Coronial

288 results for dysphagia

SAhospital2016-09-12

Coroner's Finding: RAU Edward Morgan

77y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia on a background of dementia

Edward Morgan Rau, aged 77, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to dysphagia in the context of dementia. He was admitted to hospital on 29 October 2014 after choking on food. A spee…

geriatric medicinespeech pathology
VIChospital2015-09-01

Finding into death of Gayle Rosemary Hamilton

57y · Female·Sepsis in the setting of probable aspiration pneumonia

A 57-year-old woman with Down syndrome, blindness, severe dysphagia, dementia, and epilepsy died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia. She lived in a Department of…

emergency medicinepalliative care
VIChospital2014-09-11

Finding into death of Llona Elizabeth Doolan

54y · Female·Complications of progressive dysphagia in a woman with Down syndrome and dementi…

…lona Doolan, a 54-year-old woman with Down syndrome and dementia, died from complications of progressive dysphagia. She was admitted to Western Hospital with difficulty swallowing and poor oral intake. A multidisciplina…

general medicinegastroenterologyceftriaxone
VIChospital2022-06-06

Finding into death of Raymond Henry Dempster

64y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Raymond Dempster, a 64-year-old man with severe Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and dysphagia, died of pneumonia following aspiration. He had experienced recurrent aspiration pneumonia episodes over…

respiratory medicinepalliative caresystemmorphine
SAhospital2022-03-29

Coroner's Finding: Davies, Allen William Harold

85y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia in a man with multiple spinal fractures an…

Allen William Harold Davies, 85, died of aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia in the setting of multiple spinal fractures and dementia. He had collapsed at a hotel on 12 June 2019, w…

neurosurgerygeriatric medicinehaloperidol
SAaged care2016-09-01

Coroner's Finding: PERTZ Zvonka

81y · Female·aspiration pneumonia on a background of severe dysphagia and right hemiplegia

An 81-year-old woman with severe dysphagia and right hemiplegia from previous stroke died of aspiration pneumonia after vomiting while sleeping fol…

geriatric medicinepalliative care
VIChospital

Finding into death of Glenn Richard Altmann

50y · Male·aspiration pneumonia (with Down syndrome as contributing condition)

Glenn Altmann, a 50-year-old man with Down syndrome, epilepsy, cognitive impairment and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was under palliative care in the community following a January 2014 …

palliative caregeneral practiceaugmentin duo
VIChospital2025-07-28

Finding into death of Ann Williams

71y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating dysphagia and status epilepticus

Ann Williams, a 71-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability and chronic dysphagia, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by status epilepticus while residing in specialist disability …

emergency medicinerespiratory medicine
VIChospital2023-12-11

Finding into death of Pennelope Shandelle Wilding

48y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy (PEG) …

A 48-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and a PEG tube died from aspiration pneumonia. She presented with low oxygen levels and abnormal breath…

respiratory medicineinfectious diseases
VICaged care2025-03-27

Finding into death of Janet Louise Cumming

89y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia and malnutrition, with contributing factors of dysphagia an…

Janet Cumming, aged 89, died from aspiration pneumonia and malnutrition due to dysphagia and cerebral palsy. She had lived in supported disability accommodation for over 20 years and required 2…

general practicedisability medicineoxycodone
VIChospital2024-08-30

Finding into death of Betty Eileen Cliffe

85y · Female·Asphyxia due to upper airways obstruction by mucoid plugging of the upper airway…

Betty Cliffe, 85-year-old with intellectual disability and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from asphyxia due to upper airway mucoid plugging on a background of cardiomegaly and heart failur…

respiratory medicinespeech pathology
VIChospital2022-03-10

Finding into death of SMW

48y · Male·Aspiration Pneumonia in the setting of Fahr's Disease

A 48-year-old man with Fahr's disease, dysphagia, and multiple comorbidities died from aspiration pneumonia at Box Hill Hospital. He had significant disa…

respiratory medicineneurology
VIChospital2018-09-13

Finding into death of Andrew Bond

47y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down syndrome

…ies, died from aspiration pneumonia after a chronic decline in swallowing function. He had oropharyngeal dysphagia since 2007 and Alzheimer's disease, with documented choking incidents in 2017. A speech pathologist reco…

geriatric medicinepalliative careamoxicillin/clavulanate
VIChospital2025-01-06

Finding into death of Leah Pollauszach

54y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia with antecedent causes of oropharyngeal dysphagia and a sig…

Ms Pollauszach, a 54-year-old woman with Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia following admission to Northern Hospital. The coroner found no clinical …

general medicinerespiratory medicine
VIChospital2024-05-13

Finding into death of Gaye Marie Darby

58y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia

…ome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia following a three-week history of worsening dysphagia and anorexia. She presented to hospital with suspected aspiration, was initially treated with antibiotic…

geriatric medicinerespiratory medicineceftriaxone
VIChospital2024-08-07

Finding into death of Georgios Stamkos

68y · Male·Complications of a witnessed airway obstruction from food bolus in a man with dy…

A 68-year-old man with dysphagia and bipolar disorder died from airway obstruction and aspiration pneumonia after choking on a sandwich b…

psychiatryspeech pathologyrisperidone
VIChospital2017-02

Finding into death of Troy Downey

36y · Male·Pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy

Troy Downey, a 36-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and severe dysphagia managed via PEG tube, died from bilateral pneumonia. He developed a cough on 26 January 2017, examined b…

general practiceemergency medicine
VIC2024-01-25

Finding into death of Maryanne Gordon

69y · Female·Complications of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (palliated)

…llectual disability and Lewy body dementia living in NDIS-funded supported accommodation, presented with dysphagia and weight loss. Gastroscopy revealed oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with severe stricture. She was…

gastroenterologyoncology
VIChospital2013-08-23

Finding into death of Joseph Micallef

55y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia

…alsy and epilepsy living in high care accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He had longstanding dysphagia related to his cerebral palsy, which had caused multiple previous episodes of aspiration pneumonia. On 7…

infectious diseasesrespiratory medicinecitalopram
VIChospital2025-09-30

Finding into death of Richard Mark Ellis

64y · Male·Aspiration event obstruction in a man with oropharyngeal dysphagia and Parkinson…

…is, a 64-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration obstruction following a witnessed choking episode while eating. He presented to th…

emergency medicinepsychiatryamisulpride
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