Coronial

16 results for acute viral pneumonia

TAShospital2018-08-31

Coroner's Finding: Oosterloo, Jane

63y · Female·Haemopericardium (pericardial tamponade) caused by perforation of the right vent…

…ntesis. She presented with influenza B complicated by myocarditis, pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and viral pneumonia. After initial discharge, she returned with worsening symptoms including hypotension, acute kidn…

emergency medicinecardiologyoseltamivir
WAhome2015-07-22

Inquest into the Death of Armarnie-Bree ELLIOTT

2y · Female·pneumonia in a child with reported recent flu-like illness (multiple viral detec…

Armarnie-Bree Elliott, a 2-year-old with Angelman syndrome, died from pneumonia complicated by oxycodone toxicity. She developed flu-like symptoms in late April while at a women's refu…

paediatricsgeneral practiceoxycodone
NT2012-01-03

Inquest into the death of Steven Andrew Forbes

37y · Male·acute viral pneumonia secondary to swine flu (H1N1) infection of the lungs, exac…

Steven Andrew Forbes, age 37, died of acute viral pneumonia secondary to H1N1 influenza, complicated by chronic rheumatic heart disease. He died in po…

emergency medicineinfectious diseasescommunicationsystemdicloxacillin
WAcommunity2004-10-08

Inquest into the Death of Morgan

31y · Male·Lymphocytic Myocarditis in association with Acute Pericarditis (viral origin, ae…

…rman John Morgan, aged 31, died at Carnarvon Airport on 21 December 2001 from lymphocytic myocarditis with acute pericarditis (viral origin). He presented to Carnarvon Regional Hospital on 20 December with chest and sho…

general medicineemergency medicinecommunicationsystemceftriaxone
WAhome2023-11-10

Inquest into the Death of Child ML (Name Subject to Suppression Order)

7y · Female·Pneumonia complicating a viral respiratory illness with acute combined drug effe…

Child ML, aged 7, died of pneumonia complicating viral respiratory illness with acute combined drug effect. She had severe cerebral palsy wi…

paediatricsrespiratory medicinemedicationsystemcodeine
WAhome2017-03-29

Inquest into the Death of ST

0y · Female·Pneumonia in an infant with surgically repaired congenital heart disease, premat…

…sease status post multiple repairs, necrotising enterocolitis with ileostomy, failure to thrive) died from acute pneumonia caused by rhinovirus, norovirus, and secondary Staphylococcus aureus infection. She was in out-o…

neonatologycardiothoracic surgeryibuprofen
QLDcommunity2020-09-07

C - Non-inquest findings

6y · Male·Sepsis due to melioidosis

…tal over five days (5–10 January 2017) with fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, and headache. Initial diagnosis of viral gastroenteritis was reasonable given the rarity of melioidosis in children and the clinical presentation. …

paediatricsinfectious diseasesdiagnosticcommunicationparacetamol
WAhospital2025-04-17

Inquest into the Death of Colin Stanley Francis NICHOLSON

69y · Male·septic shock with multi-organ failure in a man with neutropenic sepsis on a back…

Colin Nicholson, a 69-year-old man, died from septic shock with multi-organ failure due to acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Missed opportunities occurred at multiple levels: the PathWest laboratory scienti…

haematologygeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationparacetamol
VIChospital2024-08-06

Finding into death of Noah Andrew Souvatzis

1y · Male·acute meningitis from Streptococcus pneumoniae, associated with diffuse brain sw…

Noah Souvatzis, a 19-month-old boy, died from Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis on 31 December 2021 after presenting to Northeast Health Wangaratta ED on 29 December. Criti…

emergency medicinepaediatricsdiagnosticproceduralondansetron
VIChospital2009-12-08

Finding into death of Timothy Jack Wood

1y · Male·Cerebral anoxia caused by cardiac arrest caused by bronchiolitis and bronchopneu…

… 19-month-old boy, died from cerebral anoxia following cardiac arrest caused by bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia secondary to influenza A infection. He initially presented with croup symptoms on 15 July 2005, was disc…

emergency medicineintensive carecommunicationsystemprednisolone
WAhospital2017-03-21

Inquest into the Death of Masaly MOSBY

0y · Female·acute necrotising pneumonia

Masaly Mosby, a 36-day-old Aboriginal infant, died from acute necrotising pneumonia after presenting to Broome Hospital Emergency Department three times in four days bu…

emergency medicinepaediatricsdiagnosticsystemparacetamol
WAhospital2026-03-26

Inquest into the Death of Sandipan DHAR

1y · Male·Complications of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Sandipan Dhar, 21 months old, died from undiagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) complicated by sepsis and pneumonia on 24 March 2024. After three weeks of i…

emergency medicinegeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationparacetamol
QLDhospital2012-03-20

Fraser, Leonard John

55y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombosis and coronary atherosclero…

Leonard Fraser, a 55-year-old prisoner, died from acute myocardial infarction on 1 January 2007 following a second cardiac event. He presented to prison medical c…

cardiologygeneral practicediagnosticsystem
VICcommunity2015-04-05

Finding into death of James Michael Hoctor

93y · Male·Complications following colectomy for Clostridium difficile pancolitis in the se…

…ansferred to a rural district hospital where his ongoing diarrhoea and low-grade fevers were attributed to viral gastroenteritis and treated symptomatically. Clostridium difficile infection was not considered or investi…

general practiceinfectious diseasesdiagnosticpenicillin
SAhospital2013-02-08

Coroner's Finding: FENSOM Angela Catherine and TAANKINK Johaanes Andrew

Unknown·Ms Fensom: influenza A (H1N1 2009, pandemic swine flu) with myocarditis causing …

…k (26), an asthmatic, was prescribed Tamiflu on 6 August but did not fill it; if filled within 48 hours, pneumonia development might have been prevented. After admission on 10 August with pneumonia, he required intubati…

emergency medicinegeneral practicediagnosticcommunicationoseltamivir
NSWaged care2025-01-24

Inquest into the deaths at Newmarch House

Unknown·COVID-19 infection with various comorbidities as contributing factors

This inquest examined 19 COVID-19 deaths at Newmarch House residential aged care facility in April-May 2020. Deaths occurred during inadequate infection control, severe staffing shortages, and suboptimal clinical managem…

geriatric medicineinfectious diseasessystemdiagnosticmorphine

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