Coronial

617 results for ischaemic heart disease

TASaged care2023-06-27

Coroner's Finding: Guy, Peter Joseph

82y · Male·hypostatic pneumonia

An 82-year-old man with dementia and multiple comorbidities died of hypostatic pneumonia following complications from a fall at a residential aged care facility. He sustained an L2 compression fracture from an unwitnesse…

geriatric medicineemergency medicinesystemprocedural
SAaged care2026-06-19

Coroner's Finding: Fowle, Colleen Margaret

78y · Female·urinary tract infection and pneumonia on a background of facial fractures and de…

A 78-year-old woman with mixed dementia living in aged care suffered an unwitnessed fall on 22 March 2023, sustaining facial fractures and eye laceration. The fractures were not identified during her initial hospital ass…

general practicegeriatric medicinediagnostic
SAcommunity2015-04-24

Coroner's Finding: BYRNE Philip John and WEAVER Jacqueline

Philip Byrne: pulmonary thromboembolism due to right calf deep vein thrombosis; …

Two patients died from pulmonary thromboembolism caused by undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Mr Byrne presented with right calf pain in February 2012; two GPs excluded DVT on clinical examination alone without orde…

general practicephysiotherapydiagnosticcommunicationwarfarin
SAhospital2013-09-30

Coroner's Finding: GIANNINI Pasquale

68y · Male·infarction of the small and large bowel due to superior mesenteric artery thromb…

A 68-year-old man with extensive systemic vascular disease presented with 10 days of nonspecific abdominal pain. Initial presentations at local hospital and GP were…

general practiceemergency medicinediagnosticdelayaugmentin duo
WA2022-06-21

Inquest into the Death of Ashley Adrian LANE

56y · Male·acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (bronchial asthma) i…

… died in custody at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital from acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (asthma). He was a remand prisoner at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison with poorly controlled asthma co…

respiratory medicineemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationsalbutamol
SA2026-02-26

Coroner's Finding: Eckert, Paul Theodore & Eckert, Thomas Sebastian & Bottrill, Alan Leslie & Neave, David Arthur & Ingram, Rodney Jon & Martin, Peter Joseph & Walker, Roger Malcolm & Kent, Victor Reginald

Male·Drowning (with various contributing cardiac and traumatic factors)

Eight people died in four separate boating incidents in South Australian waters between March 2024 and January 2025, all from drowning or drowning-related causes. The coroner found that lifejackets would likely have prev…

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VIChospital2023-05-30

Finding into death of Thelma Annie Ogilvy

90y · Female·abdominal sepsis complicating perforated diverticular abscess of the sigmoid col…

Thelma Annie Ogilvy, a 90-year-old woman from rural Victoria, died from abdominal sepsis complicating a perforated diverticular abscess. She presented with bowel obstruction requiring laparotomy on 21 October 2019, was d…

general surgerycolorectal surgeryapixaban
VIChospital2012-02-22

Finding into death of Ellen Mary OConnor

90y · Female·Renal failure secondary to gentamicin therapy for urinary tract infection (sepsi…

Ellen O'Connor, a 90-year-old woman with renal artery stenosis and coronary artery disease, died from acute renal failure following gentamicin administration for Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tra…

orthopaedic surgeryplastic and reconstructive surgerymedicationdiagnosticgentamicin
VIChospital2016-06-09

Finding into death of James Sawbridgeworth

86y · Male·Multisystem failure complicating injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision…

An 86-year-old man with cardiac history died from multisystem failure following a pedestrian motor vehicle collision. He was struck by a prime mover while crossing against traffic, sustaining a broken leg, pelvis fractur…

trauma surgeryintensive carefentanyl
SA2006-05-22

Coroner's Finding: GEORGE Patricia Nina

81y · Female·aspiration pneumonia, exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease (emphy…

