168 results for “terminal illness”
81y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
… occurred: family were not notified when the deceased was transferred to hospital emergently, and Phase 2 terminal illness classification was not disclosed to the prisoner or family until the royal prerogative consultati…
73y · Male·Complications, including multi-organ failure and pneumonia, of chronic obstructi…
…gular health monitoring as his condition deteriorated. His death was a natural consequence of progressive terminal illness rather than any failing in medical care.
56y · Female·Complications of cervical cancer
… complications of advanced cervical cancer. She was serving a 25-year sentence after being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer in 2012, prior to sentencing. By the time of her conviction in November 2014, further act…
90y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to pulmonary fibrosis and dementia
A 90-year-old man with advanced dementia and terminal pulmonary fibrosis died of aspiration pneumonia at a residential aged care facility. He had experienced m…
64y · Male·metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung (palliated)
…dministrative issue was identified regarding non-initiation of Royal Prerogative of Mercy procedures when terminally ill status was declared, though this was not a clinical matter. The coroner commended the responsive ca…
76y · Male·Terminal pancreatic cancer
76-year-old Robert Leonard Morris died from terminal pancreatic cancer while serving a custodial sentence at Port Phillip Prison. He had been diagnosed with i…
63y · Male·respiratory arrest caused by bronchopneumonia secondary to swallowing problems c…
…oner found no quality-of-care concerns and documented that staff provided appropriate comfort care during terminal illness. However, the coroner noted concerns raised by the treating doctor about the continued appropriat…
72y · Male·inanition of terminal metastatic carcinoma of the left lung
A 72-year-old man with chronic mental illness detained under the Mental Health Act died of inanition from terminal metastatic lung cancer at an aged ca…
59y · Male·Chronic liver disease due to alcoholism and chronic hepatitis C infection with c…
…s extensive comorbidities and found his care during imprisonment was appropriate. His death resulted from terminal illness arising from lifelong alcohol and drug abuse rather than any failure in medical management.
56y · Male·Complications, including sepsis, of left leg infection (operated), in a man with…
…r Pickin was inappropriately restrained during his final hospital admission on 5 March 2022 despite being terminally ill and frail. System improvements have been implemented including terminal illness alerts in prisoner …
45y · Female·Type 2 respiratory failure and aspiration pneumonia on a background of end-stage…
…lity to be discharged to alternative care settings. Palliative care was appropriately initiated given her terminal respiratory illness and poor prognosis. The coroner found no deficiency in her hospital care. The case hi…
60y · Male·Pulmonary tuberculosis in a man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with…
…le specialist teams (Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Mental Health), he could not overcome his terminal illness. Key factors in his death included TB on a background of extensive pre-existing lung damage, sign…
57y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating metastatic and locally advanced primary adenocarci…
…tion. No clinical errors or preventable factors were identified. The death was from natural causes in the terminal phase of advanced cancer.
80y · Male·metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
…was a forensic patient under Mental Health Act detention after being found not guilty by reason of mental illness of a murder charge. He was transferred to the hospital's Palliative Care Unit on 9 July 2019 with a termi…
68y · Male·Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
… died from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia at a palliative care unit. He had suffered from this progressive terminal condition for four years and had longstanding gastrointestinal issues requiring frequent hospitalisations…
62y · Male·Extensive liver tumour, primary site not identified
…ver. Initial assessment suggested possible hepatitis and he was referred to hospital. CT imaging revealed terminal liver cancer with no identifiable primary site. Active treatment was withdrawn and he died 10 days later.…
55y · Male·decompensated liver failure in a man with metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, w…
…sentenced prisoner, died from decompensated liver failure due to metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma with terminal palliative care. He had pre-existing cirrhosis diagnosed in 2012, likely from hepatitis C and chronic alc…
57y · Female·metastatic lung carcinoma
… unit. She had longstanding schizoaffective disorder requiring repeated psychiatric admissions. Following terminal lung cancer diagnosis in March 2017, she was managed with palliative care but remained an involuntary pat…
46y · Male·Complications of stage 4 colorectal cancer in a man with multiple medical comorb…
…oner concluded these were not causal factors in his death. The death resulted from natural progression of terminal illness in a patient with multiple comorbidities.
83y · Male·inanition with lobar pneumonia
…fforts, his condition deteriorated rapidly due to advanced cachexia and he developed lobar pneumonia as a terminal event. The coroner found no grounds for criticism of any clinician. The clinical lesson is that severe ma…
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