105 results for “acute drug overdose”
88y · Female·combined effects of an overdose of hydromorphone and complications of pneumonia …
… respiratory distress on 24 October 2013. Two nurses unfamiliar with hydromorphone administered a 10-fold overdose (5 mg instead of 0.5 mg), mistaking the dose unit from milligrams to millilitres and confusing it with mo…
18y · Male·acute multiple drug toxicity
Matthew Hinton, an 18-year-old male, died from acute multiple drug toxicity after consuming nine LSD tablets and methamphetamine. Police attended at approximat…
46y · Female·acute mixed drug toxicity due to accidental self-administered drug overdose
Dr V., an obstetrician-gynaecologist trainee, died from acute mixed drug toxicity on 18 January 2013 following self-administration of multiple anaesthetic drugs (propof…
47y · Male·Drug toxicity in the setting of restraint
Robert Ferrier, aged 47, died from drug toxicity in the setting of restraint after ingesting excessive quantities of prescription antidepressants a…
20y · Male·pulmonary oedema due to acute on chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin …
A 20-year-old man died from pulmonary oedema due to acute-on-chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin overdose. He had complex mental health and substance use…
40y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug …
… paranoid schizophrenia, alcohol and substance abuse, died from aspiration pneumonitis complicated by mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, diazepam, paracetamol), acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis and emphysema.…
23y · Male·Haemorrhage from incised wounds to the neck and wrists
…nas, 23, died from haemorrhage from self-inflicted knife wounds to his neck and wrists while experiencing a drug-induced psychotic episode following acute methylamphetamine intoxication. He had a complex trauma history i…
45y · Male·drowning and intoxication with methamphetamine and other substances
…d male with long-standing substance use disorder, depression, and anxiety died from drowning combined with acute methamphetamine intoxication. In the weeks before death, he displayed escalating paranoia and delusions, a…
60y · Male·Mixed drug (methylamphetamine, deschloro-n-ethyl-ketamine) toxicity in a man wit…
Mr XML, aged 60, died from mixed drug toxicity (methylamphetamine and deschloro-n-ethyl-ketamine) in the setting of significant cardiovascular di…
22y · Male·mixed drug toxicity due to methadone, codeine, and morphine (metabolite), compou…
William Wallrock, 22, died from mixed drug toxicity four days after wisdom tooth extraction. He was initially appropriately advised to use paracetamol…
46y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman found in a bath
…ear-old woman with borderline personality disorder and bipolar affective disorder type 2 died from combined drug toxicity. She had a long history of overdose attempts, often without clear suicidal intent, and was under c…
44y · Female·Mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (tapentadol, diazepam, mirtazapine, amitriptylin…
Aisha Natasha Khan, 44, died from mixed alcohol and drug toxicity following an intentional polypharmacy overdose with alcohol consumption. She had a history of depr…
24y · Male·methylamphetamine toxicity
LT, a 24-year-old male prisoner, died from methylamphetamine toxicity after ingesting multiple drug-filled balloons that ruptured in his stomach. He had received a prison visit from two individuals with prio…
25y · Male·gastro-intestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis in association with acute…
…, died on 10 February 2002 from gastro-intestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis in association with acute-on-chronic amphetamine toxicity. He had consumed a large dose of methylamphetamine (3.9 mg/L blood level),…
38y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis due to promethazin…
…aged 38, died from pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to deep venous thrombosis following a promethazine overdose. She had complex mental health diagnoses including borderline personality disorder, intellectual disabili…
44y · Female·Acute bronchopneumonia complicating multi-drug toxicity (alprazolam, opiates, be…
…old woman with a history of respiratory problems, pneumonia, schizophrenia, and substance abuse, died from acute bronchopneumonia complicated by multi-drug toxicity (alprazolam, opiates, benzodiazepines, hydrocodone, qu…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
Kaylene Mundy, aged 40, died from acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam…
47y · Female·serotonin syndrome due to combined toxicity of moclobemide and paroxetine
A 47-year-old woman with a long history of prescription drug abuse died from serotonin syndrome caused by combined toxicity of moclobemide (MAOI) and paroxetine (SSRI).…
19y · Female·combined drug effect and myocarditis
A 19-year-old Aboriginal woman with alcohol and cannabis abuse died at Graylands Hospital from combined drug effect and myocarditis. Following two suicide attempts within 48 hours, she was sedated and transferred via…
47y · Male·Acute opioid (Heroin) toxicity
Ali Kizildag, 47, died from acute opioid (heroin) toxicity while in custody at Dawn De Loas Correctional Centre on 11 September 2018. He was…
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