43 results for “acquired intellectual disability”
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to an incision in the radial vein of his right wrist
…self-inflicted laceration to his radial vein. He had complex mental health needs including schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, developmental delay, and substance abuse history. The coroner concluded that Justice Health…
21y · Male·cardiac arrest caused by acute bilateral pneumonia
Stephen Moon, a 21-year-old with autism and intellectual disability, died following wisdom tooth extraction complicated by ventilator-acquired pneumonia. Althou…
36y · Male·Pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy
Troy Downey, a 36-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and severe dysphagia managed via PEG tube, died from bilateral pneumonia. He developed a co…
56y · Female·Complications of Angelman's syndrome - aspiration pneumonia
Janelle Maree Lavery, a 56-year-old woman with Angelman's syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual disability, dysphagia, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died of aspiration pneumonia following a one-month ho…
50y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to choking on food bolus
A 50-year-old man with acquired brain injury and intellectual disability died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following aspiration …
54y · Male·Pneumonia
Peter Bannan, age 54, had lifelong quadriplegia and intellectual disability from early childhood encephalitis, with chronic epilepsy and severe aspiration risk. He was …
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from height
…days after discharge from his first psychiatric admission for post-ictal/drug-induced psychosis. He had intellectual disability, epilepsy, and acquired brain injury. Critical deficiencies included: inadequate risk assess…
18y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a setting of acquired brain injury from non-accidental h…
Jay Dion Sykes, aged 18, died from aspiration pneumonia in the setting of acquired brain injury sustained non-accidentally as an infant. He had severe cerebral palsy, tetraparesis, aphasia…
38y · Female·Septicaemia, urosepsis, and Lennox Gastaut syndrome
Vanessa Jenner, a 38-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and Lennox-Gastaut epilepsy, died from septicaemia and urosepsis following …
62y · Male·Undetermined
Van Edward Caulton, a 62-year-old man with intellectual disability and serious cardiac disease (congestive cardiac failure), disappeared in 2005-2006 while liv…
33y · Male·Multiple injuries consequent upon being struck by a truck
Paul Wayne Carter, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man with intellectual disability and mental health history, died on 7 August 2006 after being struck by a truck on the Sturt …
82y · Male·bronchopneumonia
Gerald Quinane, an 82-year-old man with intellectual disability living in state-managed residential care, died from bronchopneumonia. He presented with resp…
45y · Female·Epilepsy
45-year-old woman with chronic epilepsy and intellectual disability died following a prolonged seizure with cardiac arrest at a supported accommodation facility…
30y · Male·Head injury; severe traumatic brain injury with global cerebral ischaemic injury…
Leigh Joseph Riley, a 30-year-old man with intellectual disability and substance abuse history, died from severe head injury following a physical altercation. …
55y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia arising as a consequence of severe acquired brain injury
Sydney Dale Stanfield, 55, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to severe acquired brain injury sustained in childhood. He resided in a disability accommodation service group home and had …
72y · Female·Pneumonia following cervical spine injuries sustained in an unwitnessed mechanic…
…ie, aged 72, died from pneumonia following cervical spine injuries sustained in an unwitnessed fall at a disability support facility. She had a known history of falls, mobility problems, and probable dementia. While in h…
69y · Female·Effects of fire
Stephanie Rebernik, aged 69, died in a house fire in 2023. She had an acquired brain injury from 1980 with cognitive decline, poor risk identification, and a documented five-year histo…
59y · Male·Combined effects of acute on chronic pneumonia and pulmonary thromboembolism
A 59-year-old man with intellectual disability and minimal verbal communication died from acute on chronic pneumonia and pulmonary thromboe…
62y · Male·Septic arthritis complicating left knee joint prosthesis in the setting of statu…
…th negative blood cultures. The team also failed to diagnose a hip fracture after he fell from his bed. Intellectual disability and delirium complicated assessment, but the coroner found the death preventable because ear…
26y · Female·Streptococcal Sepsis resulting from Skin Ulceration and complications of Cerebra…
Kate Therese Bugmy, a 26-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability, died on 28 June 2007 of Streptococcal sepsis from infected pressure ulcers. She was cared f…
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