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52y · Male·disseminated carcinoma of the gallbladder
David Issacson, 52 years old, died from disseminated gallbladder carcinoma at Royal Adelaide Hospital while detained under the Mental Health Act. He presented on 2 April with abdominal pain and was initially discharged f…
70y · Male·general inanition on a background of advanced frontotemporal dementia
Brian Kennedy, aged 70, died of general inanition on a background of advanced frontotemporal dementia while subject to a Mental Health Act inpatient treatment order. He was admitted to Flinders Medical Centre in January …
51y · Male·respiratory failure and cardiac failure on a background of chronic obstructive l…
Colin Peter Smith, aged 51, died of respiratory and cardiac failure from acute pulmonary oedema and pneumonia on a background of chronic obstructive lung disease and ischaemic heart disease. He presented to the Royal Ade…
89y · Female·Multiple organ failure with cachexia on a background of chronic lower limb ulcer…
An 89-year-old woman with chronic venous leg ulcers complicated by squamous cell carcinoma died of multiple organ failure in a nursing home. She had been under guardianship following hospitalization in January 2013 for d…
88y · Male·general inanition on a background of advanced dementia and a fractured patella (…
An 88-year-old man with advanced Alzheimer's dementia died from general inanition following a patella fracture sustained in a fall at a residential care facility. He was under a guardianship order requiring residential p…
59y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarc…
A 59-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease, paranoid schizophrenia, unstable type 2 diabetes, peripheral vascular disease and chronic renal failure died of acute myocardial infarction while residing in aged care. He …
28y · Male·Injuries sustained in a shark attack
Samuel Zachary Kellett, aged 28, died on 8 February 2014 following a shark attack at Goldsmith Beach, Edithburgh, South Australia while spear-fishing. He was part of a diving group preparing for a competition when increa…
53y · Male·sepsis due to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis on a background of end stage liv…
Kevin Arnold Cailes, 53, died from sepsis due to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis on a background of end-stage liver failure. He had cirrhosis diagnosed in 2011 with alcoholism as the likely cause, and despite repeated …
88y · Female·General inanition on a background of advanced dementia and chronic renal failure
An 88-year-old woman with advanced dementia and chronic renal failure died of general inanition at an aged care facility 14 days after admission. She had been under guardianship orders and transferred from hospital to re…
51y · Female·undetermined - either citalopram toxicity or ischaemic heart disease
A 51-year-old woman died at home on 15 October 2013 while on home detention bail. She had been hospitalized in July 2013 following suspected drug overdose/withdrawal, during which she developed secondary kidney and heart…
90y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicating blunt head and neck trauma and ischaemic and valvu…
A 90-year-old man died from bronchopneumonia complicating blunt head and neck trauma and cardiac disease after a fall in a carpark. He was dropped by a taxi at an unsafe location (a no-standing zone on a steep roadway) r…
45y · Male·aspiration pneumonia secondary to left middle cerebral artery infarct complicate…
William Matthew Reed, aged 45, a remanded prisoner, suffered a large left-sided middle cerebral artery stroke on 21 August 2013 at the Adelaide Remand Centre. His cellmate recognised stroke symptoms at approximately 6am,…
34y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following laparoscopic bariatric surgery with i…
Andrea Lambropoulos, a 34-year-old man with morbid obesity, sleep apnoea, and ischaemic heart disease, died following sleeve gastrectomy. He was admitted to HDU rather than ICU post-operatively. In HDU, he experienced re…
91y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to inanition complicating prolonged delirium of uncertai…
Gordon Charles Smith, 91, died from multi-organ failure due to severe malnutrition (inanition) complicating prolonged delirium of unknown cause at Repatriation General Hospital on 30 July 2014. He had been admitted volun…
92y · Female·bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism with contributing right temple lobe haemorrh…
Valma Mona Boehm, aged 92, died from bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism with contributing right temporal lobe haemorrhage due to cerebrovascular amyloidosis at an aged care facility. She had been admitted following acut…
25y · Male·hanging
A 25-year-old male on home detention bail died by hanging at his home. He had been on monitored supervision for 17 months awaiting trial on assault charges. His partner reported he became increasingly depressed following…
58y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Hock An Ong, 58-year-old Malaysian national, died of acute ischaemic heart disease while evading lawful apprehension during an immigration operation in rural South Australia. He had undiagnosed underlying cardiac disease…
43y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging
Geoffrey Noakes, a 43-year-old man with a long history of depression and suicide attempts, was detained under the Mental Health Act on 19 February 2013 after multiple suicide attempts (knife to throat, jumping from vehic…
38y · Male·multiple injuries
A 38-year-old man with chronic disorganised schizophrenia died from multiple injuries after jumping or falling from a dam wall while under police observation. He had been recently distressed following his family dog's de…
40y · Male·Unascertained; likely cardiac arrhythmia secondary to cardiomegaly and morbid ob…
Peter John William Fallon, aged 40, died in the psychiatric intensive care unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 February 2013 of unascertained cause. He had bipolar affective disorder, was on antipsychotic therapy, and …
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