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5 results for ketamine infusion

VIChome2015-07-15

Finding into death of Margaret Helen McCall

60y · Female·hanging

…ic regional pain syndrome and longstanding anxiety and depression, died by hanging. She received multiple ketamine infusions for pain management, with cessation of fentanyl during her July 2012 hospital admission. Pain r…

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VIChospital2021-08-16

Finding into death of David John Main

54y · Male·Toxic leukoencephalopathy (of uncertain aetiology)

David Main, 54, died from toxic leukoencephalopathy of uncertain aetiology following a ketamine-assisted oxycodone detoxification at Beleura Private Hospital. He had chronic pain from multiple injuries…

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VIChospital2020-04-16

Finding into death of Jessica Higgins

33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating mixed drug toxicity

Jessica Higgins, a 33-year-old woman with chronic pain on high-dose opioids, underwent ketamine infusion with planned opioid rotation to methadone in May 2017. She was discharged on 23 May on methadone…

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VIChospital2022-08-26

Finding into death of Jessica Higgins

33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating mixed drug toxicity

…oid dependence, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following mixed drug toxicity. She underwent a ketamine infusion with opioid rotation from oxycodone to methadone at Victorian Rehabilitation Centre (16-23 May 2…

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VIChome2022-01-31

Finding into death of Leeanne Matheson

52y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, pregabalin, valproic acid, benzodiazepines)

A 52-year-old woman with chronic pain, epilepsy, and opioid dependence died from mixed drug toxicity after prescribed methadone, pregabalin, valproic acid, and benzodiazepines. She was admitted to Box Hill Hospital on 12…

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