7 results for “parkinsonism”
89y · Female·aspiration pneumonia with respiratory failure complicating major depression with…
… 89 years old with major depression with catatonia, atrial fibrillation, pulmonary oedema, diabetes and Parkinsonism, died from aspiration pneumonia with respiratory failure following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She…
69y · Male·Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis
…stant bipolar disorder and significant medical comorbidities including diabetes, renal dysfunction, and Parkinsonism from antipsychotic medications. On the day of death, he became acutely breathless following emotional a…
77y · Female·Effects of fire
Claudette Marie Daw, a 77-year-old with longstanding schizophrenia, died in a house fire at her home while her brother was hospitalised. The fire originated in her bedroom and was accidentally ignited, likely by a discar…
80y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
Robert Mather, 80, died from asphyxia due to choking on food while hospitalised with acute psychosis, severe malnutrition, iron deficiency anaemia and urinary retention. He had schizophrenia with 40+ year history and poo…
85y · Male·Heat stroke
An 85-year-old man with dementia, diabetes, and aortic stenosis died from heat stroke after spending 2 hours 18 minutes unmonitored in an unsheltered outdoor garden area at a residential aged care facility. The resident …
83y · Female·Combined effects of severe malnutrition and infection (septicaemia secondary to …
Mrs Clark, 83, died from severe malnutrition and infection including septicaemia from an infected sacral pressure ulcer that had existed for 7 months. She was admitted to hospital in a deplorable state with severe pressu…
54y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury attributed to cardiac arrest due to choking
A 54-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia died of hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from choking on food whilst in seclusion in a psychiatric intensive care unit. Key failures included: unsupervised provision of food to…
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