562 results for “intellectual_disability”
46y · Male·Cardiomegaly
Aleksander Kojic, 46 years old, collapsed at a supported residential service for people with intellectual disabilities and died from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart weighing 802g with biventricular dilation). The autopsy fo…
0y · Female·Unascertained
A four-month-old girl died in an unsafe sleeping environment while staying with relatives in Sydney. She was placed in a pram in her parents' bedroom and was found not breathing on the morning of 17 August 2014. The exac…
53y · Female·Pneumonia
A 53-year-old woman with Down syndrome and chronic kidney disease presented with septic shock secondary to pneumonia. She received appropriate intravenous antibiotics and fluids, but her condition deteriorated despite tr…
41y · Female·Metastatic oesophageal carcinoma
Catherine Drinkwater, age 41, died of metastatic oesophageal carcinoma on 24 October 2022 while residing in supported disability accommodation. She had been diagnosed with stage 4 inoperable oesophageal cancer in June 20…
33y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of recent COVID-19 infection
Russell Hewat, a 33-year-old man with autism, Down syndrome, intellectual disability, and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia following COVID-19 infection. He was discharged from Frankston Hospital on 1 November 20…
32y · Male·gunshot wounds to the trunk
Troy Martin Foster, a 32-year-old man with intellectual impairment, mild cognitive disability, and a history of substance abuse and violence, died following a police shooting. On 24 November 2014, he was detained under a…
36y · Male·Alcohol toxicity from consumption of Listerine mouthwash
Kevin Meagher, a 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, died from alcohol toxicity caused by consumption of a 1-litre bottle of Listerine mouthwash. He was an involunta…
85y · Female·complications of oesophageal cancer
Dorothy Williams was an 85-year-old woman with intellectual impairment and dementia who died from complications of oesophageal cancer. She was diagnosed with inoperable oesophageal cancer in 2012 and managed palliatively…
54y · Male·Neck injuries sustained in a fall - fracture of the fifth cervical vertebra (car…
Wayne Myhill, aged 54, died from a cervical spine fracture (C5 level) sustained in a fall at his group home in Ararat, Victoria. He had cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome with frequent seizu…
54y · Male·Streptococcus septicaemia and aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down's Synd…
Jeffrey Leigh Campbell, a 54-year-old man with Down's Syndrome and dementia living in specialist disability accommodation, died from streptococcus septicaemia and aspiration pneumonia. He developed respiratory distress a…
54y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia with antecedent causes of oropharyngeal dysphagia and a sig…
Ms Pollauszach, a 54-year-old woman with Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) and oropharyngeal dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia following admission to Northern Hospital. The coroner found no clinical management failures …
70y · Male·Complications of cerebral palsy with Covid-19 infection as a contributing factor
Gary Norman Rogers, 70 years old, died at his home in residential care from complications of cerebral palsy with Covid-19 as a contributing factor. Mr Rogers had significant pre-existing conditions including cerebral pal…
71y · Female·Complications of metastatic intra-abdominal malignancy (unknown primary)
Patricia Faye Stone, a 71-year-old woman with mild intellectual disability living in disability services residential accommodation, presented to Austin Hospital in January 2018 with metastatic intra-abdominal malignancy …
44y · Female·pneumonia complicating epilepsy in a woman with microcephaly
Mary Welsh, aged 44, with intellectual impairment, microcephaly, severe kyphoscoliosis and epilepsy was admitted with upper respiratory symptoms and treated for presumed pneumonia. She developed an allergic reaction to R…
70y · Male·hypovolaemic shock due to the consequences of fractured femur
Thomas Fulcher, a 70-year-old man with intellectual disability and osteoporosis in a group home, fell on 19 January 2018 and sustained a spiral femur fracture with internal bleeding. Care workers failed to seek medical a…
34y · Male·sudden unexpected death in a person with epilepsy (SUDEP)
Samuel Anthony Plummer, aged 34, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) at his assisted living residence. He had longstanding epilepsy managed with sodium valproate and lamotrigine, with his last major sei…
53y · Female·Recurrent aspiration pneumonitis secondary to cerebrovascular accident and conge…
Sonya Marshman, a 53-year-old woman with cerebrovascular accident and congenital rubella, died from recurrent aspiration pneumonitis at her specialist disability accommodation residence. She declined in February 2023, wa…
47y · Female·Large intestinal infarction due to volvulus
Sharon Lee McDonald, a 47-year-old woman with Down syndrome, died from large intestinal infarction secondary to volvulus (twisting of bowel). She was admitted with presumed faecal loading causing bowel obstruction but de…
54y · Male·Decompensated liver failure complicating advanced cirrhosis on a background of c…
Shane Reginald Lockley, aged 54, died from decompensated liver failure due to advanced cirrhosis and chronic alcohol dependence. He had a long history of alcohol abuse, intellectual impairment, and was under guardianship…
48y · Female·Pneumonia with anaphylaxis (treated), cerebral palsy, and epilepsy as contributi…
Narelle Sanders, a 48-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and epilepsy living in disability accommodation, died of pneumonia complicated by anaphylaxis. She was admitted with shortness of breath and cough following recent…
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