56 results for “recurrent respiratory infections”
6y · Male·respiratory failure due to pneumonia
Richard Ted Kunia was a 6-year-old Aboriginal child with multiple serious congenital conditions including cerebral palsy, epilepsy, severe developmental delay, aspiration syndrome, and microcephaly. He was in state care …
68y · Male·Pneumonia in setting of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischaemic hear…
…rder for a mental health admission. He had been admitted following behavioural changes in the context of recurrent chest infections. His case manager reviewed him on 30 July and 5 August, noting mental state improvement…
59y · Male·Urosepsis and aspiration pneumonia (with Trisomy 21 as underlying condition)
…ration pneumonia. He had experienced progressive functional decline over 12+ months with multiple falls, recurrent respiratory infections, urinary retention requiring indwelling catheterization, and aspiration risk due …
29y · Male·respiratory sepsis in a man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy
…etricca, a 29-year-old man with cerebral palsy, quadriplegia, autism and developmental delay, died from respiratory sepsis following aspiration pneumonia. He had experienced multiple respiratory episodes requiring hospi…
65y · Male·complications of end stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
… compartment syndrome, pancolitis with sigmoid perforation requiring subtotal colectomy, and experienced recurrent infections including pseudomonas chest infection. He deteriorated despite appropriate multidisciplinary …
29y · Female·Bronchopneumonia in a woman with brain injury
… multiple surgical interventions. Eleven days after transfer to the trauma ward, she experienced sudden respiratory arrest causing hypoxic brain injury. Despite resuscitation, she suffered profound neurological injury w…
56y · Male·Recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a man with congenital disability and cognitive…
A 56-year-old man with congenital microcephaly, intellectual disability, dysphagia and recurrent aspiration pneumonia died from aspiration pneumonia whilst receiving palliative care in hospital. He had…
48y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating progressive degenerative neurological disorder…
… with appropriate multidisciplinary support. From early 2022, his condition declined with frequent chest infections and choking episodes due to inability to clear secretions. After acute presentation on 28 October 2022, …
5y · Male·aspiration pneumonia with terminal palliative care, in a male child with complex…
…a following terminal palliative care. He had multiple complex medical needs including unsafe swallowing, recurrent respiratory infections, and required non-invasive ventilation support. During his final admission, a Do …
54y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and recent PEG inser…
… pneumonia on 15 August 2014, one day after PEG tube insertion at Maroondah Hospital. He had experienced recurrent respiratory infections and malnutrition over several months. Following PEG insertion on 14 August, he be…
51y · Female·community acquired pneumonia
Louise Kitty Whiskey, a 51-year-old Aboriginal woman with chronic alcohol misuse, cirrhosis, and recurrent respiratory infections, died from community-acquired pneumonia at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She was admit…
64y · Female·COVID-19 and aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy
Ms N, a 64-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from COVID-19 complicated by aspiration pneumonia. She presented with fever a…
1y · Male·Chronic Bronchial Asthma
…-month-old boy with chronic asthma, died from status asthmaticus on 25 November 2019. He had experienced recurrent wheezing episodes requiring multiple hospital admissions in September-October 2019. Medical management f…
2y · Female·pneumonia in a toddler with enlarged tonsils and presence of codeine in blood
Elanur Koc, a 2-year-old with a history of recurrent throat infections and enlarged tonsils, died from pneumonia. Significant codeine was detected in her blo…
59y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia and urosepsis complicating Alzheimer's dementia in setting …
Michelle Anne Leiper, aged 59 with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia and urosepsis. She had significant dysphagia and was largely bedbound in her final years. After a February 2025 ho…
0y · Male·Trisomy 21 with complex cardiac anomalies complicated by pulmonary hypertension,…
Baby G, born with Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) and complex cardiac anomalies, died at Royal Darwin Hospital on 18 March 2023 aged 6 months. The coroner found that non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) should have been offer…
55y · Male·recurrent aspiration pneumonia in a man with severe intellectual disability comp…
…an Smith, a 55-year-old man with severe intellectual disability due to childhood encephalitis, died from recurrent aspiration pneumonia. He had experienced three episodes within a year prior to death. After admission in…
86y · Male·Sepsis associated with a pericolic abscess, complicated by terminal large intest…
…tinal haemorrhage. He had extensive comorbidities including bilateral amputations, cardiac failure, and respiratory failure, with a long history of medical non-compliance and challenging behaviour. The coroner found his…
11y · Female·pneumonia complicating cytomegalovirus embryopathy
…are including medical management of multiple complications (epilepsy, aspiration risk, spinal deformity, recurrent infections). By 2001, her condition deteriorated significantly with progressive respiratory compromise a…
71y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating dysphagia and status epilepticus
…in specialist disability accommodation. She presented to hospital on 24 September 2024 with progressive respiratory symptoms and was found to have pneumonia, atrial flutter, seizures, and evidence of stroke. She deterio…
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