624 results for “pulmonary disease”
64y · Female·Traumatic head injury sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)
…navoidable once the patient was already on the road. Autopsy revealed she had significant coronary artery disease and diffuse axonal injury, but the head injury alone was likely fatal. This was an unavoidable accident; …
47y · Male·Myocarditis
Geoffrey Thorpe, a 47-year-old fitter, collapsed and died suddenly at work while testing solenoids with electrical equipment. Initial suspicion of electrocution was thoroughly investigated through expert electrical testi…
28y · Female·Cerebral x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
Ivy McGowan, a 28-year-old NDIS participant with cerebral x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, died at home on 5 October 2023 from natural causes. She had experienced progressive deterioration from late 2022, with increasing n…
36y · Male·Complications of morbid obesity, including cardiac enlargement, aspiration of ga…
A 36-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia and Capgras syndrome died from complications of morbid obesity (183.5 kg, BMI 45.3). He was discharged from hospital on 14 January 2019 after admission for respira…
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…
30y · Male·Acute cardiac failure in association with severe ischaemic heart disease seconda…
…Expert evidence found medical care was exemplary with appropriate investigations undertaken. The coronary disease was not identifiable from clinical presentation—asymptomatic young patients with his risk profile rarely …
56y · Male·Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma)
Phillip John Wust, a 56-year-old prisoner with chronic hepatitis C and cirrhosis, died from hepatocellular carcinoma. Serial imaging from 2018-2019 showed cirrhosis but no evidence of cancer until December 2019 when he p…
53y · Male·Complications of hepatocellular carcinoma with significant contributing patholog…
…y of medical treatment provided during custody. The death was natural and occurred at the end of expected disease progression. No clinical errors, communication failures, or preventable factors were identified.
77y · Male·Complications of Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma
Robert Fennell, a 77-year-old man serving an 18-year prison sentence, died of complications from metastatic colorectal carcinoma in Long Bay Correctional Hospital's Medical Sub-Acute Unit on 27 October 2020. He had an ex…
25y · Male·coronary thrombosis resulting from coronary atherosclerosis
A 25-year-old Aboriginal man with undiagnosed coronary artery disease collapsed and died one hour after a consultation at an Aboriginal health clinic. The coroner found the me…
71y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability
A 71-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic aspiration risk died from aspiration pneumonia leading to cardiac arrest. He had a longstanding history of dysphagia with multiple previous aspiration episodes d…
46y · Male·Drowning
…coronary artery atherosclerosis, pericellular fibrosis, and hepatic steatosis, but no significant natural disease causing death. Toxicology identified metformin and doxylamine. The coroner concluded this was a tragic ac…
80y · Female·Acute upper airway obstruction secondary to aspiration of food bolus
Beatrice Ivy Brown, aged 80, died at an aged care facility from acute upper airway obstruction and aspiration of a food bolus following a choking episode. Clinical lessons include: (1) documentation of prior choking epis…
54y · Female·Respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia, due to multiple sclerosis
A 54-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis residing in specialist disability accommodation died of respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia. She presented with breathing difficulty and vomiting on 10 January 2024, was…
0y · Male·Complications of VATER syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma
Baby E was a 7-month-old neonate with VATER syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma who died from complications of these conditions. He was born prematurely at 30 weeks, requiring intubation and ventilation, and remained in…
77y · Male·Blunt force head and chest injuries from motor vehicle collision
A 77-year-old male with a history of seizures (2017, 2023) died from blunt force head and chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 10 March 2024. The vehicle travelled at 157 km/h approaching a red traffi…
36y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease and Severe Multifocal Coronary Atherosclerosis in a man …
…maine, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man and sentenced prisoner at Casuarina Prison, died from ischaemic heart disease with severe multifocal coronary atherosclerosis on 17 May 2002. He had extensive coronary artery disease …
81y · Male·haemorrhage from metastatic squamous cell tumour of the right axilla
An 81-year-old man with extensive comorbidities (cardiac failure, COPD, diabetes, renal failure) presented with a right axillary squamous cell carcinoma with metastases. He was admitted for palliative care and pain manag…
7y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure in a child with cerebral palsy and epilepsy, with acut…
…epilepsy after a prolonged hospital admission. He had complex medical needs including chronic respiratory disease, requiring PEG feeding and multiple medications. After a severe respiratory event in 2015 requiring ICU a…
87y · Female·Terminal exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; antecedent cause…
Maureen 'Kitty' McDonald, 87, died from terminal exacerbation of COPD with an antecedent sacral pressure wound infection. She was admitted to residential aged care in October 2020 with a stage-two sacral pressure injury …
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