48 results for “chronic sleep disorder”
45y · Female·Type 2 respiratory failure and aspiration pneumonia on a background of end-stage…
Leonie Jeisman, a 45-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), schizoaffective disorder, obesity, and obstructive sleep apnoea, di…
45y · Male·mixed drug toxicity
Glenn Sturley Meyer, aged 45, died from mixed drug toxicity on 22 August 2019. He had chronic pain, PTSD, depression and anxiety managed with oxycodone and diazepam. He also had obesity and probable …
53y · Male·Cardiomegaly in a man with obesity and chronic liver disease
Craig Ashley Hill, a 53-year-old man with multiple comorbidities including obesity, chronic liver disease with cirrhosis, cardiomegaly, hypertension, diabetes, and mental health conditions, died su…
42y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapin…
…ne, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapine) in a suicide by overdose. He had severe, longstanding bipolar II disorder with chronic suicidality, complicated by alcohol/drug dependence and multiple physical comorbidities. His…
15y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (morphine, 7-aminoclonazepam, fluoxetine, sertraline)
Joshua Meloury-Kaup, a 15-year-old boy with ADHD, anxiety disorder, and chronic sleep disturbance, died from mixed drug toxicity after ingesting his grandmother's medicatio…
45y · Female·combined drug (tapentadol, nortriptyline, venlafaxine, codeine, oxycodone, queti…
QD, a 45-year-old woman with significant comorbidities including obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea, COPD, depression, and substance abuse history, died from mixed drug and alcohol intoxication. Toxi…
60y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
…any capable of causing drowsiness. She had significant comorbidities including hypertension, cardiomegaly, sleep apnoea, and chronic back pain. While the coroner could not definitively establish whether medications or a…
44y · Male·bronchopneumonia in the setting of combined drug effect
…ghton Wood, 44, died from bronchopneumonia in the setting of combined drug effect. He had schizoaffective disorder, anti-social personality disorder, and chronic polysubstance use disorder (alcohol, methylamphetamine, ca…
25y · Male·acute bronchopneumonia and methadone toxicity with high body mass index and obst…
…ions man, died in custody from acute bronchopneumonia and methadone toxicity, with obesity and obstructive sleep apnoea as contributing factors. He had been denied entry to the Buvidal opioid replacement therapy program…
61y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle collision (driver)
…in a heavy vehicle rollover on the Burnett Highway. Evidence indicates he experienced fatigue-related microsleep while driving at 04:45 hours, causing the prime mover to drift onto the road verge. Despite attempting to …
52y · Male·multiple organ failure and pulmonary thromboemboli complicating generalised seps…
…dical care presented with severe cellulitis, sepsis, and previously undiagnosed heart failure secondary to sleep apnoea. He lacked capacity to consent to treatment due to a psychotic illness and was appropriately placed…
25y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
…ment. Clinical lessons include the importance of consistent mental health care, recognising warning signs (sleep disturbance, social withdrawal, farewell gestures), maintaining therapeutic continuity when patients disch…
64y · Male·Complications of eosinophilic asthma with bronchiectasis and allergic bronchopul…
…. Clinical lessons include: oxycodone and benzodiazepines are dangerous in patients with severe asthma and sleep apnoea; medication compliance was a concern (missed dupilumab doses); and monitoring gaps existed during t…
46y · Male·Cardiomegaly in the setting of hypoventilation syndrome in an obese man with sch…
A 46-year-old man with schizophrenia, COPD, hypoventilation syndrome, obesity and cardiomegaly died suddenly on a psychiatric inpatient unit from a cardiac arrhythmia. He had experienced multiple respiratory crises requi…
46y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy (acute complication with sudden cardiac arrhythmia)
A 46-year-old woman with bipolar/schizoaffective disorder, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, morbid obesity, severe obstructive sleep apnoea, and pulmonary hypert…
34y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (gabapentin, oxycodone, tramadol, diazepam, citalopram, d…
A 34-year-old woman with complex medical history including chronic pain, sleep disorder, anxiety and PTSD died from combined drug toxicity involving gabapentin, oxycodone, …
48y · Male·undetermined
A 48-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, poorly controlled diabetes, sleep apnoea, obesity and cardiomegaly died unexpectedly at a rural hospital…
54y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
A 54-year-old nurse with chronic pain from a 1990 back injury died from mixed drug toxicity involving morphine, codeine, doxylamine and ni…
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia on a background of hypertensive heart disorder, obesity, diab…
… had multiple comorbidities (hypertensive heart disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea) and was prescribed multiple QT-prolonging medications (methadone, mirtazapine, amitriptyline, dulo…
24y · Female·Exsanguination from injuries sustained while attempting to climb from a height i…
… 2010. The coroner found she entered a garbage chute on the 12th floor while in a zolpidem/alcohol-induced sleep-walking-like state or deeply confused state, without conscious awareness of the dangers. She sustained inj…
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