192 results for “morphine toxicity”
78y · Male·Cerebral infarction and hypoxic brain damage due to the combined effects of isch…
…umonia and opioid-related complications. He was admitted to an aged care home and commenced on MS Contin (morphine) 30mg daily by his GP for chronic pain, replacing tramadol. Critical clinical errors included: initiating…
88y · Female·pneumonia and morphine toxicity in an elderly lady with a recent left leg and le…
…rmined she was too frail for surgical intervention. A palliative care approach was adopted with high-dose morphine for pain management. She died on 5 May 2008 from pneumonia and morphine toxicity. The inquest identified …
43y · Male·morphine (heroin) toxicity
Lucas Pike, aged 43, died from heroin toxicity after injecting heroin in a general practitioner's surgery in Adelaide. The heroin was procured by Mark C…
51y · Female·combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease and combined drug (doth…
…bined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease and combined drug intoxication involving dothiepin, morphine, and benzodiazepines. Post-mortem examination revealed she had injected oral medications. Ms Stacey had a…
59y · Male·opiate toxicity
…-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, chronic pain, liver disease and hepatitis, died from opiate toxicity while living in primitive conditions at a mining camp near Lightning Ridge. He had recently been reunited…
19y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity, with morphine (from poppy seeds) and dextromethorphan (from…
Nicole Petersen, aged 19, died from mixed drug toxicity due to consumption of poppy seed tea combined with cough syrup and diazepam. She became unresponsive over…
15y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (morphine, 7-aminoclonazepam, fluoxetine, sertraline)
…-Kaup, a 15-year-old boy with ADHD, anxiety disorder, and chronic sleep disturbance, died from mixed drug toxicity after ingesting his grandmother's medications (morphine, benzodiazepine, sertraline) while fluoxetine rem…
84y · Female·complications of mixed drug toxicity (morphine, zolpidem and alprazolam) in a wo…
An 84-year-old woman with dementia, ischaemic heart disease, and cancer died from mixed drug toxicity (morphine, zolpidem, alprazolam) while visiting her daughter. Her daughter, who had a history of depressi…
72y · Female·Intrathecal toxicity of bupivacaine and morphine
A 72-year-old woman with terminal metastatic parotid cancer died from intrathecal toxicity of bupivacaine and morphine. She was admitted to Ashford Hospital for pain management of pathological pel…
87y · Female·Multiple opioid drug toxicity (morphine and fentanyl) in combination with conges…
…rged home for palliative care after a hospital admission. Her family administered excessive doses of oral morphine and misapplied fentanyl patches that had been returned to them from a nursing home. Clinical lessons: (1)…
25y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and multisystem organ failure from heroin (morphine) toxicity
…iction but no prior heroin use, died from cerebral hypoxia and multisystem organ failure following heroin toxicity. He ingested heroin on 4 May 2009 with his cousin Daniel Mobbs in a vehicle. Daniel, heavily drug-affecte…
2y · Male·Cardiorespiratory arrest in a young child with opioid (morphine) toxicity
David Flynn was a healthy 2-year-8-month-old boy who died after circumcision under sedation with morphine at a private general practice clinic on 7 December 2021. Critical failures included: no fasting instructi…
45y · Female·Multi-drug toxicity
Christine Drinnan, aged 45, died from multi-drug toxicity involving lethal morphine levels combined with pethidine, quetiapine, benzodiazepines and alcohol. Over 1…
57y · Male·Complications of opioid (hydromorphone and morphine) toxicity and incised wounds…
Leslie Hawkins, aged 57 with dementia and significant medical comorbidities, died from opioid toxicity and incised wrist wounds as part of a suicide pact with his terminally ill wife. Mrs Hawkins, diagnosed w…
33y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
…er, schizoaffective disorder, autism, ADHD) and long-standing substance use disorder died from mixed drug toxicity. Postmortem toxicology revealed high-concentration morphine alongside diazepam, methadone, oxazepam, mirt…
80y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicated by morphine toxicity
An 80-year-old man with terminal liver disease died from bronchopneumonia complicated by morphine toxicity following a medication administration error. A Graseby infusion pump was incorrectly set at 99mm…
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…
33y · Male·Respiratory failure due to mixed drug toxicity (amitriptyline, oxycodone, morphi…
…n, morbid obesity and sleep apnoea died in psychiatric custody from respiratory failure due to mixed drug toxicity and probable aspiration. He was heavily medicated with CNS depressants (amitriptyline, oxycodone, morphin…
55y · Male·Morphine toxicity, with contributing factors of ischemic heart disease, coronary…
Shane Paul Krog, a 55-year-old man, died from morphine toxicity complicated by ischemic heart disease, coronary atherosclerosis and rhabdomyolysis. He presented…
5y · Male·Combined effects of prescribed morphine, valproic acid and midazolam leading to …
…, and other medications) underwent routine burn dressing change at hospital with oral sedation comprising morphine, midazolam, and paracetamol. The medications were administered concurrently rather than according to guid…
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