76 results for “severe emphysema”
65y · Male·Drowning
William Boyles, aged 65, drowned after attempting to cross Edwards Bridge on his motorcycle during severe flooding on 27 January 2013. Despite road closures being in place and firefighters actively managing the f…
62y · Male·Mediastinitis due to perforated oesophagus, with severe emphysema as a contribut…
A 62-year-old man with severe emphysema and chronic oesophageal stricture died from mediastinitis secondary to perforated oesophagus. He…
64y · Male·bronchopneumonia and sepsis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a man …
…ld sentenced prisoner, died from bronchopneumonia and sepsis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema) in the setting of advanced chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia and heart failure. Key clinical lessons inc…
69y · Male·disseminated urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (palliated), bilateral lung ade…
…n prison custody from disseminated urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, bilateral lung adenocarcinoma, and severe emphysema. He had a significant smoking history and prior asbestos exposure. His lung cancer was diagnosed…
60y · Male·Hypertrophy of the heart
A 60-year-old man with longstanding schizophrenia and severe emphysema died at a mental health facility from cardiac hypertrophy (heart weight 730g, normal 400-450g). …
74y · Male·Aspiration of gastric contents, significantly contributed to by advanced dementi…
…t Roy Fagan Centre, a residential aged care facility for people with dementia. He had advanced dementia, emphysema, and severe atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He experienced multiple falls in the weeks preceding…
Male·respiratory failure from blunt trauma to the chest sustained in a motor vehicle …
…ned; mechanical failure, speed, alcohol, poor road conditions, and weather were all excluded. Pre-existing severe emphysema significantly worsened the impact of his injuries. He was transported to the local hospital then…
40y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug …
…ed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, diazepam, paracetamol), acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis and emphysema. He collapsed in a vehicle at a supermarket and was found with coffee-ground vomitus. Despite resuscitat…
70y · Male·chronic obstructive lung disease with emphysema on a background of advanced vasc…
Raymond Abbott, a 70-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, vascular dementia, opioid addiction and alcohol abuse, died of COPD with emphysema at a residential car…
66y · Male·Palliative treatment (withdrawal of life-sustaining medication and oxygen) follo…
… 2014, sustaining serious leg injuries. He had terminal lung cancer (non-operable bronchogenic carcinoma), severe COPD, and bronchiectasis—comorbidities that would have precluded his survival from leg surgery. The corone…
70y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy with emphysema as a contributing factor
Gerald Samual Glover, aged 70, died of dilated cardiomyopathy with emphysema as a contributing factor. He had severe heart failure diagnosed in 2017, complicated by type 2 diabetes,…
73y · Male·Combined effects of ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary di…
…ive pulmonary disease. He had a significant cardiac history including aortic repair and endocarditis, plus severe COPD with emphysema. On the evening before death, he presented to the prison clinic with respiratory sympt…
58y · Male·Complications of community-acquired pneumonia, in a man with chronic lung diseas…
Adrian Phillips, a 58-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic lung disease (emphysema, bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, asthma), died from community-acquired pneumonia caused by MRSA and Rhin…
60y · Male·Complications of chronic lung disease (emphysema, foreign body giant cell reacti…
A 60-year-old man with severe emphysema, atherosclerotic coronary disease, and secondary pulmonary hypertension died at home. He had a h…
60y · Female·Focal pneumonia in a woman with emphysema and ischaemic heart disease
A 60-year-old woman with long-standing schizophrenia/bipolar disorder, emphysema, and ischaemic heart disease died of focal pneumonia at Graylands Hospital. She had been an involuntary …
55y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…on Centre on 9 June 2019. Autopsy revealed significant coronary artery narrowing (40-50% to 70-80%) with emphysema and early pneumonia. He had substantial medical comorbidities including chronic obstructive airways dise…
63y · Male·pulmonary emphysema
Stanley McIntyre, a 63-year-old man with severe treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from pulmonary emphasema on 23 June 2021 while subject to a Psychi…
56y · Male·disseminated malignancy – known non-small cell carcinoma of lung
Colin George Graham, a 56-year-old Aboriginal man with severe COPD and lung cancer, died of disseminated non-small cell carcinoma while in prison custody receiving pall…
49y · Male·Complications of Influenza A infection
…ring of deteriorating respiratory status, might have changed outcomes, though Influenza A with pulmonary emphysema carries poor prognosis.
73y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, emphysema and per…
John William Chardon, a 73-year-old prisoner, died from coronary atherosclerosis with severe calcified atheroma causing >70% stenosis of coronary arteries. He presented with dizziness on 21 October 2…
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