167 results for “acute mental health deterioration”
88y · Male·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia on a background of chronic obstructive airways …
An 88-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic schizophrenia died of bilateral acute bronchopneumonia while subject to a Mental Health Act detention order at a teaching hospital. He was admit…
62y · Male·drowning
James Lee Osborn, aged 62, died by drowning in the Derwent River on 30 June 2016 after a rapid deterioration in mental health. He had a long history of depression but experienced acute decompensation with parano…
55y · Male·Cardiopulmonary arrest, respiratory failure and chronic obstructive airways dise…
…l abuse, died from cardiopulmonary arrest and respiratory failure. He was admitted involuntarily under the Mental Health Act in July 2010 and transferred to a Prevention and Recovery Care unit. His condition deteriorated…
81y · Female·ischaemic bowel
…nd self-neglectful, refusing food and cooperation with therapy. She was admitted to psychiatric care under Mental Health Act detention. On 9 May 2009, her physical health acutely declined with shock-like symptoms. Emerge…
50y · Female·unascertained
…nner of death, though noted possibilities including drowning in flood waters or deliberate self-harm while mentally unwell. Clinical lessons: importance of medication adherence monitoring post-discharge, recognition of a…
92y · Female·community acquired pneumonia on a background of end stage chronic obstructive ai…
…uired pneumonia on a background of end-stage COAD. She was admitted to hospital in late December 2012 with health deterioration and malnutrition (38kg). She developed acute psychiatric symptoms including paranoid delusio…
51y · Female·embolic infarcts complicating infective endocarditis
…infective endocarditis secondary to chronic intravenous opioid use. She presented with severe physical deterioration over three days including swollen feet, respiratory distress, confusion, and incontinence. Despite her…
53y · Male·lung abscess with empyema
…53-year-old man with schizophrenia died from lung abscess with empyema while an involuntary inpatient at a mental health facility. He had been readmitted with a respiratory infection and was treated with intravenous anti…
80y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
Robert Mather, 80, died from asphyxia due to choking on food while hospitalised with acute psychosis, severe malnutrition, iron deficiency anaemia and urinary retention. He had schizophrenia with 4…
50y · Male·Pneumonia
…th intellectual disability and schizophrenia, was admitted to Box Hill Hospital on 4 May 2007 following an acute psychotic episode. He was transferred to a mental health unit, then back to Box Hill Hospital on 18 May fo…
84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in the setting of pulmonary emphysema and hypertensive heart di…
… bronchopneumonia in the setting of pulmonary emphysema and hypertensive heart disease while admitted to a mental health acute unit under a Temporary Treatment Order. He had multiple comorbidities including congestive he…
89y · Female·acute renal failure with severe electrolyte disturbance due to sigmoid volvulus …
An 89-year-old woman with severe vascular dementia died from acute renal failure due to sigmoid volvulus while detained under the Mental Health Act. She was admitted to hosp…
53y · Male·Incised wound to the neck with consequential exsanguination from jugular vein la…
Phillip Spicer, 53, died from self-inflicted neck lacerations during a mental health crisis. He had recently moved to live with his son and presented with acute onset delusional though…
43y · Female·acute toxic effects of amitriptyline
…ed amitriptyline overdose. After 11 hours of ED monitoring, she was medically cleared and transferred to a mental health assessment pod, despite abnormal ECG findings with T-wave changes not fully investigated (troponin …
53y · Female·Unable to determine; circumstances suggest death by suicide but body never recov…
…c care, disappeared on 1 June 2016 from Bakers Beach, Tasmania. She had experienced a significant mood deterioration following return from holiday, expressed suicidal ideation to family, and left home stating she was go…
55y · Male·Acute alcohol toxicity
…on, a 55-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, and severe alcohol addiction, died from acute alcohol toxicity in an aged care facility. Post-mortem blood alcohol concentration was 0.33%, sufficient t…
64y · Male·Complications of congestive cardiac failure on a background of cardiac hypertrop…
…OPD, and hypertension, was admitted to Bendigo Hospital on an Assessment Order after police concerns about mental health deterioration. During his 8-day admission, he developed progressive shortness of breath, hypoxia, a…
45y · Male·unable to determine
…nia, disappeared on 27 August 2013 and is presumed deceased. In the weeks preceding his disappearance, his mental health deteriorated significantly—he exhibited rapid speech, paranoid ideation about conspiracies, and app…
63y · Male·Drowning
…ing antipsychotic medication in March 2016. During a collapse on 28 April, he was taken to Goulburn Valley Health ED where he was assessed as psychotic with poor insight but medically stable and discharged home with an o…
71y · Male·acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery disease
…lipidaemia, was admitted to hospital with chest pain in August 2013. Initial diagnosis of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome was made, but he declined angiography. Following a schizophrenic relapse, he became non-…
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