288 results for “dysphagia”
56y · Male·Recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a man with congenital disability and cognitive…
A 56-year-old man with congenital microcephaly, intellectual disability, dysphagia and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia whilst receiving palliative care in ho…
83y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of dysphagia and advanced Alzheimer's disea…
John Maxwell Loudon, 83, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by dysphagia and advanced Alzheimer's disease. He was admitted to aged care in January 2017 with progressive dementia…
73y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating sigmoid volvulus in a man with Down syndrome
A 73-year-old man with Down syndrome and a history of dysphagia with recurrent aspiration pneumonia presented with drowsiness, shortness of breath, and was found to hav…
78y · Female·aspiration on a background of psychogenic dysphagia, intellectual impairment and…
Jean Anne Adamson, aged 78, died from aspiration on a background of psychogenic dysphagia, intellectual impairment, and chronic schizophrenia. She had experienced a swallowing phobia that recurr…
71y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability
…piration risk died from aspiration pneumonia leading to cardiac arrest. He had a longstanding history of dysphagia with multiple previous aspiration episodes despite speech pathology review and modified diet recommendat…
90y · Female·Choking
A 90-year-old woman with dysphagia died from choking after consuming thin fluid (coffee) against medical recommendation. She had been revie…
64y · Male·Unascertained natural causes
Paul Christopher George, a 64-year-old man with Borjeson-Forssman-Lehman Syndrome and dysphagia, died unexpectedly on 17 June 2024 while in the care of a support worker. He experienced repeated coughi…
66y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating a seizure in a man with dysphagia and phenylke…
…ies must have robust medication management systems, particularly for patients with seizure disorders and dysphagia.
68y · Male·Complications of aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability (con…
…from complications of aspiration pneumonia. He had a long history of recurrent aspiration pneumonias and dysphagia. Following admission with vomiting, diarrhoea, and hypoxia, he received initial antibiotics and fluids b…
59y · Female·complications of abscesses following dental extraction, in a woman with cerebral…
Angela Cuthbert, a 59-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy and dysphagia, died from complications of abscesses following extraction of all 14 teeth under general anaesthetic. Su…
73y · Female·general inanition due to dysphagia on a background of multiple neurological and …
…nasogastric feeding and intravenous hydration, she developed progressive neurological deterioration with dysphagia and eventually died from general inanition. The coroner found her treatment appropriate and detention la…
49y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy and epilepsy
Louise Hayes, a 49-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia at Kilmore & District Hospital. She had experienced deteriorating health…
69y · Male·Complications of Downs syndrome and dementia (palliated)
…n. He had complex medical needs including intellectual disability, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, severe dysphagia, and aspiration risk. Following hospital admission in September 2018 for declining health and a prolonge…
59y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
A 59-year-old man with severe acquired brain injury and dysphagia from a 2005 motorcycle crash died from aspiration pneumonia. Two days after returning from a UK holiday,…
52y · Male·Aspiration Pneumonia
…gory Bennett, a 52-year-old man with congenital rubella syndrome causing profound disabilities including dysphagia, epilepsy, and spastic quadriparesis, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was living in DHHS-managed acco…
54y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and recent PEG inser…
Steven John Brown, a 54-year-old man with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia on 15 August 2014, one day after PEG tube insertion at Maroondah Hospita…
56y · Female·Complications of Angelman's syndrome - aspiration pneumonia
…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 hospital admission. She e…
55y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy (spastic quadriparesis)
Raylene Barbara Armstrong, a 55-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, spastic quadriparesis, dysphagia and achalasia, died from aspiration pneumonia. She had a complex medical history requiring pureed foods …
72y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic bowel c…
Patrick Barry, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, severe dysphagia, and metastatic bowel cancer, died from aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction. He had recurre…
57y · Male·Aspiration of gastric content (due to choking on food)
…a Department of Human Services group home, died from aspiration of gastric content. He had oropharyngeal dysphagia, epilepsy, and a history of chest infections. While eating his evening meal on 21 May 2011, he began to …
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