464 results for “substance use history”
27y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute methylamphetamin…
A 27-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use died from hypoxic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest caused by acute methyla…
39y · Male·combined drug toxicity
…admission in June 2012 with documented recommendation to reduce oxycontin to 20mg daily due to medication abuse, Dr C. reverted to prescribing the higher doses without apparent consideration of discharge summaries. He m…
60y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
… factors included untreated mental health symptoms following marital breakdown, alcohol and methamphetamine use, unserved family violence intervention order, and lack of prior mental health treatment despite October 201…
35y · Female·Acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following intravenous injection of cru…
A 35-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis C and long-standing intravenous drug use died from acute right heart failure (cor pulmonale) following injection of crushed Xanax tablets. She prese…
41y · Male·subarachnoid haemorrhage due to rupture of a berry aneurysm of the right interna…
A 41-year-old male prisoner died from subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by rupture of an undiagnosed berry aneurysm while incarcerated. He had a complex medical history including…
59y · Female·mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity (ethanol, diazepam, fluoxetine, and…
…prescription drug and alcohol toxicity with aspiration of gastric contents. She had extensive psychiatric history including depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and alcohol dependence, with multiple prior suicide attempt…
19y · Male·Hanging
Yohan Wepitiya-Gamage, a 19-year-old male remand prisoner with a history of psychosis and substance use, died by hanging in his cell at the Metropolitan Special Programs Centre i…
46y · Male·Ethanol (alcohol) and prescription drug toxicity
A 46-year-old man with chronic alcohol addiction and a history of epilepsy and insomnia died from combined ethanol and prescription drug toxicity. In the three weeks be…
41y · Male·Unable to be ascertained
41-year-old male with schizophrenia/drug-induced psychosis and methamphetamine use died following police restraint on M5 motorway. Admitted to Shellharbour Hospital 10-30 May 2022 for psycho…
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, clozapine, zuclopenthixol, diazepam) in a morbidly …
Shane Jarrett, a 29-year-old with schizophrenia and substance abuse history, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin, clozapine, zuclopenthixol, diazepam) complicated b…
25y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and multisystem organ failure from heroin (morphine) toxicity
Jade Dorogi, a 25-year-old man with a history of drug addiction but no prior heroin use, died from cerebral hypoxia and multisystem organ failure follo…
31y · Male·Hanging
31-year-old male with borderline personality disorder, alcohol use disorder, and history of self-harm died by hanging. He had multiple presentations to emergency services and…
0y · Male·Unascertained in the setting of a remote head injury
Child A, a six-month-old Aboriginal boy, died from unascertained cause in the setting of a remote head injury sustained during family violence. The father violently assaulted the…
21y · Male·Compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
A 21-year-old man with longstanding schizoaffective disorder, substance dependence and anti-social personality disorder died by hanging following absconding from hospital. He w…
15y · Male·Electrocution
…ss cumulative harm from 16 prior notifications, did not adequately investigate the mother's known alcohol abuse and history of violence towards children, relied on a child's report rather than direct assessment, and did…
56y · Male·Complications of intravenous drug use
Ross James Davis, aged 56, died from complications of intravenous opioid use. He had severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbated by heavy smoking, chronic pain, and opioid…
33y · Male·complications from blunt force trauma to head consequent upon being struck by a …
A 33-year-old man with long-standing substance abuse and acute methadone withdrawal presented with suicidal ideation on the morning of 11 February 2007…
59y · Male·Multiple stab injuries
…ce due to focus on the perpetrator's FVIO breach and a LEAP database outage preventing access to violence history. The coroner identified concerns about police misidentification of the predominant aggressor in family vi…
47y · Male·Blunt head injury
… son during a domestic altercation. The assault was the culmination of ongoing family violence within the household. Clinical lessons include the importance of early recognition of family violence patterns and the oppor…
55y · Male·exsanguination resulting from self-inflicted wounds to left brachial artery and …
…y 2019 through exsanguination from self-inflicted wounds to his brachial artery and wrists. He had a long history of mental health conditions including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, with poor medicati…
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