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57y · Male·Multiple organ failure in consequence of peritonitis resulting from complication…
Robert Douglas Dalgleish died from multiple organ failure due to peritonitis resulting from complications of gastric banding surgery. He presented to the ED on 18 July 2002 with abdominal pain and vomiting. Dr B. appropr…
41y · Female·secondary haemorrhage following gastric banding surgery
A 41-year-old enrolled nurse died from secondary haemorrhage eight days after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery in Darwin. She attended ED on 18 February with post-operative pain; Dr McNair discharged her after two ho…
34y · Male·extensive blood loss from acute gastric erosions following severe scalding of th…
Neil Summerell, a 34-year-old man with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and vision/hearing impairment, died from acute gastric erosions following severe scalding injuries sustained on 29 November 1999. He was scalded t…
38y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
Margaret Lindsay, 38, died by hanging in Adelaide Women's Prison on 23 May 2001 whilst remanded in custody. She had a complex history of psychiatric illness, drug and alcohol abuse, and multiple suicide attempts. Despite…
33y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis, contributed to by cardiac hypertrophy
Lindsay Ryan, a 33-year-old Aboriginal male, died in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre from coronary atherosclerosis with cardiac hypertrophy. He collapsed with chest pain and dizziness while performing manual labour…
33y · Male·lobar pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumonia with septic shock)
Owen King, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man, died of lobar pneumonia on 24 June 2002 at Alice Springs Hospital following brief police custody for alleged intoxication. He was apprehended twice on 23 June under protective cus…
19y · Male·Head injury: depressed stellate (star-shaped) fracture of skull with diffuse sub…
A 19-year-old male died from severe head injury (depressed stellate skull fracture with subarachnoid haemorrhage) sustained when a stolen motorcycle he was riding struck a kerb while evading police on Port Road, Adelaide…
38y · Female·peritonitis with septic shock secondary to perforation of the gastrointestinal t…
A 38-year-old woman in persistent vegetative state following anoxic encephalopathy from anaphylaxis during surgery died from peritonitis caused by perforation at the gastrostomy stoma site. The perforation likely occurre…
41y · Male·Shotgun wound to the left side of the chest with laceration of the heart and hae…
Geoffrey Douglas Nicholls, aged 41, was shot by police during an armed incident at Oodnadatta, South Australia. He had a history of mental illness including depression with suicidal ideation, Bartter's syndrome (causing …
16y · Male·fresh water drowning
Jason Sammut-Smith, a 16-year-old boy, died by fresh water drowning on 1 December 2001. The coroner found extensive evidence of physical abuse inflicted over months, including numerous bruises, abrasions, and injuries co…
7y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to reflex cardiac arrest triggered by blunt…
A 7-year-old boy died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following a motor vehicle collision. He was seated on an unanchored booster seat and wearing an adult seatbelt. During the collision, the unsecured booster seat…
48y · Male·Acute cardiac dysrhythmia of unknown cause; acute alcohol toxicity was a signifi…
Mark Corbett, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man, died from acute cardiac dysrhythmia while in police protective custody in Tennant Creek. He was apprehended twice for public intoxication on 10 July 2002. After leaving a sober…
2y · Female·irreversible cerebral anoxia and terminal inhalation bronchopneumonia resulting …
Cindy Nguyen, a 2-year-old girl, drowned at Footscray Swimming Centre on 10 November 2000 and died from irreversible cerebral anoxia and inhalation bronchopneumonia on 15 November 2000. The coroner found that the death r…
39y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury due to respiratory obstruction following surgery for dental…
Richard Christopher Jankowski, a 39-year-old man, died from hypoxic brain injury due to respiratory obstruction following emergency surgery for a dental abscess with cellulitis. After initial treatment with antibiotics, …
3y · Male·unascertained
Mohammed Tartoussi, aged 3 years 11 months, presented to Bell Street Family Medical Centre on 28 June 2003 with chest pain and mild upper respiratory symptoms. He was diagnosed with mild symptoms and given prednisolone. …
66y · Female·acute necrotising haemorrhagic mediastinitis
Mrs Pratt, aged 66, underwent elective gastroscopy at Kapunda Hospital. During the procedure she heaved, and blood was noted at the gastro-oesophageal junction. She was discharged the same afternoon with pain, only to re…
36y · Male·Acute on Chronic Myocardial Infarction
Mark Anselo Ugle, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man with a significant history of cardiac problems, seizures, and non-compliance with medication, died in East Perth Lockup on 9 December 2000 from acute on chronic myocardial i…
23y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 23-year-old male with drug-induced psychosis died by hanging. He had a long history of substance abuse and behavioural problems, with multiple presentations to hospital and mental health services. In March 2001, he was…
37y · Male·primary intracerebral haemorrhage, contributed to by acute alcohol intoxication
Eric Gaykamangu, a 37-year-old Aboriginal man, died of primary intracerebral haemorrhage whilst in hospital ICU, nine days after initial presentation. He was found intoxicated outside Centrelink on 7 December 2001 with m…
5y · Female·disseminated candidiasis secondary to protein-energy malnutrition
Eliana Diskin, aged 5 months, died from disseminated candidiasis secondary to severe protein-energy malnutrition. After ceasing breastfeeding in late October 2000, her parents fed her exclusively with unfortified rice mi…
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