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72y · Female·Congestive cardiac failure due to or as a consequence of essential hypertension
Patricia Dell Newman, aged 72, was admitted to Rockhampton Base Hospital on 11 March 2006 with profound hypotension, acute renal failure, severe malnutrition, and multi-organ failure that had developed over weeks to mont…
65y · Female·gastrointestinal haemorrhage from duodenal ulcer
Margaret Bodell, 65-year-old with severe COAD and emphysema, was admitted with respiratory failure and developed a duodenal ulcer bleeding during hospitalisation. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) careful oxygen man…
64y · Female·Acute bronchopneumonia in a woman with liver failure
Patsy Chubby, 64, died from acute bronchopneumonia complicated by terminal liver failure and multiple chronic conditions (cardiac cirrhosis, heart failure, COPD, diabetes, pulmonary hypertension). Discharged from hospita…
20y · Female·Cerebral anoxia consequent upon a severe acute asthmatic event
Sally Anne Gordon, a 20-year-old with a 14-year history of severe brittle asthma, presented to Mount Gambier Hospital on 26 November 2000 with acute severe asthma unresponsive to initial treatment. After appropriate emer…
68y · Male·Internal haemorrhage due to coagulopathy and upper gastrointestinal varices, cir…
Robert Donald Rawson, a 68-year-old man with end-stage cirrhosis and multiple comorbidities, died hours after undergoing intercostal catheter insertion for pleural effusion drainage at Rockhampton Hospital. While the pro…
16y · Female·consequences of acute asthma with hypoxic encephalopathy
Jessica-Lee Dennis, aged 16, died from acute asthma with hypoxic encephalopathy on 7 May 2004. She presented with progressive nocturnal cough and wheezing over six weeks starting September 2001, with significant family h…
63y · Male·complications from carcinoma of the lung
Lawrence John Hodson, a 63-year-old man detained in custody at Glenside Campus under the Criminal Law Consolidation Act, died from complications of lung cancer. He had been diagnosed with cancer in 2003 and was receiving…
60y · Male·bronchopneumonia as a result of or secondary to cerebral haemorrhage; contributi…
Wayne Barry Matschoss, a 60-year-old man with significant medical comorbidities including cardiac disease, epilepsy, chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis, died in custody at Rockhampton Base Hospital from bronchopneumon…
49y · Male·Obstructive sleep apnoea, contributed to by the sedating effects of therapeutic …
David Muckan, a 49-year-old man with schizophrenia, was admitted to a psychiatric unit in April 1998 with suspected obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). He was sedated with benzodiazepines (Midazolam, Diazepam) and other psyc…
46y · Male·Diffuse Alveolar Damage (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome) as a consequence o…
Anthony Kenneth Hansen, a 46-year-old inmate at Maryborough Correctional Centre, presented with flu-like symptoms on 24 August 2003 and was appropriately evaluated by visiting medical officers. Despite timely antibiotic …
5y · Female·Pneumonia as a complication of septo-optic cerebral dysplasia
Shareya Shannon was a 5-year-old Aboriginal girl with septo-optic dysplasia, a rare congenital brain malformation causing profound developmental delay, spastic quadriparesis, poorly controlled epilepsy, hearing and visua…
23y · Female·Pulmonary barotrauma due to or as a consequence of a scuba diving accident
Maren Lyndsey Dell, 23, died during a resort dive at Agincourt Reef from pulmonary barotrauma caused by rapid ascent from 9 metres. She panicked when unable to clear water from her mask and ascended quickly without expel…
64y · Female·Respiratory arrest secondary to morphine overdosage on a background of mild to m…
A 64-year-old woman died from respiratory arrest secondary to morphine overdose after ingesting 17 tablets of slow-release morphine (Kapanol) and diazepam. Initial emergency assessment by an intern was appropriate, but c…
48y · Female·Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Margret Lillian Harris, aged 48, died of chronic obstructive airway disease while detained under the Mental Health Act at Royal Adelaide Hospital. She had longstanding COAD, right heart failure, chronic hypoxia and cyano…
44y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
Christopher Hollens, a 44-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, traumatic brain injury, spastic paraparesis, and epilepsy, died of aspiration pneumonia after a 15-day admission to Royal Adelaide Hospital. He was trans…
75y · Male·Metastatic Lung Carcinoma
Allan Chapman, a 75-year-old sentenced prisoner, died of metastatic lung carcinoma on 4 April 2004 at Murdoch Community Hospice. He presented with lethargy and dysphonia in February 2004, leading to prompt chest imaging …
50y · Female·respiratory arrest on a background of left lower lobe pneumonia in a person with…
Centella Theresa Hynes, a 50-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder, intellectual disability, and primary pulmonary hypertension, died from respiratory arrest due to left lower lobe pneumonia while detained under m…
60y · Female·haemorrhagic shock and respiratory failure due to right-sided haemothorax compli…
A 60-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer and COAD died from haemorrhagic shock due to right-sided haemothorax complicating thoracentesis. The procedure was appropriately performed to drain a pleural effusion on …
11y · Female·pneumonia complicating cytomegalovirus embryopathy
Queenie Michaels, an 11-year-old Aboriginal girl with cytomegalovirus embryopathy and severe physical and cognitive disabilities, died from pneumonia at home while in government care. She had been fostered by Mr and Mrs …
3y · Male·unascertained
Mohammed Tartoussi, aged 3 years 11 months, presented to Bell Street Family Medical Centre on 28 June 2003 with chest pain and mild upper respiratory symptoms. He was diagnosed with mild symptoms and given prednisolone. …
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