77y · Female·Complications following a recent fracture and surgical repair of the right hip i…
…ent aimed at hypotension may have contributed to pulmonary/cardiac fluid overload evident at autopsy. (6) Pressure sores developed rapidly preoperatively and remained painful. The case illustrates that elderly patients w…
66y · Male·Bronchopneumonia
Adrian Carlin, a 66-year-old man with Down syndrome, dementia, epilepsy, motor disorder and multiple comorbidities, died of bronchopneumonia at St Vincent's Hospital after aspiration pneumonia. He had been admitted 13 ti…
54y · Female·Pneumonia and radiation induced brain injury
Vishna Damke, a 54-year-old woman with a long history of brainstem tumour treated with radiotherapy in 1994-1995, died of pneumonia complicated by radiation-induced brain injury. She had experienced progressive neurologi…
87y · Female·Haemorrhage secondary to an ulcerated varicose vein
…se vein rupture is rare (0.01% of deaths), but prevention is straightforward: rest, elevation, and direct pressure. The key clinical lesson is that patients with documented varicose veins and venous ulcers should receive…
73y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
John Hardy Stow, 73, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by a small bowel obstruction. He had cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, dysphagia, and was at high risk of aspiration. He presented with vomiting and wa…
76y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with ischaemic heart disease and treated spinal crush …
John Hayle, a 76-year-old with Alzheimer's dementia, ischaemic heart disease, and spinal fractures sustained a T11/12 flexion-distraction fracture on 9 June 2017. Over three weeks, he developed progressive bilateral lowe…
50y · Female·acute heart failure in association with acute on chronic obstructive airways dis…
Donna Lillian Barnes, a 50-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia and multiple physical comorbidities including morbid obesity, asthma, and poor mobility, died of acute heart failure associated with acute-on-chronic o…
39y · Female·smoke inhalation
Cheryl May Currie, 39, with complete paraplegia from a 1998 spinal cord injury, died from smoke inhalation in a bedroom fire on 12 June 2009. The fire was caused by smoking in bed. Investigation revealed critical systemi…
78y · Female·Bronchopneumonia
CFT, a 78-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, intellectual disability, and dementia, died of bronchopneumonia with hypothermia and coronary atherosclerosis. She lived with her nephew RDS who was her carer. Multipl…
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