47y · Male·acute renal failure caused by bilateral ureteral obstruction due to metastatic c…
… Waygood, an Extreme High Security prisoner, died from acute renal failure caused by metastatic colorectal cancer. He presented with abdominal pain, constipation, and blood per rectum in March 2011 but received suboptima…
72y · Male·Complications of subtotal colectomy for diffuse polyposis and invasive adenocarc…
…in custody at Prince of Wales Hospital on 9 December 2019, nine days after elective subtotal colectomy for bowel cancer. Post-operatively, he developed complications including pleural effusion and multi-organ dysfunctio…
76y · Male·small bowel obstruction in the setting of terminal metastatic neuro-endocrine tu…
A 76-year-old Aboriginal man died of small bowel obstruction from metastatic neuro-endocrine tumour after spending nearly two years requesting medical help…
86y · Female·Metastatic ovarian cancer (high-grade serous carcinoma)
An 86-year-old woman serving a life sentence died of metastatic ovarian cancer in palliative care. After diagnosis in April 2023, treatment was appropriately limited to symptom manageme…
76y · Male·Small bowel obstruction and acute renal failure, due to or as a consequence of m…
Adrian Adams, aged 76, died in Princess Alexandra Hospital from small bowel obstruction and acute renal failure secondary to metastatic colorectal cancer. He was serving an eight-yea…
59y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to recurrent anal squamous cell carcinoma with su…
…ong Hospital with vomiting, lethargy and suspected urinary tract infection, aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. After initial ICU admission and improvement, he was transferred to Peter MacCallum Cancer Cen…
68y · Male·pneumonia in the setting of metastatic malignancy of unknown primary, likely bow…
…ting, and chest pain. He had recently been diagnosed with metastatic malignancy of unknown primary (likely bowel) and was receiving conservative management without chemotherapy per patient and GP preference. Despite int…
65y · Male·metastatic rectal cancer with extensive lung metastases
A 65-year-old man died from metastatic rectal cancer with extensive lung metastases while serving a prison sentence. He had presented with rectal bleeding symp…
89y · Male·combination of biochemical consequences of colonic pseudo-obstruction and faecal…
An 89-year-old man with multiple comorbidities including previous colon cancer died from faecal impaction and stercoral colitis. He resided in a residential aged care facility (RACF) wh…
82y · Male·sepsis due to faecal peritonitis due to suture failure of bowel anastomosis foll…
…from sepsis due to faecal peritonitis following anastomotic breakdown after right hemi-colectomy for colon cancer. Surgery was appropriate and proceeded without incident. Five days post-operatively, he developed symptoms…
69y · Female·Complications of a probable bowel malignancy
…ith schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and multiple comorbidities died from complications of probable bowel malignancy. In October 2014, regional lymphadenopathy and bowel thickening were identified; colonoscopy wa…
Male·Hanging
…g his work as an opal cutter. He had been living with bilateral cataracts, possible diabetes, and possible bowel cancer concerns. The coroner was unable to definitively establish Martin's true identity despite extensive…
72y · Male·acute leukaemia on a background of ischaemic heart disease
…9. He had significant medical comorbidities including previous cardiac surgery, diabetes, and a history of bowel cancer in remission. The coroner found no issues with his medical treatment, which was described as extens…
68y · Male·Metastatic colorectal carcinoma
Barry Johnson, a 68-year-old man with intellectual disability, autism, cerebral palsy and dysphagia, died from metastatic colorectal carcinoma at his specialist disability accommodation home. He had been diagnosed with a…
51y · Female·peritoneal sepsis with multiple organ failure due to perforation of bowel by for…
…l disability and schizoaffective disorder died from peritoneal sepsis and multiple organ failure caused by bowel perforation from a wooden stick. The stick entered her body via her vaginal canal. She presented with abdo…
73y · Male·metastatic small cell lung cancer and sepsis
A 73-year-old man with metastatic small cell lung cancer and sepsis died in Royal Adelaide Hospital while in prison custody. He had been sentenced in May 2015 and …
69y · Male·peritonitis due to perforated bowel
…appropriate psychiatric and medical care during his admission, he developed peritonitis secondary to large bowel perforation, complicated by Clostridium bacteraemia and hepatocellular carcinoma. He was transferred to IC…
75y · Female·large volume aspiration following right hemicolectomy for adenocarcinoma of the …
…r found this fell 'grossly short' of the standard of care expected. When eventually diagnosed with colonic cancer at the hepatic flexure, she underwent right hemicolectomy but died from aspiration two days post-operative…
58y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating small bowel obstruction in the setting of rece…
A 58-year-old man died from aspiration pneumonia complicating small bowel obstruction six days after elective laparoscopic subtotal colectomy for colorectal cancer. On post-operati…
60y · Male·metastatic atrial sarcomatoid tumour
… at Prince of Wales Hospital from metastatic atrial sarcomatoid tumour. He had been diagnosed with cardiac cancer in 2016, underwent surgery, and was in remission until metastases were discovered in April 2020 whilst in …
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