29 results for “opiate toxicity”
47y · Male·Bronchopneumonia on a background of methadone and benzodiazepine use
… yet were prescribed without documented risk assessment; (2) High-dose diazepam (prescribed off-label for 'opiate addiction') was dispensed excessively while clinical notes documented benzodiazepine dependence and drug-s…
18y · Male·methadone toxicity
Thomas Ryan Keough, aged 18, died from methadone toxicity at Palm Lodge, a supported residential facility for people with mental illness, in August 2003. His body …
25y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to methadone toxicity
Steven Claude Freeman, a 25-year-old Aboriginal man, died of aspiration pneumonia secondary to methadone toxicity on 27 May 2016, while incarcerated at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT. He was assessed as opio…
0y · Male·Sequelae of drug toxicity (poisoning) — specifically respiratory depression and …
…ls respectively. The codeine caused respiratory depression and brain damage; the paracetamol caused hepatotoxicity. The child died on 1 March 2001. The coroner found the poisoning was deliberate (homicide) but could not …
28y · Female·bronchopneumonia complicating oxycodone toxicity
…8 with severe anorexia nervosa (BMI 11.8, weight 29kg), died from bronchopneumonia complicating oxycodone toxicity. A locum doctor with no prior experience with oxycodone prescribed inappropriate high-dose oxycontin (80m…
multi-drug toxicity (opioids, heroin, benzodiazepines, prescription drugs)
…ined six opioid-related deaths in NSW occurring in May 2016, with causes ranging from heroin and fentanyl toxicity to multi-drug overdoses. The coroner identified multiple preventable factors: inadequate treatment capaci…
25y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to acute paracetamol poisoning
…anny Whitton, a 25-year-old Aboriginal prisoner at Junee Correctional Centre, died from acute paracetamol toxicity causing multi-organ failure. He presented to the prison medical clinic on 5 November 2015 with vomiting a…
16y · Female·Respiratory arrest due to the depressant effect of opiate medication
Vanessa Anderson, 16, suffered a depressed skull fracture from a golf ball strike and was admitted to Royal North Shore Hospital. She died from respiratory arrest due to opioid-induced respiratory depression, which was e…
30y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest of unknown aetiolog…
Heather Calgaret, a 30-year-old Aboriginal woman, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy after being administered a first dose of buprenorphine (Buvidal) injection without prior stabilisation on sublingual Suboxone. …
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