823 results for “hypertension”
44y · Female·natural causes, possibly a cardiac arrhythmia
Josephine Lambert, 44-year-old woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died at Cumberland Hospital on 28 July 2011. She was found unconscious in the hallway and could not be resuscitated. The autopsy initially sugg…
54y · Male·Unascertained
A 54-year-old man with HIV, hepatitis C, cirrhosis, and significant immunocompromise presented with acute sepsis on 23 December 2016. Despite rapid ambulance response with sepsis protocol initiation and ICU-level aggress…
75y · Female·Haemopericardium due to dissection of the ascending aorta
…w, which the GP attributed to possible acute myocardial infarction based on her risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, smoking history). An ECG was performed and considered unchanged. No further investigations for aortic …
61y · Male·drowning in a man with ischaemic heart disease
A 61-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease (70% stenosis of major coronary arteries) drowned while solo boating on Lake Dartmouth in winter conditions. He was not wearing a personal floatation device, had a blood alc…
57y · Male·Hepatic encephalopathy, end stage liver failure, alcoholic cirrhosis, end stage …
Gerry Maxwell Cooper, a 57-year-old Aboriginal man imprisoned for 23 years, died in PAH Secure Unit from natural causes: hepatic encephalopathy, end-stage liver failure, alcoholic cirrhosis, and end-stage renal failure. …
57y · Female·Combined features of moderately stenosed right coronary ostium, aortic valve reg…
Fiona Lebner, a 57-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability living in a group home, died suddenly from acute cardiac arrhythmia secondary to multiple heart abnormalities including aortic valve disease, mitral v…
81y · Male·Multi-organ failure complicating head, chest and abdominal injuries sustained du…
An 81-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, chronic renal impairment, past stroke, pacemaker) was struck by a tram while crossing Sydney Road in B…
79y · Male·Acute Myocardial Infarction; Underlying multiple pathologies including vascular …
79-year-old man with complex medical history (ischaemic heart disease, pulmonary fibrosis, pacemaker, renal impairment, vascular dementia) died from acute myocardial infarction while in acute psychiatric care. He was tra…
53y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to triple vessel atherosclerosis and thrombosis …
A 53-year-old man with chest pain on exertion presented to his GP in March 2022. Initial investigations (blood tests, chest X-ray) were ordered but follow-up was delayed until July 2022. A cardiology referral was made, a…
60y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism in a man with deep vein thrombosis following a fractur…
A 60-year-old man with obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidemia sustained a fractured right ankle in a motorcycle collision. He presented to ED with …
56y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism due to left deep vein thrombosis
A 56-year-old man died from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis. He presented to his GP on 20 January 2017 with persistent dyspnoea and chest pain following a 22-hour flight to Greece and respirat…
92y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a fall in a man with multiple co-morbidities
A 92-year-old man with dementia, multiple comorbidities, and a documented high falls risk died from head and neck injuries sustained in a fall at an aged care facility. He had experienced six falls over four months at th…
81y · Female·Cardiac tamponade secondary to dissection of ascending aorta
An 81-year-old woman with hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia presented to the ED with sudden-onset central chest pain radiating to the jaw…
43y · Male·intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to traumatic rupture of splenic blood vessels du…
Michael Joseph Joy, a 43-year-old man with Wilson's disease requiring wheelchair mobility and residential care, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to splenic vessel rupture following a fall in his bathroom on 24 F…
62y · Male·cerebral haemorrhage (intracerebral bleed, large lobar within left cerebral hemi…
A 62-year-old man presented to ED with dyspnoea, diaphoresis, and hypertension caused by an evolving cerebral haemorrhage. He was initially misdiagnosed with NSTEMI based on elevated…
69y · Male·Partial contact range gunshot wound of the head
David Lester Townsend, a 69-year-old man with bipolar disorder and chronic suicidal ideation, died by gunshot wound to the head on 25 September 2017. He had been receiving psychiatric care from Dr McDougall and case mana…
78y · Male·Ischemic heart disease
Geoffrey Ashton, a 78-year-old with significant ischemic heart disease, died in the foyer of Croydon Police Station on 17 December 2011. Stress from an altercation over disabled parking at a nearby church likely triggere…
24y · Male·Coronary artery thrombosis secondary to coronary atherosclerosis
…pite telling colleagues he would do so. The patient had prior presentations with chest pain, persistent hypertension, obesity, proteinuria and smoking—clear risk factors for coronary artery disease. He suffered a fatal c…
76y · Male·Small bowel obstruction and acute renal failure, due to or as a consequence of m…
Adrian Adams, aged 76, died in Princess Alexandra Hospital from small bowel obstruction and acute renal failure secondary to metastatic colorectal cancer. He was serving an eight-year sentence for sexual offences at the …
60y · Female·haemopericardium following thoracic aortic dissection Type A
Angela Budaj, a 60-year-old woman with hypertension and smoking history, presented to the ED with back pain, vomiting, incontinence, and sore throat. An ab…
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