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4 results for myoclonic seizures

VICaged care2017-05-31

Finding into death of Nerilee Elizabeth Barfoot

30y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemic injury and bronchopneumonia following PEA arrest in a …

A 30-year-old woman with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a severe treatment-resistant epilepsy, died following cardiac arrest at a disability residential care facility. She was found entangled in a swing seat armrest on 7 April…

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VIC2016-05-23

Finding into death of Katrina Mary West

56y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury due to upper airway obstruction by food bolus

A 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability and acquired brain injury died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following upper airway obstruction by a food bolus while eating dinner in supported accommodation. She w…

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VIChome2015-07-15

Finding into death of Margaret Helen McCall

60y · Female·hanging

Margaret McCall, a 60-year-old woman with chronic regional pain syndrome and longstanding anxiety and depression, died by hanging. She received multiple ketamine infusions for pain management, with cessation of fentanyl …

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VICaged care2020-06-03

Finding into death of Annette Lee Douglass

60y · Female·Respiratory arrest in the setting of aspiration pneumonia; seizures associated w…

A 60-year-old woman with Down syndrome, Alzheimer's dementia, and epilepsy died from respiratory arrest due to aspiration pneumonia after a seizure. A multi-day delay in anticonvulsant medication (phenytoin) occurred due…

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