113 results for “amphetamine abuse”
36y · Male·Cardiac failure associated with intravenous methylamphetamine abuse and exertion
A 36-year-old man died from cardiac failure associated with intravenous methylamphetamine abuse and exertion. He had injected methylamphetamine and subsequently engaged in intense physical acti…
31y · Male·haemorrhage due to incised wound to left arm with amphetamine toxicity as a poss…
A 31-year-old man with personality disorder, possible epilepsy, possible schizophrenia, and polysubstance abuse made a triple zero call suggesting self-harm. Police and ambulance crews found him with a deep laceration …
36y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy and hanging
…ing days, he displayed severe mood swings, aggressive behaviour, and anger management issues related to amphetamine and cannabis use. He explicitly stated suicidal intent to multiple contacts. Clinical learning includes…
36y · Male·Combined effects of trihexyphenidyl (benzhexol) toxicity, amphetamine-type stimu…
A 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, substance abuse issues, and undiagnosed cardiomyopathy died from combined toxicity of benzhexol (prescribed by his GP for …
37y · Male·Sergeant Huitson: gunshot wound to chest and abdomen; Ansell: multiple gunshot w…
…dent on 3 August 1999 where Rodney Ansell, a man suffering from deteriorating mental health and chronic amphetamine abuse, opened fire on the Stuart Highway killing Sergeant Glen Huitson and wounding three civilians. An…
27y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 27-year-old man with polysubstance abuse disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and borderline personality disorder died from mixed drug toxicity …
34y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Troy William Murray, a 34-year-old man with a long history of substance abuse (primarily amphetamine and alcohol), psychiatric illness, and multiple previous suicide attempts, died by …
41y · Male·unknown
Dean Anthony Pollard was a 41-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia and amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder who disappeared in May-June 2010 and is presumed dead. He had multiple psych…
45y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia whilst being restrained, in the context of methamphetamine as…
…diac arrhythmia during a family altercation whilst being physically restrained. He had pre-existing methamphetamine-associated cardiomyopathy, hypertensive heart disease, and chronic emphysematous lung disease. The phys…
35y · Male·heroin toxicity
…ite, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, amphetamines, and methamphetamine. Three days before death, he contacted Drug and Alcoho…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
…by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam tablets. She had a long history of opioid and polysubstance abuse, with recent escalation involving heroin, amphetamine, and oxycodone. She was enrolled in Tasmania's opioi…
25y · Male·gastro-intestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis in association with acute…
…y 2002 from gastro-intestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis in association with acute-on-chronic amphetamine toxicity. He had consumed a large dose of methylamphetamine (3.9 mg/L blood level), which caused aggres…
38y · Male·Heart failure in a man with dilated cardiomyopathy and focal severe coronary art…
Anthony Axtell, a 38-year-old man with severe dilated cardiomyopathy from amphetamine use, died of heart failure while in prison custody. Initially treated successfully in 2002 with recover…
36y · Male·Multiple injuries following a motor vehicle crash; major head trauma with injury…
…co railings and roadside structures, and flipped. Post-mortem and ante-mortem toxicology revealed methylamphetamine in potentially toxic range, alongside amphetamine, alprazolam and methadone. The coroner found his loss…
20y · Unknown·Traumatic brain damage complicating gunshot wound to the head
…le. Klingner had paranoid schizophrenia with antisocial personality traits, poor medication compliance, amphetamine abuse, and morbid jealousy directed at Ms Dinsdale. Despite intensive mental health involvement, threat…
28y · Male·injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision
…g on 28 January 2015. The driver, Joshua Taylor, was operating the vehicle under the influence of methylamphetamine (blood level 1.0mg/L), which severely impaired his driving ability. The vehicle drifted across lanes on…
31y · Male·Head and chest injury
…, Western Australia, on 30 September 2011. He had a longstanding history of mental illness, poly-substance abuse including intravenous amphetamines and heroin, chronic suicidal ideation, and multiple psychiatric admissi…
34y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy following hanging
Daniel O'Keeffe, a 34-year-old male with amphetamine abuse and depression, died from hypoxic encephalopathy following hanging in Adelaide Remand Centre on 7…
35y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 35-year-old man with chronic depression, alcohol dependence and amphetamine abuse was detained at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Emergency Department on 15 May 2006 after presenting…
40y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height followed by being struck by …
A 40-year-old woman with a history of substance abuse and a prior suicide attempt in August 2010 presented to Northern Hospital at 2am with chest pain. Diagnose…
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