562 results for “intellectual_disability”
60y · Male·Aspiration pneumonitis in a man with Down Syndrome
Marcello Sardo, a 60-year-old man with Down syndrome and early-onset Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonitis at Austin Hospital. He had been receiving palliative care in the community following his geriatr…
30y · Male·Head injury; severe traumatic brain injury with global cerebral ischaemic injury…
Leigh Joseph Riley, a 30-year-old man with intellectual disability and substance abuse history, died from severe head injury following a physical altercation. He was punched in the face by an associate during an argument…
48y · Female·Metastatic ovarian carcinoma
Linda May Hepburn, a 48-year-old blind woman with intellectual disability, was under the care of the Department of Human Services and lived in DHS accommodation. After returning from holiday in Brisbane in July 2012, she…
66y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of a small bowel obstruction
Michael Luno, a 66-year-old man with intellectual disability, autism, epilepsy, and swallowing difficulties, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating small bowel obstruction. He presented with vomiting and abdominal d…
39y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
Arthur Moumas was a 39-year-old man with severe intellectual disability who resided in Colanda Residential Services. He had chronic conditions including severe kyphoscoliosis, epilepsy, osteoporosis, and was dependent on…
45y · Female·Complications of sepsis secondary to sacral pressure wound in a woman with genet…
Kristy Ann Mitchener, a 45-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, and oesophageal dysmotility, died from sepsis secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer despit…
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 symptoms from July 2019, including cough…
24y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
Aaron Forte, a 24-year-old man with epilepsy, Jacob's XXY Syndrome, intellectual disability, and schizophrenia, died of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) while in specialist disability accommodation. He was fou…
75y · Male·Complications of multiple myeloma (palliated)
Brian Kevin Scurrah, a 75-year-old man with intellectual disability living in a supported residential service, died from complications of multiple myeloma. He was diagnosed with advanced multiple myeloma in June 2021 fol…
51y · Male·Hanging
A 51-year-old man with mild intellectual disability from childhood head injury died by hanging following family violence separation. He perpetrated physical, emotional and verbal abuse against his wife and children over …
51y · Female·peritoneal sepsis with multiple organ failure due to perforation of bowel by for…
A 51-year-old woman with intellectual disability and schizoaffective disorder died from peritoneal sepsis and multiple organ failure caused by bowel perforation from a wooden stick. The stick entered her body via her vag…
34y · Male·Septic shock from aspiration pneumonia; cerebral palsy was a contributing condit…
Ashley Seedsman, a 34-year-old man with severe cerebral palsy, profound intellectual disability, epilepsy, diabetes, and PEG tube feeding, presented to the ED on 15 July 2009 with aspiration pneumonia after vomiting and …
59y · Female·Complications of Trisomy 21
Catherine Mary Lyons, aged 59 with trisomy 21 and moderate intellectual disability, died from complications of her underlying condition. She presented with respiratory tract infection symptoms on 8 December 2022 and was …
57y · Male·aspiration pneumonia secondary to small bowel obstruction
A 57-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and history of bowel obstruction presented with faecal vomiting and signs of shock. He was appropriately transferred to hospital where small bowel ob…
17y · Female·raised intracranial pressure due to hepatic encephalopathy related cerebral oede…
Jacqueline Wood, aged 17, died from hepatic encephalopathy-related cerebral oedema following fulminant liver failure caused by paracetamol overdose. She ingested approximately 90 paracetamol tablets on 3 June 2002 but di…
69y · Female·Hydrocephalus and subarachnoid haemorrhage in the setting of a fall in a woman w…
A 69-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, residing in Specialist Disability Accommodation funded through the National Disability Insurance Scheme, sustain…
59y · Female·Diffuse hypoxic brain injury complicating aspiration of gastric contents during …
Janine Hunn, a 59-year-old woman with Angelman syndrome, severe intellectual disability, kyphoscoliosis, and a history of epilepsy and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from hypoxic brain injury following aspiration o…
48y · Female·Pneumonia on a background of subacute bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic …
Ms T, a 48-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from pneumonia with subacute bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic sigmoid colorectal canc…
34y · Female·Drowning
Ozlem Karakoc, aged 34, died by drowning on 14 July 2017 at her home in Dandenong, Victoria. She was murdered by her former intimate partner, Murat Davsanoglu, who held her underwater in a bathtub. Ms Karakoc had mild in…
42y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism and deep calf vein thrombosis
Shane Kerstjens, a 42-year-old man with cerebellar dystrophy and intellectual disability, died from pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis. He sustained a tibia and fibula fracture on 6 September 2007, requir…
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