49 results for “cardiac_monitoring”
91y · Female·Unascertained
Margaret Smith, a 91-year-old admitted with head strike from fall, developed moderate depression during her stay and received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a compulsory patient. On 5 March 2015, she developed epigas…
51y · Male·combined effects of dilated cardiomyopathy with myocardial fibrosis and prescrip…
Jacob MacDonald, 51, died at the Forensic Hospital from combined effects of dilated cardiomyopathy with myocardial fibrosis and toxic levels of clozapine and aripiprazole. He was an involuntary forensic psychiatric patie…
18y · Female·Colchicine toxicity
An 18-year-old female died from colchicine toxicity after intentional overdose of her father's medications during a mental health crisis. She ingested approximately 10-15g of colchicine (dose 0.25mg/kg), below the guidel…
58y · Male·Unascertained causes
A 58-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia living in aged care died suddenly 30 minutes after receiving his evening clozapine dose. Although post-mortem toxicology detected a potentially toxic clozapine lev…
68y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis
Patrick Paul, a 68-year-old man with significant cardiac history including prior myocardial infarction and coronary stents, died of ischaemic heart disease while in prison custody. He presented to hospital with symptoms …
39y · Male·Coronary thrombosis caused by coronary atherosclerosis
Lenard Casey, a 39-year-old Aboriginal man with severe coronary artery disease, died of acute coronary thrombosis while in custody. Arrested for assault on his partner, he developed chest pain at the police station and w…
8y · Female·Anoxia due to fresh water drowning
Child A, aged 8 years, drowned at Lake Dyer recreational dam after receiving a blow to the face, likely from a boat at a busy boat ramp. Despite being a confident swimmer, the impact caused panic and fright reaction prev…
20y · Female·Cerebral anoxia consequent upon a severe acute asthmatic event
Sally Anne Gordon, a 20-year-old with a 14-year history of severe brittle asthma, presented to Mount Gambier Hospital on 26 November 2000 with acute severe asthma unresponsive to initial treatment. After appropriate emer…
77y · Male·Complications of reaction to an iron infusion in a man with ischaemic heart dise…
A 77-year-old man with iron deficiency anaemia and underlying ischaemic heart disease died from anaphylaxis following iron polymaltose infusion. Critical clinical lessons: (1) IV iron should only be administered after or…
8y · Female·Chronic myocarditis subsequent to chemotherapy for sialoblastoma
An 8-year-old Aboriginal girl died from chronic myocarditis following chemotherapy for sialoblastoma (salivary gland cancer). She had completed chemotherapy and surgery with good response when complications arose. During…
73y · Male·Acute subdural haematoma
Kerry James Murphy, 73, died from acute subdural haematoma following a fall in Royal Darwin Hospital's overcrowded Emergency Department. He was admitted with pneumonia, NSTEMI, and dizziness—significant fall risk factors…
81y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
Robert Charles Bropho, an 81-year-old Aboriginal man imprisoned since 2008 with severe medical comorbidities including insulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, chronic renal failure, and severe ischaemic heart disease, …
40y · Male·unascertained
Justin Foster, a 40-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, chronic back pain, and substance abuse history, died suddenly in a psychiatric inpatient unit (Upton House) on 3 January 2012. He was admitted involuntari…
45y · Male·spontaneous lethal arrhythmia arising from focal myocardial fibrosis
45-year-old man with bipolar disorder admitted to psychiatric unit involuntarily died from spontaneous lethal arrhythmia due to focal myocardial fibrosis. Critical issue was inadequate visual observations overnight—the p…
73y · Male·Consequences of myocardial infarction with coronary artery atherosclerotic disea…
Leonard Bartholomeusz, aged 73, died of myocardial rupture on 6 May 2013, six days after hip fracture surgery. He suffered a fall on 30 April 2013 following which ECG testing revealed cardiac abnormality. A first ECG at …
Male·Myocardial failure resulting from excessive pulmonary blood flow and consequenti…
One-month-old Liam Woodcock, born extremely prematurely at 27.5 weeks gestation weighing approximately 1 kilogram, died from myocardial failure secondary to excessive pulmonary blood flow in the context of severe congeni…
30y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (MDMA, methylamphetamine and methoxyamphetamine)
Charles Yan, a 30-year-old male prisoner, died from mixed drug toxicity (MDMA, methylamphetamine, methoxyamphetamine) following cardiac arrest in an open-wing correctional facility. Fellow inmates observed progressive si…
22y · Female·Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome
Tara Love, a 22-year-old woman, died from sudden arrhythmic death syndrome due to long QT syndrome (LQTS). She presented multiple times to the Royal Women's Hospital with ECG changes and electrolyte abnormalities during …
92y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease in the setting of inappropriate administration of antihy…
Norma Bensley, a 92-year-old aged care resident, died from ischaemic heart disease after being inadvertently administered another resident's antihypertensive medications. A newly qualified nurse administered the wrong me…
23y · Male·Acute cardiac arrhythmia in 3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA) intoxicat…
Tristan Naudi, 23, died from acute cardiac arrhythmia during MDMA intoxication while being restrained prone at hospital. Police appropriately placed him in a police vehicle after finding him violently agitated at home. A…
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