54 results for “possible epilepsy”
38y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
Scott Hambly, a 38-year-old life prisoner with dilated cardiomyopathy, epilepsy, and schizophrenia, died from aspiration pneumonia at Wolston Correctional Centre in December 2018. He wa…
55y · Male·Complications of right middle cerebral artery infarction
Simon Mark Everill, a 55-year-old man with intellectual disability and epilepsy, suffered a right middle cerebral artery infarction on 3 September 2014 after experiencing two falls duri…
3y · Male·unascertained
Mohammed Tartoussi, aged 3 years 11 months, presented to Bell Street Family Medical Centre on 28 June 2003 with chest pain and mild upper respiratory symptoms. He was diagnosed with mild symptoms and given prednisolone. …
59y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down's syndrome
A 59-year-old woman with Down's syndrome, advanced Alzheimer's dementia, dysphagia, epilepsy and blindness died from aspiration pneumonia. She was a resident of a group home requiring 24-hour care. …
40y · Female·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP); epileptic seizure
Sharon Beverley Moss, a 40-year-old woman with a long history of epilepsy, died on 17 February 2005 following a period of sleep deprivation ordered to facilitate a sleep-deprived …
29y · Female·Mixed Drug Toxicity
…sponsive at a residential parenting program. She had complex medical conditions including coproporphyria, epilepsy, and opioid use disorder. Critical failures in medication reconciliation occurred at Eastern Health and t…
29y · Male·Unascertained
AR was a 29-year-old man with autism, developmental disability and epilepsy living in a residential disability care facility. He was found unconscious and died suddenly on 30 August…
77y · Male·Blunt force head and chest injuries from motor vehicle collision
…volved potential drug-drug interactions that may have increased seizure risk in a patient with documented epilepsy and recent seizure activity.
30y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemic injury and bronchopneumonia following PEA arrest in a …
A 30-year-old woman with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a severe treatment-resistant epilepsy, died following cardiac arrest at a disability residential care facility. She was found entangled in a sw…
31y · Female·Pneumonia; combined drug toxicity (including marijuana), smoking, pathological o…
Georgia Cheal, a 31-year-old with complex medical history including chronic pain, major depression, and obesity, died from pneumonia exacerbated by combined drug toxicity from multiple prescription medications, cannabis,…
53y · Male·Complications of old brain injury in prior motor vehicle incident
… found no acute injury or disease process. The coroner found no issues with the medical management of his epilepsy medication. However, the Disability Services Commissioner identified significant deficiencies in his resi…
43y · Male·Unascertained
Christopher Dabadie, a 43-year-old man with a history of alcohol use disorder and seizures, was found dead at home on 1 December 2021, two days after two presentations to hospital where he was intoxicated and self-discha…
70y · Male·Cause unascertained - possibly positional asphyxia or arrhythmic event secondary…
…ause of death was unascertained, though he had severe coronary atherosclerosis and the position suggested possible positional asphyxia. The coroner found no preventability issues. Medical care and management were deemed …
31y · Male·Status epilepsy secondary to cerebral cavernoma
Jesse Riley, a 31-year-old with undiagnosed cerebral cavernoma, experienced status epilepticus triggered by an unknown cause (possibly nicotine from recent vaping). While in post-ictal delirium, he was perceived as aggre…
44y · Female·Unascertained
A 44-year-old woman with chronic pain, epilepsy, and opioid dependence died at home with an unascertained cause in the setting of prescription medication…
65y · Female·Status epilepticus complicating cerebral palsy
…e deterioration. On final admission, she developed multiple seizures despite antiepileptic treatment. The epilepsy and general medicine teams agreed that further antiepileptic escalation would likely worsen her already r…
35y · Male·Not determined
Benjamin Batalha, aged 35, died in custody at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre. The exact cause of death could not be determined, though respiratory depression from mixed drug toxicity or fatal arrhythmia were likely. H…
72y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and small bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic bowel c…
…n 18 June with shortness of breath and abdominal distension. CT imaging revealed small bowel obstruction, possible pulmonary embolus, and metastatic disease. Following family discussion, palliative management was provide…
72y · Male·Complications of subtotal colectomy for diffuse polyposis and invasive adenocarc…
Melvin Lynch, aged 72, died in custody at Prince of Wales Hospital on 9 December 2019, nine days after elective subtotal colectomy for bowel cancer. Post-operatively, he developed complications including pleural effusion…
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from height
…om his first psychiatric admission for post-ictal/drug-induced psychosis. He had intellectual disability, epilepsy, and acquired brain injury. Critical deficiencies included: inadequate risk assessment despite multiple s…
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