59 results for “swallowing difficulty”
52y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to Alzheimer's disease
…umstances and found no causal link to her care status. Key lessons include the importance of recognizing swallowing difficulties in patients with progressive neurodegenerative disease, appropriate escalation of care leve…
55y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy (spastic quadriparesis)
…ex medical history requiring pureed foods and thickened fluids. Following GP assessment for coughing and swallowing difficulties on 2 January 2019, she was admitted twice to hospital in January. She was discharged on 18 …
66y · Male·Undetermined (natural causes)
…ons including Parkinson's disease, spastic gait syndrome, cognitive impairment, atrial fibrillation, and swallowing difficulties died at his supported disability accommodation home on 20 June 2024. He experienced acute r…
59y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to acute upper airway obstruction
…dianship order due to chronic paranoid schizophrenia and factitious disorder. Despite eating quickly, no swallowing difficulties were identified and she was on a normal diet. When she collapsed while eating toast, staff …
78y · Female·aspiration on a background of psychogenic dysphagia, intellectual impairment and…
…ound of psychogenic dysphagia, intellectual impairment, and chronic schizophrenia. She had experienced a swallowing phobia that recurred in September 2014, leading to dehydration and acute kidney injury. She was admitted…
55y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
…linical challenge of managing recurrent aspiration in patients with progressive neurological disease and swallowing difficulties. Better recognition of deteriorating health and comprehensive health care planning for resi…
52y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a female who had undergone a laparoscopic cholecystectom…
…n her death and her status as a person in care. The case highlights risks of aspiration in patients with swallowing difficulties and neurological conditions, and the importance of recognising haematemesis as a significan…
53y · Male·Choking on food bolus in pharynx, with Huntington's disease and coronary atheros…
Paul Joseph Milward, aged 53 with Huntington's disease causing cognitive impairment and swallowing difficulties, died from choking on a bread sandwich while unsupervised in his aged care room. His care p…
72y · Male·Choking on a food bolus
…nd the death was preventable due to staff lack of training in safe feeding techniques for residents with swallowing difficulties, absence of regular speech pathology assessments, and inadequate emergency response skills.…
14y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to choking on food, as a consequence of foe…
…essons include: the critical importance of staff understanding and compliance with individualised eating/swallowing plans for people with intellectual disability; the need for designated health coordinators in residentia…
59y · Male·asphyxia due to choking on food
…ailed. The coroner found the death accidental, resulting from a 'perfect storm' of medications affecting swallowing, fast eating habits, hypoxia-induced jaw clenching, and delayed response. The coroner identified failure…
60y · Female·Aspiration of food in a woman with cerebral atrophy
Jytte Mortensen, a 60-year-old woman with multi-infarct dementia and schizoaffective disorder, died at Graylands Hospital from aspiration of food. She had documented dysphagia requiring a pureed diet and one-to-one super…
62y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in setting of acute…
… managing food-related behaviours in vulnerable individuals with dysphagia during community outings, the difficulty of enforcing supervision protocols in non-controlled environments, and the importance of rapid emergency…
84y · Male·general inanition on a background of dementia with contributing ischaemic and hy…
Alfred Geoffrey Bannister, aged 84, died at Monreith Aged Care Facility from general inanition on a background of dementia with contributing ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. He had progressive cognitive decline …
55y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
Joseph Micallef, a 55-year-old man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy living in high care accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He had longstanding dysphagia related to his cerebral palsy, which had caused multipl…
65y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia with antecedent cause of secondary progressive multiple scl…
Darryle Rodney Gilbert, a 65-year-old man with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, died from aspiration pneumonia on 30 December 2022 at Austin Hospital. He had been admitted on 19 December 2022 with aspirated pneu…
83y · Male·Pneumonia
…f noted signs of acute deterioration (pallor, poor capillary refill, tachypnoea, altered responsiveness, difficulty swallowing) and appropriately arranged hospital transfer. He was admitted for assessment and palliative …
81y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
An 81-year-old woman with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy and dysphagia died from aspiration pneumonia. She resided in DHHS care with appropriate preventative measures in place including softened diet and thicken…
61y · Male·metastatic oesophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma
…ophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma in December 2018. Cancer was diagnosed in April 2018 after he reported difficulty swallowing, which was initially attributed to missing teeth. The coroner found the medical care provided…
63y · Male·Metastatic lung cancer
… developing the disease whilst incarcerated. He presented to prison medical services in August 2021 with difficulty swallowing and a neck lump, was promptly diagnosed with advanced non-small-cell lung carcinoma in Septem…
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