60 results for “severe neurological disability”
17y · Male·Epilepsy with contributing factors of cerebral palsy and intellectual disability
Taner Kirim, a 17-year-old with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and poorly controlled epilepsy, died in his sleep at a residential care facility. He was in out-of-home …
48y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating progressive degenerative neurological disorder…
Adam Greaves, a 48-year-old man with progressive degenerative neurological disorder, frontotemporal dementia, severe dysphagia, and cerebral palsy, died from aspiration pneumonia…
48y · Male·Anaplastic astrocytoma
Robert Przychodski, a 48-year-old man with longstanding psychiatric illness, intellectual disability, epilepsy and a progressive anaplastic astrocytoma, died in the Werribee Mercy Palliative Care Unit from…
59y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
A 59-year-old man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, spastic quadriplegia, and severe intellectual disability died of pneumonia following aspiration risk. He had persistent respiratory symptom…
55y · Female·Combined effects of influenza A infection, acute kidney injury, and aspiration p…
Lani-Kay Illsley, a 55-year-old woman with Rett syndrome residing in specialist disability accommodation, died from combined effects of influenza A infection, acute kidney injury, and aspiration …
40y · Male·Complications of Influenza A infection in a man with cerebral palsy and congenit…
…ate, a 40-year-old man with cerebral palsy, congenital brain malformation, quadriplegia and intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from complications of Influenza A infection causing …
52y · Male·C2, C3, C4 spinal injury sustained from a fall secondary to seizures
A 52-year-old man with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability living in disability accommodation fell in the bathroom after a seizure and sustained cervical spine fra…
63y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with seizure disorder, Down syndrome, dementia a…
…d by seizure disorder, Down syndrome, dementia, and normal pressure hydrocephalus. She was in specialist disability accommodation in Colac. In the months before death, she experienced multiple seizures and functional dec…
55y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
Tracey Lee Cooke, a 55-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, Parkinson's disease, and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia at Footscray H…
62y · Female·Complications of progressive motor neurone disease
… Ryan, 62, died from complications of progressive motor neurone disease at a palliative care unit. She had severe disability including non-verbal status, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and deteriorating swallowing. I…
54y · Female·Complications of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Ms H, a 54-year-old woman with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, died of natural causes from complications of her severe epilepsy whilst in supported accommodation at McCallum Disability Services. She was found unresponsive in …
53y · Male·Refractory seizures secondary to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (palliated); pneumonia
… highlights the challenging management of refractory seizures in patients with swallowing difficulties and severe neurological disability.
30y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of small bowel obstruction and Rett Syndrome
…Medical Centre on 7 July 2023. She had recently transitioned from living with her mother to a Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) dwelling. The coroner found no evidence of deficient clinical management by either t…
23y · Male·complications of blunt force head injuries
…John Stacey, causing him to fall and strike his head on a concrete kerb. He suffered a fractured skull and severe brain injury requiring a tracheostomy tube for respiratory support. Despite numerous life-saving medical i…
9y · Male·Head injury (epidural haematoma with cerebral coning following craniotomy)
Dwayne Michael Jones, aged 9, had Trisomy 10, a rare congenital chromosomal disorder causing severe developmental delay and neurological abnormalities. On 11 April 2000, he fell from a computer desk and str…
53y · Female·Bronchopneumonia on a background of cerebral palsy
…nnected to her death. This case illustrates the trajectory of progressive aspiration risk in patients with severe neurological disability and the challenges of managing complications in this population.
56y · Female·Complications of Angelman's syndrome - aspiration pneumonia
…nelle Maree Lavery, a 56-year-old woman with Angelman's syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual disability, dysphagia, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died of aspiration pneumonia following a one-month hospital admis…
69y · Male·Complications of Downs syndrome and dementia (palliated)
… dementia who died in supported group accommodation. He had complex medical needs including intellectual disability, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, severe dysphagia, and aspiration risk. Following hospital admission in S…
59y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
A 59-year-old man with severe acquired brain injury and dysphagia from a 2005 motorcycle crash died from aspiration pneumonia. Two days …
51y · Female·Sigmoid volvulus in the setting of COVID-19 infection
…vulus in the setting of COVID-19 infection. She was admitted to Austin Hospital on 12 August 2023 from a disability accommodation facility where she lived with intellectual disability and cerebral palsy. On admission, sh…
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