52 results for “severe obstructive sleep apnoea”
33y · Male·Opiate toxicity
A 33-year-old man with previously unrecognized obstructive sleep apnoea was admitted with severe headache. The treating physician prescribed a complex regimen of …
40y · Male·combined drug toxicity in a man with asthma (undiagnosed) and sleep apnoea
Anthony Travaglini, a 40-year-old with schizoaffective disorder, severe sleep apnoea, and undiagnosed asthma, died from combined drug toxicity on a psychiatric high-dependency un…
52y · Male·hanging
A 52-year-old man with a history of depression, ankylosing spondylitis, and severe obstructive sleep apnoea died by hanging in custody. He had requested a CPAP machine for over 9 months wit…
46y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy (acute complication with sudden cardiac arrhythmia)
…6-year-old woman with bipolar/schizoaffective disorder, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, morbid obesity, severe obstructive sleep apnoea, and pulmonary hypertension died from acute dilated cardiomyopathy with sudden ar…
33y · Male·Fatal cardiac arrhythmia, secondary to acute kidney injury
…l. He died 38 hours post-operatively from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to acute kidney injury with severe hyperkalaemia. Pre-operative assessment identified significant risks (obesity, hypertension, probable slee…
48y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating progressive degenerative neurological disorder…
…m Greaves, a 48-year-old man with progressive degenerative neurological disorder, frontotemporal dementia, severe dysphagia, and cerebral palsy, died from aspiration pneumonia after admission to hospital with acute breat…
41y · Male·Myocardial infarction secondary to coronary atherosclerosis, resulting in sudden…
A 41-year-old man with multiple cardiac risk factors (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea, family history) presented with chest pain and was diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome.…
2y · Male·Tramadol toxicity in the setting of adenotonsillectomy in a child with Pierre Ro…
Dane Hortle, a 2-year-old with Pierre Robin Sequence and obstructive sleep apnoea, died from tramadol toxicity following adenotonsillectomy. He was discharged with a prescr…
<1y · Female·Obstructive sleep apnoea occurring in the context of significant, unrecognised h…
Serena Lee, born 31 October 2021, died at 2 months from obstructive sleep apnoea in the context of severe, unrecognised hypoglycaemia associated with intrauterine growth r…
83y · Male·Pneumonia
…ve dementia since 2021, was immobile and bedbound in his final six months, and had comorbidities including sleep apnoea, ischaemic heart disease, and diabetes. On 9 February 2025, nursing staff noted signs of acute dete…
46y · Male·Cardiomegaly in the setting of hypoventilation syndrome in an obese man with sch…
…t of care contributed to his death. Key clinical lessons include: the complexity of managing patients with severe comorbidities across psychiatric and medical settings; the challenge of safely discontinuing supplementary…
65y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia, probably Torsades de Pointes, due to the combined effects of…
…pitated by methadone prescribed with inadequate oversight. Mr Phillips had chronic pain from knee surgery, severe sleep apnoea, and was opioid-dependent. Dr H., an addiction specialist, prescribed Physeptone (methadone t…
10y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiorespiratory arrest due to compl…
AA, a 10-year-old boy with morbid obesity and severe obstructive sleep apnoea, died from hypoxic brain injury after a cardiorespiratory arrest. He had been adm…
37y · Male·Acute asthma (thunderstorm asthma event)
…hma during the unprecedented Melbourne thunderstorm asthma event (21-22 November 2016). He had moderate to severe asthma with suboptimal preventer medication use and recently diagnosed severe obstructive sleep apnea with…
5y · Male·aspiration pneumonia with terminal palliative care, in a male child with complex…
A 5-year-old boy with severe congenital myopathy and arthrogryposis died from aspiration pneumonia following terminal palliative care. …
45y · Male·focal coronary artery disease and cardiomegaly
…s 2-day hospital stay, clinicians prescribed multiple antipsychotic and sedative medications to manage his severe agitation and aggression. ECG monitoring revealed progressive QT interval prolongation, which can increase…
64y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man receiving palliative care for terminal cancer of the r…
…e palliative management occurred throughout. The case demonstrates the challenge of treating patients with severe mental illness and comorbid terminal cancer who lack insight and lack compliance.
76y · Male·right lower lobe pneumonia on a background of frontotemporal dementia, chronic o…
A 76-year-old man with frontotemporal dementia, COPD, and osteoporosis died of right lower lobe pneumonia following multiple falls causing pelvic and rib fractures at a nursing home. He was admitted to hospital on 9 Febr…
44y · Female·Complications of a lung abscess with contributing factors of Down's syndrome and…
Melissa Cunningham, a 44-year-old woman with Down's syndrome and severe obesity, died from complications of a lung abscess. She required a CPAP machine for sleep apnoea, prescrib…
49y · Male·Unascertained - cardiac arrhythmia with terminal aspiration in an overweight man…
…longation (490msec), experts agreed this was within acceptable range. The patient died unexpectedly during sleep the following morning. Key clinical lessons: (1) ensure up-to-date medication charts accompany transfers, …
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