224 results for “methamphetamine toxicity”
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to self-inflicted multiple stab and incised wounds
…ion, including paranoid beliefs about being persecuted. He presented to hospital on 8 April 2016 with methamphetamine toxicity after consuming 2 grams of ice. Despite referral to psychiatry, he did not follow up with me…
25y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest due to aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic-ischaemic encep…
Dean Brice, aged 25, died from accidental multiple drug toxicity (methamphetamine and GHB) causing cardiorespiratory arrest, aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic-ischaemic en…
33y · Male·methylamphetamine toxicity; antecedent causes being the physiological effects of…
A 33-year-old man with methamphetamine addiction and possible schizophrenia attended the ED seeking help while acutely intoxicated, psychoti…
32y · Female·Combined drug (alprazolam and methadone) toxicity
Rebecca Jayne Eirth, 32, died from combined alprazolam and methadone toxicity following injection of illicit drugs at her supported housing residence. She had a longstanding history o…
40y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity
A 40-year-old man of Turkish descent died from methamphetamine toxicity after swallowing a package during a police traffic stop. When police used force to prevent h…
46y · Male·Acute purulent pericarditis as a consequence of an infected injection, in the co…
A 46-year-old man with schizophrenia and long-standing methamphetamine use died of acute purulent pericarditis secondary to a self-administered infected injection. He was s…
43y · Male·methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity
A 43-year-old man died from methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, psychosis, PTSD,…
18y · Male·acute multiple drug toxicity
Matthew Hinton, an 18-year-old male, died from acute multiple drug toxicity after consuming nine LSD tablets and methamphetamine. Police attended at approximately 5:30am when called…
48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (predominantly methadone)
Amy Rebecca Deane-Johns, aged 48, died from combined drug toxicity predominantly involving methadone that she had taken without knowledge or authorization. She had a long h…
45y · Male·methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA or 'ecstasy') toxicity
Jamie Damien Wheldon, a 45-year-old man with long-term methamphetamine addiction enrolled in a rehabilitation program, died from MDMA toxicity on 29 December 2019. He was o…
37y · Male·Cardiomegaly giving rise to lethal cardiac arrhythmia in the setting of drug tox…
…in Parklea Correctional Centre from cardiomegaly causing lethal cardiac arrhythmia in the setting of drug toxicity. He was placed in detoxification requiring four-hourly clinical observations after assessment for withdra…
54y · Male·Cardiac arrest in a person with cardiac hypertrophy and generalised atherosclero…
…ollowing police deployment of a taser during a mental health crisis. He had consumed a lethal dose of methamphetamine, was actively self-harming with knives, and exhibited psychotic behaviour. Police reasonably believed…
22y · Male·Exposure to the elements
…ts after walking away from a vehicle in remote Queensland during extreme heat (40°C). He had consumed methamphetamine heavily during a 38-39 hour road trip, had not slept for approximately 4 days, became distressed beli…
27y · Male·heroin toxicity
A 27-year-old man died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a history of depression, anxiety, and substance use (cannabis, metha…
41y · Male·Unable to be ascertained
41-year-old male with schizophrenia/drug-induced psychosis and methamphetamine use died following police restraint on M5 motorway. Admitted to Shellharbour Hospital 10-30 May 2022 …
39y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest during prone restraint including pressure on the neck o…
…ost consciousness. CPR was initiated but was unsuccessful. The death was multifactorial—methylamphetamine toxicity, physical agitation, prone restraint position, neck pressure, obesity limiting respiratory excursion, and…
18y · Male·unascertained cause; possibly drowning, hypothermia, cold water immersion, or ca…
…resulted from drowning, hypothermia, cold water immersion, or sudden cardiac dysfunction secondary to methamphetamine abuse combined with physiological stress from high-speed driving and evasion. He had been using large…
26y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, codeine combined with lorazepam, olanzapi…
…tment-resistant schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and substance use disorders, died from mixed drug toxicity (heroin combined with benzodiazepines and antipsychotics) two days after absconding from escorted leave a…
21y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury in the setting of drug toxicity
21-year-old Bazouni Bazouni died from hypoxic brain injury following methamphetamine toxicity ingested at Port Philip Prison. While the coroner concluded the death was not preventable gi…
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
…tified under self-defence law. Key clinical lesson: Johnstone was acutely intoxicated with heroin and methamphetamine, displaying impaired cognition and reaction time. His toxicology showed high morphine and methylamphe…
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