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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…
71y · Male·Organ failure in an elderly man receiving palliative medical care for renal fail…
Gheorghe Gruici, a 71-year-old life-sentenced prisoner, died of organ failure from chronic renal failure, infective endocarditis, and chest infection. Over 15 years in custody, he developed multiple comorbidities includi…
86y · Male·Acute on chronic renal failure secondary to rhabdomyolysis as a consequence of d…
An 86-year-old man with chronic renal impairment (eGFR 37) died from acute-on-chronic renal failure secondary to rhabdomyolysis caused by a contraindicated drug interaction. His GP prescribed clarithromycin for a chest i…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, …
78y · Male·Acute renal failure due to metastatic malignancy (primary site unknown)
William Alfred Evans, aged 78, died of acute renal failure secondary to metastatic malignancy while in custody at Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He had been diagnosed with advanced dementia and prostate cancer.…
66y · Female·Multi-organ failure associated with haemorrhage and sepsis following cholecystec…
Mrs Jeanette Brown, 66, died from multi-organ failure following post-operative haemorrhage after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Arterial clips applied to the cystic artery during surgery were inadequately secured…
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. …
90y · Female·Renal failure secondary to gentamicin therapy for urinary tract infection (sepsi…
Ellen O'Connor, a 90-year-old woman with renal artery stenosis and coronary artery disease, died from acute renal failure following gentamicin administration for Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infection. A single 2…
38y · Female·Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Kellie Anne Keogh, 38, died from pulmonary thromboembolism on 10 November 2008 after complex pancreatic surgery. She had nephrotic syndrome with decreased anti-thrombin III levels, initially presenting with suspected DVT…
69y · Male·Head injury post-collapse secondary to ventricular tachycardia due to ischaemic …
Mr Peysack, a 69-year-old with complex cardiac disease on Warfarin, collapsed at work with witnessed loss of consciousness and occipital laceration. Despite meeting criteria for urgent head CT imaging (age >65, head inju…
77y · Male·complications of haemothorax and hypotension following drainage of pleural effus…
77-year-old male died from complications of haemothorax and hypotension following drainage of pleural effusion post-coronary bypass surgery, in the setting of pre-existing renal impairment and diabetes. During pleural ta…
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