60 results for “severe neurological disability”
11y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and small bowel necrosis with perforation, in a boy with multic…
… in April 2010 who suffered catastrophic abusive head trauma at eight months old in December 2010, causing severe lifelong neurological impairment including cerebral palsy, uncontrolled seizures, and blindness. The cause…
20y · Male·Drowning precipitated by a seizure
Cameron De Vries, a 20-year-old man with severe autism spectrum disorder and global developmental delay, died by drowning precipitated by a seizure in a b…
51y · Female·Complication of Parkinson's disease
…n Warragul on 3 August 2025 while under palliative care. She had been admitted to hospital in May 2025 for severe faecal impaction with pseudo-obstruction and subsequently refused medications. By July, she was on home pa…
34y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Hannah Gray, a 34-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome living in specialist disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. She had experienced progressive health deterioration over…
75y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of epilepsy and cerebral palsy
Raymond Charles Levy, a 75-year-old man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy living in supported disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He presented to hospital with fatigue, fever and cough on…
21y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…ors were identified. This case highlights the challenges in managing recurrent aspiration in patients with severe neurological disabilities and the importance of early palliative care discussions when prognosis is poor.
58y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with a left middle cerebral artery stroke (palliat…
Brian Lench, a 58-year-old man with intellectual disability in DHS residential care, suffered a left middle cerebral artery stroke on 6 October 2011. He developed a…
62y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of refractory focal status epilepticus
…en, a 62-year-old woman with cognitive decline, brain tumour history, and multiple comorbidities including severe sleep apnoea and pulmonary hypertension, died from aspiration pneumonia during refractory focal status epi…
57y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy
A 57-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and a history of aspiration pneumonia died from aspirat…
16y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a young man diagnosed with Juvenile Huntington's Disease
Dominic Birch, a 16-year-old with Juvenile Huntington's Disease and severe cognitive and physical disabilities, died of aspiration pneumonia at Monash Medical Centre. He had been in…
63y · Female·Complications following sedation for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) t…
Dianne Linford, a 63-year-old woman with profound disability from cerebral palsy and encephalitis, died from complications of sedation for PEG tube insertion. She ha…
45y · Female·Epilepsy
45-year-old woman with chronic epilepsy and intellectual disability died following a prolonged seizure with cardiac arrest at a supported accommodation facility. She was fo…
39y · Male·most likely suicide; possibly accidental death from untreated epilepsy or natura…
Martin Page, a 39-year-old man with epilepsy, schizophrenia or Asperger's syndrome, severe obsessive-compulsive behaviours, and intellectual disability, disappeared from his family home in October …
29y · Male·respiratory sepsis in a man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy
… death was from natural causes. Key clinical lesson: careful attention to aspiration risk in patients with severe dysphagia and neurological impairment, with early discussion of goals of care and advance planning.
67y · Male·Complications of pressure ulcers in the setting of a thoracic vertebral fracture…
…lchair at home and presented to ED with hypotension and back pain. Despite being unable to lie flat due to severe scoliosis and ankylosing spondylitis, he was positioned flat on the CT table using sedation and opioids. H…
57y · Male·Right acute subdural haematoma following a fall
Gary Desmond Frost, a 57-year-old man with intellectual disability, dementia, and schizophrenia, died from a right acute subdural haematoma following a fall while in suppo…
68y · Female·Intestinal pseudo-obstruction in a woman with multiple sclerosis
…he context of longstanding multiple sclerosis and immobility. She was a bed-bound resident of specialist disability accommodation requiring 24-hour nursing care. On 15 May 2023, she developed symptoms of intestinal pseud…
47y · Male·aspiration pneumonia, cerebral infarction, and diabetes mellitus
…ility factors. Key clinical lessons relate to the importance of nutritional management in patients with neurological disease at high aspiration risk, and the challenging ethical decisions around life-sustaining treatment…
56y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest
Anthony Gaylard, a 56-year-old man with severe intellectual disability living in residential care, suffered a cardiac arrest on 14 September 2012 (note: …
5y · Female·chronic hydrocephalus
Alison Rose Woods, a 5-year-old girl with severe congenital brain damage, spastic quadriplegia, and chronic hydrocephalus since birth, died at home in Kath…
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