34y · Male·Unascertained; likely fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to electrolyte disturba…
…ed elevated urea and creatinine consistent with dehydration and/or renal impairment. He had a documented prolonged QT interval on previous ECGs and multiple prior hospital admissions for vomiting-induced electrolyte dis…
52y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to hypotension in a woman with documented electrocardio…
…dose antipsychotic medications including 10g of olanzapine intramuscularly on admission. She developed a prolonged QT interval on electrocardiogram, a known complication of antipsychotic use. After experiencing dizzines…
30y · Male·Unascertained; likely cardiac arrhythmia
…ss, exacerbated by methadone use, methylamphetamine use, and possible underlying cardiac predisposition (prolonged QT interval). The critical clinical failing was the attending paramedic's (Mr Timmins) failure to conduc…
19y · Female·combined drug effect and myocarditis
A 19-year-old Aboriginal woman with alcohol and cannabis abuse died at Graylands Hospital from combined drug effect and myocarditis. Following two suicide attempts within 48 hours, she was sedated and transferred via Roy…
33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy with an antecedent cause of in-hospital cardiop…
Melissa King, aged 33, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest at Blacktown Hospital. She presented with severe malnutrition, electrolyte derangements including hyponatraem…
51y · Male·undetermined natural causes
Chris Prasad, a 51-year-old involuntary psychiatric inpatient with schizoaffective disorder, diabetes type 2, hypertension, and obesity (BMI 30.8), was granted day leave on 17 January 2013 during extreme heat (38°C) at C…
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