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79y · Male·Pneumonia complicating ischaemic heart disease and dementia
A 79-year-old man with advanced Alzheimer's disease, ischaemic heart disease, and behavioural disturbance died of pneumonia while on a Level 2 Inpatient Treatment Order at Flinders Medical Centre. He was admitted from a …
60y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
A 60-year-old man with schizophrenia, ischaemic heart disease, previous myocardial infarction and stenting died of acute ischaemic heart disease while an inpatient in a mental health facility under an Inpatient Treatment…
78y · Male·large left basal ganglia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect
John Joseph Tiernan, 78, died from a large left basal ganglia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect while admitted under an Inpatient Treatment Order (ITO) for acute hyperactive delirium. He had stage 4 lung cancer …
65y · Male·general inanition on a background of advanced fronto-temporal dementia
Hugh Keightly Grundy, aged 65, died from general inanition secondary to advanced frontotemporal dementia. He had a progressive decline from 2002, with formal diagnosis in 2013, complicated by seizures, stroke, and behavi…
85y · Male·general inanition on a background of end stage dementia
An 85-year-old man with advanced mixed fronto-temporal and Lewy body dementia died from general inanition (wasting) following progressive decline over several years. He was hospitalised in July 2017 after becoming unmana…
58y · Male·effects of chronic alcoholism
Jonathan Mark Hanckel, aged 58, died from chronic alcoholism complicated by Child C cirrhosis, hepatic encephalopathy, coagulopathy, sepsis, and multiple intracranial haemorrhages. While he sustained a fall on 13 October…
89y · Male·ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with aspiratio…
An 89-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease, COPD, dementia, and Korsakoff syndrome died at a nursing home from cardiorespiratory failure with aspiration pneumonia. He was found on the bathroom floor after a fall and…
78y · Male·general inanition on a background of end-stage dementia
Murray Franklin, aged 78, died of general inanition from end-stage dementia whilst under involuntary psychiatric detention. He had advanced mixed dementia with severe behavioural disturbance and aggression requiring mult…
83y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of dysphagia and advanced Alzheimer's disea…
John Maxwell Loudon, 83, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by dysphagia and advanced Alzheimer's disease. He was admitted to aged care in January 2017 with progressive dementia and behavioural disturbances. After …
81y · Male·haemorrhage from metastatic squamous cell tumour of the right axilla
An 81-year-old man with extensive comorbidities (cardiac failure, COPD, diabetes, renal failure) presented with a right axillary squamous cell carcinoma with metastases. He was admitted for palliative care and pain manag…
35y · Male·heroin toxicity
Jeffrey Thomas White, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, amphetamines, and methamphetamine. Three days before death, he contacted…
82y · Male·malignant mesothelioma (palliated)
Stan Jaksa, aged 82, died from malignant mesothelioma with palliation at Repatriation General Hospital. He was admitted with confusion and behavioral changes attributed initially to frontotemporal dementia but reassessed…
68y · Female·chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Ms Sniecikowska, a 68-year-old Polish-speaking woman with severe COPD, chronic alcoholism, cognitive impairment, and significant social isolation, was admitted to hospital for acute COPD exacerbation on 29 August 2016. D…
73y · Male·metastatic small cell lung cancer and sepsis
A 73-year-old man with metastatic small cell lung cancer and sepsis died in Royal Adelaide Hospital while in prison custody. He had been sentenced in May 2015 and received appropriate oncology care including chemotherapy…
2y · Female·global cerebral hypoxia due to drowning
Crystal Trinh, 19 months old, drowned in her aunt's home swimming pool on 11 January 2016 after entering through non-compliant double gates left open. A Salisbury Council inspector had identified the gates as non-complia…
25y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging
Safar Ali, a 25-year-old remand prisoner, died by hanging in his cell at Yatala Labour Prison on 10 April 2015. He had been remanded in custody following charges of attempted murder of his ex-partner. Initial assessments…
63y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia complicating recent posterior myocardial infarct with underly…
Craig Nicholas Canham, aged 63, died in custody at Yatala Labour Prison from cardiac arrhythmia complicating a recent posterior myocardial infarction with underlying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He had suffered a myocard…
75y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolus due to left calf deep vein thrombosis with contributing…
Brian Samuel Dunbar, aged 75, died from pulmonary thromboembolus secondary to left calf deep vein thrombosis, complicated by Influenza A infection and Parkinson's disease. He was under an Inpatient Treatment Order (ITO) …
74y · Male·metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung on a background of ischaemic heart disease…
A 74-year-old prisoner with metastatic lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes died at Yatala Labour Prison Health Centre. He was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer in April 2016 …
62y · Female·general inanition on a background of end-stage dementia
Merilyn Jane Fort, aged 62, died from general inanition on a background of end-stage Alzheimer's dementia whilst subject to a Mental Health Act Inpatient Treatment Order. She presented with severe behavioural disturbance…
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