562 results for “intellectual_disability”
45y · Female·Complications of end stage renal failure in the setting of intellectual disabili…
A 45-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability from childhood meningoencephalitis, spina bifida, epilepsy and blindness died from complications of end-stage renal disease. She was diagnosed with renal disease in…
47y · Male·Complications of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in a man with intellectual disabi…
Justin Dance, a 47-year-old man with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, died of complications of his leukaemia while residing in supported disability accommodation. He had a longstandin…
72y · Male·Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Daniel Hourigan, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability and metastatic renal cell carcinoma, died in palliative care after admission on 29 April 2011. He had widespread metastases involving brain, bone, lungs, an…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries in a pedestrian struck by a bus
Jonathan Tozer, a 48-year-old man with intellectual disability and a documented history of absconding, was struck by a bus while at his day service facility. Despite close supervision by staff, he absconded from the Witt…
40y · Female·Complications of influenza A infection in a woman with Moebius syndrome (palliat…
A 40-year-old woman with Moebius syndrome, cerebral palsy and intellectual disability died from complications of influenza A infection. She resided in specialist disability accommodation with 24/7 support. On 3 July, she…
63y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of functional decline in a man with an intel…
A 63-year-old man with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and COPD died from aspiration pneumonia following functional decline. He had a three-month hospital admission with multiple complications includi…
62y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease secondary to diabetes
Margaret Jones, a 62-year-old woman with Smith-Magenis syndrome, intellectual disability, diabetes, and cardiomegaly, died of ischaemic heart disease. She presented to her GP on 23 October 2008 with six weeks of flu-like…
65y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease (coronary artery atherosclerosis); probable cardiac arrh…
Dorothy Plumb, a 65-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in a residential unit, was found unresponsive in bed and pronounced dead. Autopsy revealed significant coronary artery atherosclerosis with triple ve…
57y · Male·complications of Down's Syndrome and Dysphagia - aspiration pneumonia
Leo Patrick O'Sullivan, a 57-year-old man with Down's syndrome, intellectual disability, and Alzheimer's disease, died of aspiration pneumonia in palliative care. The coroner found no evidence of inadequate clinician man…
61y · Female·Complications of a rectal prolapse
Susan Maree Lawless, a 61-year-old woman with intellectual disability due to untreated phenylketonuria, died from complications of a rectal prolapse while residing in supported disability accommodation. She was found unr…
73y · Male·Multiorgan dysfunction in the setting of severe heart failure in a man with mult…
A 73-year-old man with Fragile X syndrome, intellectual disability, Barrett's oesophagus, and epilepsy died from multiorgan dysfunction in severe heart failure. He had experienced progressive health decline over months, …
33y · Male·Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Baher Kondos, a 33-year-old man with epilepsy, intellectual disability, and schizophrenia, died suddenly at his supported accommodation facility. He was found unresponsive in bed and despite CPR, could not be resuscitate…
32y · Female·Perforation of the bowel in the context of constipation and intellectual disabil…
Jessica Louis, a 32-year-old non-verbal woman with intellectual disability and Opitz Trigonocephaly Syndrome, died from bowel perforation secondary to severe constipation and pica (compulsive ingestion of non-food items)…
62y · Male·Complications of likely sepsis in the setting of a pseudo bowel obstruction in a…
Douglas Coyle, a 62-year-old man with Hirschsprung's disease, intellectual disability, and epilepsy, died from sepsis complicating pseudo bowel obstruction. He presented to hospital on 15 June with shortness of breath, r…
57y · Male·Right acute subdural haematoma following a fall
Gary Desmond Frost, a 57-year-old man with intellectual disability, dementia, and schizophrenia, died from a right acute subdural haematoma following a fall while in supported residential care. He experienced multiple fa…
51y · Female·Complications of presumed gallbladder adenocarcinoma
Ms Leesa Sandra Higgins, a 51-year-old woman with tuberous sclerosis and intellectual disability living in residential care, died from complications of presumed gallbladder adenocarcinoma. She was admitted to hospital in…
59y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with trisomy 21
Randal Robin Wilder, a 59-year-old man with trisomy 21 and intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia on 12 March 2024 after presenting to hospital on 3 March 2024. He was t…
50y · Female·respiratory arrest on a background of left lower lobe pneumonia in a person with…
Centella Theresa Hynes, a 50-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder, intellectual disability, and primary pulmonary hypertension, died from respiratory arrest due to left lower lobe pneumonia while detained under m…
60y · Female·Non-operative management of ruptured oesophagus (palliated)
Virginia Harris, a 60-year-old woman with epilepsy and intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, presented with abdominal pain on 18 March 2023. Initial examination by her GP showed mild tenderness that …
55y · Male·recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a man with severe intellectual disability comp…
Jonathan Smith, a 55-year-old man with severe intellectual disability due to childhood encephalitis, died from recurrent aspiration pneumonia. He had experienced three episodes within a year prior to death. After admissi…
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