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68y · Male·compression of the neck with contributing acute myocardial infarction due to cor…
A 68-year-old Aboriginal man died by hanging in his cell at Yatala Labour Prison on 16 April 2015 while experiencing acute myocardial infarction. He was transferred to Yatala for urgent psychiatric assessment following t…
75y · Female·general inanition and pneumonia on a background of end-stage dementia
75-year-old woman with end-stage mixed dementia (vascular and Alzheimer's) died from general inanition and pneumonia. She was detained under a Mental Health Act Inpatient Treatment Order due to severe aggression and beha…
61y · Male·hospital acquired pneumonia complicating aorto-femoral bypass surgery for periph…
A 61-year-old man with peripheral vascular disease, alcohol dependence, and heavy smoking history underwent aorto-femoral bypass surgery. Post-operatively he developed hospital-acquired pneumonia, delirium from alcohol w…
51y · Female·community acquired pneumonia
Louise Kitty Whiskey, a 51-year-old Aboriginal woman with chronic alcohol misuse, cirrhosis, and recurrent respiratory infections, died from community-acquired pneumonia at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She was admitted on 23…
79y · Male·combined cardiac, respiratory and renal failure as terminal events on a backgrou…
Graham Douglas Brown, a 79-year-old man with end-stage dementia, died at Noarlunga Hospital from combined cardiac, respiratory and renal failure. He was subject to a Level 2 Mental Health Act Inpatient Treatment Order at…
79y · Male·myocardial infarction
Brian Davies, 79, died of myocardial infarction while under an Inpatient Treatment Order for Alzheimer's dementia at Noarlunga Hospital. He presented with cognitive decline following his partner's death and developed agi…
61y · Male·Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Christopher Raymond Hausler, a 61-year-old man, died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 13 March 2018 while subject to a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order. He presented with rapidly pr…
67y · Female·disseminated adenocarcinoma of the colon
A 67-year-old woman with metastatic colorectal cancer developed multiple cerebral metastases causing marked behavioural changes (irritability, disinhibition, aggression). She was appropriately placed on Mental Health Act…
85y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Eric Arthur Maggs, aged 85, died of ischaemic heart disease at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He was profoundly deaf from birth and had dementia. Admitted with acute chest pain and difficulty breathing, he became distressed an…
90y · Male·pneumonia leading to atrial fibrillation leading to myocardial infarction
A 90-year-old man with lung cancer, dementia, and frontal lobe disease died from pneumonia leading to atrial fibrillation and myocardial infarction while on an inpatient mental health treatment order. He was admitted wit…
92y · Female·decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae low…
A 92-year-old woman with dementia, heart disease, and COPD died from decompensated congestive cardiac failure secondary to haemophilus influenzae lower respiratory tract infection. She was admitted to psychiatric care un…
48y · Male·atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Mervyn Maxwell Taylor, aged 48, died suddenly at home from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with significant coronary artery stenosis (75-80%). He was on home detention bail at the time. He had no prior medical his…
65y · Male·ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease with contributing acute cholecystitis (…
A 65-year-old man with hypertension presented with acute cholecystitis, underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and initially recovered well. On post-operative day 7, he experienced chest pain radiating to his jaw. Two E…
21y · Male·heroin toxicity
A 21-year-old man died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had been engaged in a methadone program and psychological treatment for heroin addiction, PTSD, depression and anxiety since June 2015. Despite…
63y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the lung (small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma with poorl…
A 63-year-old male prisoner died from metastatic small cell lung cancer with adenocarcinoma features. Cancer was incidentally discovered during investigation of a deep vein thrombosis in October 2018, leading to one mont…
79y · Male·Atherosclerotic right internal carotid artery occlusion with resultant ischaemia…
A 79-year-old man with significant cardiovascular disease history (prior MI, triple bypass, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia) was admitted to psychiatric care under an Inpatient Treatment Order following suicidal idea…
56y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following insulin and benzodiazepine overdose
A 56-year-old man with depression, known to close friends but not formally disclosed to healthcare providers, deliberately ingested temazepam tablets accumulated over time and insulin stolen from his mother on 10-11 Nove…
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…
0y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to intrapartum hypoxia
A 2-day-old neonate, Laura Angela Willmett, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following intrapartum hypoxia. She was born by emergency caesarean section after a planned vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) at a …
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to paraquat ingestion
A 62-year-old man with diabetes, renal failure, and hypertension died from multi-organ failure following intentional ingestion of approximately 100-150ml of paraquat. He had recently assumed sole responsibility for the f…
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