42 results for “bronchitis”
48y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with acute cardiac event
Richard William Hobbs, aged 48, died from cardiac arrest in custody at Brisbane Correctional Centre on 21 November 2017. He had significant comorbidities including coronary artery disease (recent stent insertion), diabet…
74y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
Mr Harris, a respected Aboriginal elder aged approximately 74 years, died of ischaemic heart disease with coronary artery atherosclerosis while travelling bush alone on 2 February 2010. He bogged his vehicle, attempted u…
37y · Male·Cardiac failure due to sepsis due to bilateral bronchopneumonia
…he medical treatment inadequate and inappropriate. Key clinical lessons: Dr M. misdiagnosed pneumonia as bronchitis despite documented lower lung crackles and blood-streaked sputum. Vital signs were not systematically as…
73y · Male·UNASCERTAINED
A 73-year-old man with significant medical comorbidities (hypertension, chronic renal failure, depression) was found deceased in Port Phillip Bay. He had recently commenced dialysis after years of progressive kidney dise…
35y · Male·Stab wound to the back
Maxwell Brett Lawson, age 35, died from a stab wound to the back inflicted by Luke Blanchfield during an altercation at Blanchfield's home in Belgrave on 10 March 2024. Lawson attended the property to confront Blanchfiel…
65y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with chronic pulmonary disease (COPD and emphysema), with asp…
Phillip Van Vegten, a 65-year-old sentenced prisoner with longstanding COPD, emphysema, and lung cancer, died of pneumonia complicated by aspiration of vomit (Wilkes Syndrome) at Royal Perth Hospital. The coroner found m…
54y · Female·hypothermia, likely related to drug toxicity
Sandra Anne Brown, a 54-year-old woman with multiple chronic conditions including COPD, diabetes, bipolar disorder and epilepsy, died from hypothermia likely related to drug toxicity. She presented to the ED with breathi…
52y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism
A 52-year-old man with autism, intellectual disability, and multiple comorbidities died from pulmonary thromboembolism at home. He developed respiratory symptoms on 24 March, was managed in primary care with telehealth a…
65y · Male·Traumatic high cervical spine injury in the setting of frontal head impact in a …
A 65-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis died from traumatic cervical spine injury after being arrested for public drunkenness by a single-officer police patrol. During arrest and transportation to the police vehicl…
78y · Female·medication error resulting in combined drug toxicity
Mrs LV, age 78, died at The Bays Aged Care facility on 2 January 2025 following a medication error four days earlier. An endorsed enrolled nurse (EEN), distracted by a phone call during her first shift, inadvertently adm…
81y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia in a man with acute on chronic renal failure
An 81-year-old man with chronic respiratory disease and renal failure died from community-acquired pneumonia complicated by acute-on-chronic renal failure. He presented to hospital on 25 April 2023 with respiratory failu…
1y · Female·Complex congenital heart disease (operated) and sepsis
Belle Bromley, a 13-month-old child with complex congenital heart disease (22q11 deletion syndrome causing pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aorta-pulmonary collateral arteries), died from sepsis…
2y · Female·Complications of bacterial chest infection (Staphylococcus aureus)
A 2-year-old Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girl died from complications of bacterial chest infection (Staphylococcus aureus) with concurrent Human metapneumovirus infection, presenting as left empyema and bilater…
1y · Male·Cerebral anoxia caused by cardiac arrest caused by bronchiolitis and bronchopneu…
Timothy Wood, a 19-month-old boy, died from cerebral anoxia following cardiac arrest caused by bronchiolitis and bronchopneumonia secondary to influenza A infection. He initially presented with croup symptoms on 15 July …
58y · Female·undetermined; possible mixed drug intoxication and/or adrenal insufficiency
Jennifer May Tilley, aged 58, died on 8 January 2018 with an undetermined cause, though mixed drug intoxication and adrenal insufficiency were potential contributors. She had complex medical conditions requiring chronic …
<1y · Female·Unascertained
A four-month-old girl died in an unsafe sleeping environment while staying with relatives in Sydney. She was placed in a pram in her parents' bedroom and was found not breathing on the morning of 17 August 2014. The exac…
29y · Male·acute bronchopneumonia complicated by multi-drug toxicity
Nicholas Ang, aged 29, with schizoaffective disorder, died from acute bronchopneumonia complicated by multi-drug toxicity while in a psychiatric unit. Admitted 12 August 2005, he was on clozapine, valproic acid, and clon…
38y · Male·Organizing pneumonia with loculated pleural effusion in the setting of drug use …
Paul Kanis, a 38-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, drug dependency, diabetes, and asthma, died from organizing pneumonia with loculated pleural effusion in the setting of methadone and benzodiazepine use. The c…
45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and suppurative bronchitis complicating hypoxic brain damage
Ian McLeod, a 45-year-old lawyer with alcohol dependence and depression, died from hypoxic brain damage and bronchopneumonia following a hanging while in custody at Yatala Labour Prison. Multiple system failures contribu…
86y · Male·coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis with significant conditions of fractured l…
Mr. Stanley Charles Anderson, aged 86, died at Gympie General Hospital from coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis, precipitated by injuries sustained in a fall at a nursing home. While transferring from a bath trolley to…
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