1,131 results for “palliative care”
50y · Male·Advanced Parkinson's disease
…-old man with advanced Parkinson's disease died of natural causes at Austin Hospital after admission for palliative care management of progressive fatigue, reduced oral intake, pain from dystonias/rigidity, and ongoing s…
54y · Female·Complications of metastatic cholangiocarcinoma
…who died from complications of metastatic cholangiocarcinoma. She had been appropriately transitioned to palliative care in 2024 after her cancer progressed despite chemotherapy and surgery. In her final weeks, she exper…
54y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to Alzheimer's dementia complicating Down's Syndr…
…o weeks, her condition deteriorated with increased respiratory distress and secretion management issues. Palliative care was appropriately initiated on 13 November with an Advanced Care Directive established. She was tra…
79y · Female·General inanition due to advanced vascular dementia on a background of ischaemic…
… residential detention. In July 2014, following aggressive leukaemia transformation, she was placed on a Palliative Care Order with a do-not-resuscitate directive, with care transferred to Dr C. (palliative care expertis…
69y · Male·disseminated urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (palliated), bilateral lung ade…
…th radiotherapy; bladder cancer was detected in August 2022 and managed with transurethral resection and palliative radiotherapy. Following deterioration in December 2022 with metastatic disease, he received palliative c…
84y · Male·Metastatic oesophageal carcinoma
An 84-year-old man died in prison from metastatic oesophageal carcinoma while receiving palliative care. He was found unresponsive in his hospital bed and pronounced deceased. The death was expected and …
57y · Male·ascending cholangitis due to or as a consequence of cholangiocarcinoma
…y from ascending cholangitis secondary to inoperable cholangiocarcinoma. Admitted to Townsville Hospital palliative care unit on 22 February 2014, his death on 25 February 2014 followed the expected natural progression o…
57y · Male·hepatocellular carcinoma and its complications
…ndary to hepatitis C and cirrhosis, died at Prince of Wales Hospital Correctional Annex after 10 days of palliative care. He had received appropriate oncological treatment including chemoembolism before transfer to palli…
48y · Male·Anaplastic astrocytoma
…, intellectual disability, epilepsy and a progressive anaplastic astrocytoma, died in the Werribee Mercy Palliative Care Unit from his brain tumour. He had undergone multiple surgical resections and chemotherapy since 19…
0y · Male·neonatal encephalopathy due to perinatal compromise
…g severe bilateral brain injury. After detailed discussions with the parents regarding prognosis, intensive care was withdrawn on day 2 of life, transitioning to palliative care. Jaxon died at home 27 days later. The inq…
71y · Male·metastatic caecal adenocarcinoma
…ong Bay Hospital in November 2015. He was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in September 2014 and underwent palliative chemotherapy from October 2014. The coroner found no deficiencies in his care or treatment while in cust…
54y · Male·Complications of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma
…complications of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma with contributing cardiomegaly while receiving palliative care at Austin Hospital. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2020 and treated with chemoth…
81y · Male·haemorrhage from metastatic squamous cell tumour of the right axilla
…al failure) presented with a right axillary squamous cell carcinoma with metastases. He was admitted for palliative care and pain management. On 21 February 2017, he became delirious and agitated, requiring an Inpatient …
62y · Female·Complications of progressive motor neurone disease
Margaret Rose Ryan, 62, died from complications of progressive motor neurone disease at a palliative care unit. She had severe disability including non-verbal status, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and…
56y · Female·Malnutrition arising from refusal of oral intake in a setting of palliation with…
…uspected multiple myeloma with hypercalcaemia, died from malnutrition due to refusal of oral intake in a palliative care setting. She was admitted to Wantirna Palliative Care Unit in May 2012 after declining health and p…
66y · Male·Complications of metastatic colorectal cancer (palliated)
… Syndrome and intellectual disability, died from complications of metastatic colorectal cancer receiving palliative care. He was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2015, which metastasised to his liver by late 2016. After de…
68y · Male·Complications of aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability (con…
…t showed no improvement. A multidisciplinary family meeting on day 6 of admission agreed on conservative palliative care. He was transferred to palliative care where he continued to refuse oral intake and became increasi…
74y · Female·Metastatic duodenal carcinoma
… pulmonary emboli (off anticoagulation for two weeks). Ms Barber declined aggressive treatment and chose palliative care. She was discharged back to Thomas Embling on 12 May 2021 with Melbourne City Mission Palliative Ca…
63y · Male·Metastatic lung cancer
…ptly diagnosed with advanced non-small-cell lung carcinoma in September 2021, and received regular oncology care including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and palliative cordotomy. His cancer progressed despite treatmen…
69y · Female·Metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma
… Advanced ovarian cancer was diagnosed in November 2022 following imaging and paracentesis. She received palliative care from January 2023. Following a fall in mid-January with subsequent ED presentations for hip pain an…
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