…al health legislation at Glenside Campus, died from aspiration pneumonia, COPD exacerbation and congestive heart failure. A critical ambulance transfer delay occurred when her initial request (5:45 am) was cancelled due…

psychiatryemergency medicinecommunicationsystemsalbutamol
VICcommunity2020-06-17

Finding into death of Pierino Taranto

65y · Male·Traumatic high cervical spine injury in the setting of frontal head impact in a …

A 65-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis died from traumatic cervical spine injury after being arrested for public drunkenness by a single-officer police patrol. During arrest and transportation to the police vehicl…

emergency medicineforensic medicinealcohol
VIChome2018-06-28

Finding into death of Raymond John Cox

84y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head

Raymond John Cox, an 84-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease, depression, and cognitive decline, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. His wife had ap…

general practicegeriatric medicinecommunicationsystemcitalopram
NSWpolice custody2026-03-20

Inquest into the death of Phillip Walton

48y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia which occurred in the context of physical exertion and hypoxi…

… 100 seconds. He lost consciousness and suffered cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed chronic coronary artery disease and elevated clozapine levels. Clinical experts concluded restraint-induced hypoxia precipitated fatal ar…

emergency medicineparamedicinediagnosticcommunicationclozapine
VIC2015-07-13

Finding into death of Dawn Ruby Edward

72y · Female·Aspiration of gastric contents in a woman with a functional large bowel obstruct…

A 72-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia, epilepsy, and constipation died from aspiration of gastric contents complicated by functional large bowel obstruction. She became unwell on 16 June 2012 with vague symptoms…

general practiceforensic medicinedelayamisulpride
VIChospital2026-02-11

Finding into death of Michael Robert Burns

58y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism complicating right calf deep venous thrombosis

Michael Burns, 58, presented to hospital with exertional chest pain and shortness of breath. He was diagnosed with stable angina and discharged home on cardiac medications. He returned the next day with dizziness attribu…

cardiologyemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationbisoprolol
VICaged care2017-11-15

Finding into death of Garry Serve

82y · Male·Trauma related intracerebral haemorrhage

An 82-year-old man with dementia, cerebellar ataxia, and mobility limitations fell from his wheelchair down three concrete steps (480cm drop) while attending a hearing aid appointment at an off-site clinic. He sustained …

geriatric medicineemergency medicineproceduralcommunicationfluoxetine
VIChospital2020-09-28

Finding into death of Graham William Summerfield

82y · Male·Complications of multiple injuries (palliated), sustained in a quad bike inciden…

An 82-year-old man died from complications of multiple injuries sustained in a quad bike incident. He had failed a VicRoads eyesight test two years earlier, losing his driver's licence, yet continued riding an unregister…

trauma surgeryintensive care
TAShospital2023-05-31

Coroner's Finding: Richardson Rebecca Eileen

29y · Female·acute myocardial infarction due to stenotic coronary vessel (left anterior desce…

Rebecca Richardson, a 29-year-old with type 1 diabetes and coronary artery disease, died of acute myocardial infarction on 7-9 May 2019. She presented to NWRH ED on 6 May with abdominal pa…

emergency medicinecardiologydiagnosticcommunicationinsulin
VICmental health2019-09-19

Finding into death of Vanna Vassallo

68y · Female·Complications of a right subdural haemorrhage (palliated), sustained in a fall

Vanna Vassallo, a 68-year-old with schizophrenia, chronic comorbidities and documented high fall risk, died from complications of a subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall at an aged mental health inpatient unit. She ha…

psychiatrygeriatric medicinepossibly_preventablefluphenazine decanoate
SAhospital2009-09-11

Coroner's Finding: LANGFORD Peter

64y · Male·hospital-acquired pneumonia on a background of end-stage cryptogenic liver cirrh…

Peter Langford, aged 64, died of hospital-acquired pneumonia complicated by end-stage cryptogenic liver cirrhosis after a 43-day admission to Flinders Medical Centre. He presented with severe cellulitis requiring amputat…

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