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WAmental health2020-08-06

Inquest into the Death of Stephen Michael KELL

35y · Male·acute vomit aspiration in a man with acute large intestine obstruction (severe m…

…. Key clinical lessons: gastrointestinal monitoring for clozapine patients is essential; symptoms such as vomiting or bowel changes warrant urgent assessment; and clinicians should maintain high suspicion for gastrointes…

psychiatrygastroenterologysystemdelayclozapine
WAhospital2016-09-28

Inquest into the Death of Donald Richard BROADRIBB

79y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and acute bronchiolitis

…ied of bronchopneumonia and acute bronchiolitis after presenting to York Hospital on 12 October 2012 with vomiting, cough, and abdominal pain. He was discharged after nurses focused on treating constipation and arranged …

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SAhospital2008-08-15

Coroner's Finding: EDWARDS Natasha Anne

31y · Female·right cerebellar cerebrovascular accident (cerebellar infarction with obstructiv…

31-year-old woman presented with acute onset headache, dizziness, vomiting, facial numbness and speech difficulties. Initial CT brain showed equivocal left temporal hypodensity. Dr…

neurologygeneral medicinediagnosticdelaymetoclopramide
VICcommunity2021-08-16

Finding into death of Phillip John Sealey

62y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis in a man with coronary atherosclerosis and cardiomegaly

…GP on 27 June 2019 with three weeks of thirst, urinary frequency, nocturia, blurred vision, dizziness and vomiting. The GP diagnosed hypertension and suspected diabetes mellitus, ordering blood tests for the following da…

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NSW2018-10-26

Inquest into the death of Mahmoud Houri

27y · Male·multiple organ failure due to the consequences of multiple gunshot wounds to the…

…2002. The inquest examined whether appropriate care was provided on 21 August 2008 when he presented with vomiting and abdominal pain, which led to emergency surgery revealing a rare small bowel volvulus requiring total …

general surgerygastroenterologymetoclopramide
NSWhospital2019-10-08

Inquest into the death of George Kimpton

80y · Male·Vasodilatory shock and multi-organ failure secondary to aspiration and cardiores…

George Kimpton, aged 80, died from vasodilatory shock and multi-organ failure secondary to aspiration pneumonia five hours after cardiopulmonary arrest in hospital following colorectal cancer surgery. He had developed a …

colorectal surgerygeriatric medicinecommunicationsystemmorphine
TAShospital2017-09-22

Coroner's Finding: Hosking, Jason Mathew Henry

34y · Male·Staphylococcus aureus sepsis and endocarditis

Jason Hosking, 34, presented to ED with vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, tachycardia and hypotension on 10 November 2014. Blood tests by 11.23am showed markedl…

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VIChome2019-08-01

Finding into death of Caleb Harley Pearson

17y · Male·Diabetic ketoacidosis

…treated for a throat infection by his GP on 25 May 2015. Over the following two days he deteriorated with vomiting, lethargy and inability to move. Paramedics attended on 27 May evening and found him with tachycardia (12…

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WAhospital2005-12-13

Inquest into the Death of Peter Daryl Samson

20y · Male·Pelvic Injury

…nation. Critical clinical signs—inability to urinate (suggesting pelvic fracture), pain localised to hip, vomiting, and inability to bear weight—were not recognised or acted upon. He died in police custody less than an h…

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QLDhospital2019-06-20

Burrell, Michael Leslie

58y · Male·Multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma due to cirrhosis of the liver due to hepatit…

… the Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He was admitted to the ED on 17 September 2016 with nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. An abdominal x-ray suggested partial bowel obstruction but this was not identified at…

emergency medicinegastroenterologydiagnosticcommunicationmorphine
NSWhospital2015-12-02

Inquest into the death of Dr Peter Domachuk

33y · Male·presumed fatal cardiac arrhythmia in the presence of coronary artery atheroscler…

… 33-year-old physicist, was admitted to Hornsby Hospital on 27 December 2012 with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and joint pain. His presentation included hypotension (97/61), tachycardia (116/min), hyponatraemia (129 …

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NSWhospital2011-12-21

Coroner's Finding: Gabrielle Coventry

14y · Female·Neisseria meningitidis infection (meningococcal septicaemia)

…l presented to Gosford Hospital Emergency Department on 4 December 2007 with high fever (40°C), headache, vomiting, myalgia, and haemodynamic instability (hypotension, tachycardia, tachypnoea)—all signs of serious bacter…

emergency medicinepaediatricsdiagnosticmedicationceftriaxone
VIChospital2016-12-12

Finding into death of Hugo Edward Byard Gardiner

3y · Male·Streptococcus pyogenes group A pneumonia

Hugo Gardiner, a 3-year-old boy with fever, cough, vomiting and diarrhoea, was assessed twice at Mount Beauty Medical Centre on 23 December 2015 by GPs who diagnosed…

general practicepaediatricsdiagnosticcommunication
TAShospital2022-10-07

Coroner's Finding: Willetts, Ernest Charles

80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia

…nhibitor (Pariet) from his medication chart on admission was identified but had no causal role; (2) After vomiting coffee-ground material, a more senior surgical review before referral to gastroenterology may have enable…

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NThospital2019-09-20

Inquest into the death of Joanne Craig

57y · Female·multi-organ failure due to sepsis caused by streptococcus pneumoniae infection

…, a 57-year-old Aboriginal woman, presented to Katherine District Hospital on 24 January 2018 with fever, vomiting, and cough. She had streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis with elevated inflammatory markers from 11:41am onwar…

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VIChome2025-02-26

Finding into death of Jonathan Alan Uphill

84y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis in the setting of ty…

…raction of 15 teeth) on 1 March 2022 without intraoperative complications. The following day he developed vomiting, fever, back pain and deteriorated rapidly into cardiac arrest. While the dental procedure was a physiolo…

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TAShospital2018-10-17

Coroner's Finding: Jones, Tristan Adam

40y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured right middle cerebral artery aneurysm

A 40-year-old man presented to the ED with sudden-onset severe headache, slurred speech, and vomiting. He was appropriately triaged and quickly diagnosed with subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured middle …

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QLDhome2012-12-06

Bramble, Julie Anne

50y · Female·septicaemia

…r 4-5 days prior to death, she developed progressive symptoms including weakness, incontinence, diarrhoea/vomiting, shaking and cold extremities—consistent with systemic infection. Her housemates recognised her deteriora…

emergency medicineparamedicinedelaycommunicationmethamphetamine
QLD2009-08-21

Oram, Ronald Thomas

49y · Male·Coronary artery occlusion due to, or as a consequence of, coronary artery athero…

Ronald Thomas Oram, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man, died in custody from natural causes—severe coronary artery atheroma with coronary artery occlusion. He presented to the prison nurse on 5 January 2008 with chest pain, wh…

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QLDhospital2024-09-20

Non-inquest findings into the death of HK, a five year old boy

5y · Male·Septic shock due to Influenza A infection and bacterial co-infection with Staphy…

…s aureus or Group A Streptococcus). He presented to the ED on 22 May 2022 with fever, abdominal pain, and vomiting, was assessed by a junior doctor supervised by a senior paediatrician, and discharged home with viral ill…

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