624 results for “pulmonary disease”
64y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy, secondary to cardiac arrest, secondary to myocardial inf…
A 64-year-old man with paranoid psychosis, poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiac failure, and chronic obstructive airways disease died from hypox…
57y · Male·Bilateral bronchopneumonia in a man with asthma, tetraplegia and multiple other …
…ougall, 57, a man with complex medical comorbidities including tetraplegia, COPD, asthma, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes, died from bilateral bronchopneumonia at his supported disability accommodation home. He had…
77y · Male·Complications of methotrexate toxicity in a man with chronic renal impairment, c…
A 77-year-old man with chronic kidney disease, COPD, and mild cardiac failure died from methotrexate toxicity after a GP prescribed it at an inappropri…
45y · Male·Intra Abdominal Haemorrhage Associated with Metastatic Carcinoma of the Oesophag…
… referring him to Fremantle Hospital on 28 November. At hospital, he was initially treated for suspected pulmonary embolus with heparin, which caused gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Advanced metastatic cancer with poor pr…
84y · Female·sepsis and cardiac failure in a woman with hypertensive ischaemic and valvular h…
…ona Mariana Playford, an 84-year-old woman with extensive medical comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, and severe biventricular dysfunction, died of sepsis and cardiac failure. She was…
84y · Female·Complications of pelvic fractures sustained in a traumatic incident
An 84-year-old woman with dementia died from complications of pelvic fractures sustained when another dementia-affected resident pushed her during an altercation over food in an aged care facility. She developed bilatera…
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 by morbid obesity. During psychiatric hospitalization, …
89y · Male·combined effects of cerebrovascular accident, pneumonia and chronic cardiac fail…
An 89-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, COPD) presented with chest infection and was admitted for heart failure. He suffered an acute …
45y · Female·Bronchiectasis
A 45-year-old Aboriginal woman with severe bronchiectasis, COPD, and cor pulmonale died at a sobering-up shelter after police protective custody. She had 15 hospital admissions in 2015 for acute exacerbations related to …
0y · Male·Trisomy 21 with complex cardiac anomalies complicated by pulmonary hypertension,…
Baby G, born with Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) and complex cardiac anomalies, died at Royal Darwin Hospital on 18 March 2023 aged 6 months. The coroner found that non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) should have been offer…
76y · Female·infective exacerbation of chronic congestive cardiac failure due to Respiratory …
Patricia Marie Foster, 76, died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital from infective exacerbation of chronic congestive cardiac failure due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus. She presented with multifactorial respiratory distress com…
85y · Male·metastatic prostate cancer
…t for prostate cancer when an enlarged prostate was noted in 2017, subsequently diagnosed with metastatic disease in 2018 with a Gleason score of 9. He suffered two falls in custody, the second resulting in hip fracture…
73y · Female·atherosclerotic and hypertensive coronary vascular disease
…ultant questioned the use of flecainide. Post-mortem examination revealed significant undiagnosed cardiac disease including left ventricular hypertrophy, cardiomegaly, and coronary artery stenosis. However, the coroner …
46y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy (acute complication with sudden cardiac arrhythmia)
…ective disorder, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, morbid obesity, severe obstructive sleep apnoea, and pulmonary hypertension died from acute dilated cardiomyopathy with sudden arrhythmia. She presented to hospital mu…
78y · Male·Heart failure or arrhythmia, secondary to ischaemic heart disease
…ter Woodcroft, 78, suffered a medical emergency (heart failure or arrhythmia secondary to ischaemic heart disease) at 4:32am and called Triple Zero but could not articulate what he needed. Police did not attend his Wate…
68y · Male·Terminal lymphoma (mantle cell lymphoma)
…nosed with lymphoma in 2015 and received chemotherapy and surgical interventions through 2017, with clear disease progression noted. By late 2017, his prognosis became poor and he signed an advance care directive refusi…
81y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating end stage fronto-temporal dementia on a backgr…
…ied of aspiration pneumonia complicating end-stage fronto-temporal dementia with chronic obstructive lung disease, ischaemic heart disease and chronic renal failure. He was detained under the Mental Health Act following…
53y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the rectum (operated)
… adequate and appropriate, with no issues identified in his clinical management. He died comfortably from disease progression.
55y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity in a woman with cardiomegaly and chronic obstructive airway …
…roin/morphine combined with benzodiazepines in the context of cardiomegaly and chronic obstructive airway disease. She was a voluntary palliative care patient at a residential aged care facility with a history of opioid…
49y · Male·Complications in Association with Advanced Gastric Malignancy
…tipation, weight loss, and vomiting. Gastroscopy revealed gastric outlet obstruction caused by metastatic disease. He underwent multiple interventions including stent placement and three cycles of chemotherapy, managed …
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