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61y · Male·end stage renal failure, in the context of type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic …
Robert Curtis, a 61-year-old Aboriginal man with end-stage renal disease, end-stage liver disease, and poorly controlled diabetes, was imprisoned for driving while disqualified on 4 February 2019. He fell in the prison s…
67y · Female·bronchopneumonia and acute liver failure on a background of liver cirrhosis and …
Valerie Kelly, a 67-year-old woman with cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and multiple comorbidities, died at Royal Perth Hospital from bronchopneumonia and acute liver failure. She was in custody at Bandyup Women's P…
62y · Male·hepatic encephalopathy due to acute renal failure
Ronnie Pangata Nelson, a 62-year-old Aboriginal man, died in Alice Springs Hospital from hepatic encephalopathy due to acute renal failure. He had longstanding chronic diseases including cirrhosis, hepatitis B and C, dia…
41y · Male·Fulminant sepsis (Klebsiella pneumoniae) with multi-organ failure complicating s…
A 41-year-old man with newly diagnosed severe Crohn's colitis was prescribed 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) after only 5 days of hospital treatment. He had a homozygous TPMT gene deficiency (present in ~0.3% of population) that…
55y · Male·gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to oesophageal varices due to hepatocellular ca…
Robert McIntosh, a 55-year-old prisoner with undiagnosed cirrhosis of the liver, hepatitis C, and hepatocellular carcinoma, died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage and oesophageal varices. While the coroner found that med…
53y · Male·decompensated alcoholic liver disease in the setting of gastro-intestinal haemor…
A 53-year-old man with advanced alcoholic liver disease (Child-Pugh C) died of decompensated liver disease with gastrointestinal haemorrhage. He was arrested for drunk in public place, lodged in police cells, and release…
33y · Female·multiple organ failure complicating sepsis in a woman with cirrhosis of the live…
Amy Tinker, a 33-year-old Aboriginal woman with unrecognised cirrhosis from chronic alcohol abuse, died from sepsis-related multi-organ failure while imprisoned. She had been admitted to Royal Perth Hospital in 2004 with…
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…
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…
66y · Female·Complications following paracetamol overdose
A 66-year-old woman died from complications of paracetamol overdose after ingesting Mersyndol (codeine/paracetamol combination tablets). She had developed dependence on over-the-counter Mersyndol over approximately 8 yea…
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. …
65y · Male·Metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin
Sen Hung Chen, a 65-year-old prisoner with hepatitis C cirrhosis, diabetes and hypertension, died from metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin while in custody at Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He p…
50y · Male·Chronic liver disease (alcohol, hepatitis C) with hepatocellular carcinoma and c…
Noel Robert Rogerson, a 50-year-old prisoner with chronic liver disease (alcohol-related cirrhosis and hepatitis C), died from decompensated liver disease with hepatocellular carcinoma on 28 March 2009 at St Vincent's Ho…
24y · Female·hepatic encephalopathy due to hepatic necrosis due to paracetamol toxicity
A 24-year-old woman died from paracetamol toxicity following intentional overdose. She had developed a severe poker machine addiction resulting in escalating financial debt exceeding $60,000, compounded by recent loss of…
17y · Female·raised intracranial pressure due to hepatic encephalopathy related cerebral oede…
Jacqueline Wood, aged 17, died from hepatic encephalopathy-related cerebral oedema following fulminant liver failure caused by paracetamol overdose. She ingested approximately 90 paracetamol tablets on 3 June 2002 but di…
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