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41y · Male·Complications of blunt force injuries of the head
Colin Parker, aged 41, suffered an unwitnessed fall with head injury while experiencing syncope from atrial fibrillation in early May 2014. He was admitted to Campbelltown Hospital but his serious intracranial pathology …
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…
19y · Male·Toxic effects of multiple drugs, primarily gammahydroxybutyric acid (GHB), causi…
Charlie Robertson, a 19-year-old university student, died from polydrug toxicity (cocaine, MDMA, and GHB) on 13 June 2015. During the early morning execution of a police search warrant at his home, seven Queensland Polic…
2y · Male·Group A beta Haemolytic Streptococcal septicaemia (invasive Group A Streptococca…
A 2-year-7-month-old boy died of Group A Streptococcal septicaemia after three presentations to hospital over three days. Clinical staff failed to recognise the developing bacterial infection despite objective warning si…
49y · Female·Bronchopneumonia, hypoxic brain injury, and combined drug toxicity (oxycodone an…
Karen Moore, aged 49, died from bronchopneumonia following hypoxic brain injury caused by combined drug toxicity (oxycodone and diazepam). She was found unconscious at home after an overdose and did not regain consciousn…
31y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism
A 31-year-old man with obesity (BMI 40.2) and sleep apnoea underwent extensive cosmetic surgery in Malaysia (liposuction, abdominoplasty, chest lipectomy, and subsequent facial procedures) across two operations within fi…
76y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis in the context of obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea, an…
A 76-year-old man with significant comorbidities including severe obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity, aortic stenosis, and ischaemic heart disease died from acute coronary atherosclerosis 36 hours after elective sacroilia…
13y · Male·borderline myocarditis, most likely due to influenza A virus infection
A 13-year-old previously healthy boy with borderline myocarditis presented to an adult ED with flu-like symptoms, lethargy, dizziness, syncope and inability to walk unaided. Despite these concerning features, he was disc…
22y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to asphyxia (mechanical asphyxiation by nec…
A 22-year-old woman died from asphyxia following strangulation by her boyfriend with schizophrenia. The boyfriend was under mental health service care at Princess Alexandra Hospital. The coroner found his mental health t…
22y · Female·plastic bag asphyxia, possibly contributed to by neck compression
A 22-year-old woman with severe depression and documented suicidal ideation died by plastic bag asphyxiation while detained under a Mental Health Act order in a psychiatric ward. She had explicitly stated plastic bag asp…
42y · Male·Fatal cardiac arrhythmia
A 42-year-old male with undiagnosed chronic coronary artery disease died of fatal cardiac arrhythmia at an immigration detention centre. Key contributing factors were: ingestion of methamphetamine (toxic levels) in the h…
68y · Male·drowning against a background of cardiomegaly and severe coronary artery calcifi…
Eric Finlayson, a 68-year-old UK tourist, died by drowning on 9 October 2012 while snorkelling at Michaelmas Cay on the Great Barrier Reef. He had undiagnosed cardiomegaly and severe coronary atherosclerosis. The coroner…
48y · Male·Coronary artery disease precipitating acute myocardial infarction resulting in c…
Roy Rodney Jacobs, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man with cirrhosis and coronary artery disease, died of acute myocardial infarction at Cherbourg Hospital after presenting three times over 28-30 August 2016 with chest pain an…
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 …
59y · Female·blunt force head trauma
Sandra Deacon, aged 59, died from blunt force head trauma inflicted by multiple axe blows to the head by Garry Weigand on 30 September or 1 October 2014 at Budgewoi, NSW. This was a homicide case. Key clinical and system…
66y · Female·urinary tract infection with contributing hypertensive heart disease, diabetes m…
Rita Ann Broadway, 66, died from urinary tract infection on 2 January 2015, one day after presenting to Modbury Hospital Emergency Department with vaginal pain and signs of infection. She had a long-term indwelling cathe…
35y · Male·Fentanyl toxicity
David Veech, aged 35, died of accidental Fentanyl toxicity while residing at Tarlo Intensive Residential Support Service. He extracted Fentanyl from prescribed transdermal patches and injected it intravenously. Despite b…
42y · Male·Undetermined
Jason Vance, a 42-year-old man with a history of substance misuse, disappeared in October 2013 after walking into Barakula State Forest near Chinchilla, Queensland. He was last seen by two companions, Megan Pitt and Alex…
57y · Male·large volume ischaemic infarct (stroke)
Stephen John French, a 57-year-old with prior stroke (2002) and myocardial infarction (2009), presented with headache, visual disturbance and gait difficulty in May 2013. Imaging at Launceston General Hospital on 30 May …
49y · Male·Complications of heatstroke; Hyperthermia
A 49-year-old man died from heatstroke and hyperthermia while on a guided dirt bike tour in Hawaii. He consumed significant alcohol the previous day, then engaged in strenuous physical activity in warm, humid conditions …
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