman, died of cardiac arrest of unknown origin on 31 October 2014 while detained under a Mandatory Residential Treatment (MRT) order at CAAAPU (Central Australian Aboriginal Alco…
35y · Male·intraperitoneal haemorrhage from an anastomotic leak from a transplanted renal a…
Luke Wood, a 35-year-old kidney transplant recipient, died 11 days post-transplant from intraperitoneal haemorrhage due to anastomotic leak from the transplanted renal artery. While post-operative inpatient care and init…
77y · Female·Venlafaxine toxicity in a woman with severe renal impairment and depression
77-year-old woman admitted to psychiatric ward with severe depression and catatonic features. Despite documented severe renal impairment and dehydration on admission, no medical review occurred over the weekend prior to …
71y · Female·Diffuse Lymphoid Malignancy
Mary Una Barnett, a 71-year-old woman in custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, died from diffuse lymphoid malignancy (high-grade lymphoma) discovered shortly before her death. She had extensive comorbidities including ch…
56y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to inadvertent oesophageal intubation and f…
Sukanya Thurairajah, 55-year-old with multiple comorbidities including obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, and metastatic breast cancer, underwent haemodialysis at Canberra Hospital on 29 July 2011. She had an adverse r…
47y · Female·bronchopneumonia in context of ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, a…
Amanda Gilbert, aged 47, died from bronchopneumonia with background ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, and hypoxic brain injury from a 1985 hanging attempt. She had been an involuntary patient at Graylands H…
64y · Female·Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)-like arenavirus infection, post liver …
A 64-year-old woman died on 3 January 2007 from a lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)-like arenavirus acquired through cadaveric liver transplantation. The donor had recently returned from Serbia with unexplained w…
63y · Female·Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)-like virus infection; post failed rena…
A 63-year-old woman received a renal transplant from a cadaveric donor who had died of cerebral hemorrhage. She developed delayed graft function and deteriorated post-operatively, ultimately dying from a novel lymphocyti…
44y · Female·Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)-like virus infection following failed …
A 44-year-old woman died on 1 January 2007, six days after receiving a cadaveric renal transplant. She was one of three organ recipients from the same donor who died within six days of each other from a novel lymphocytic…
81y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
Robert Charles Bropho, an 81-year-old Aboriginal man imprisoned since 2008 with severe medical comorbidities including insulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, chronic renal failure, and severe ischaemic heart disease, …
57y · Male·Hepatic encephalopathy, end stage liver failure, alcoholic cirrhosis, end stage …
Gerry Maxwell Cooper, a 57-year-old Aboriginal man imprisoned for 23 years, died in PAH Secure Unit from natural causes: hepatic encephalopathy, end-stage liver failure, alcoholic cirrhosis, and end-stage renal failure. …
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