82y · Male·Lateral left ventricular myocardial infarction attributed to severe left circumf…
An 82-year-old man with severe chronic obstructive airways disease and dementia died of acute myocardial infarction while detained under mental health legislation in a secure psychiatric ward. He had been given clonazepa…
78y · Male·suppurative bronchitis complicating chronic obstructive airways disease (emphyse…
A 78-year-old man died of suppurative bronchitis complicating end-stage emphysema at a supported residential facility. Key clinical concerns include: (1) the general practitioner's reliance on unvetted aged care staff to…
70y · Male·spontaneous left frontal intracerebral haemorrhage
A 70-year-old man incarcerated at Yatala Labour Prison died from spontaneous left frontal intracerebral haemorrhage at Modbury Hospital. He had pre-existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, severe interstitial lung…
56y · Female·Bronchial asthma and emphysema
A 56-year-old woman with long-standing schizophrenia, COPD, emphysema, and heavy smoking died during overnight leave from psychiatric hospitalisation. She was granted leave to check on her cat at her remote home on 24 Ma…
7y · Female·respiratory failure and acute pancreatitis in a young girl with cerebral palsy, …
A 7-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and chronic respiratory problems died of respiratory failure and acute pancreatitis. She had sustained non-accidental injuries (shaken baby syndrome) at 6 weeks old…
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure following surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneur…
Robert Paul Rodda, a 62-year-old long-term prisoner with extensive medical comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, COPD, and a known abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), presented with chest pain in September 2015. …
75y · Male·Pneumonia due to malignant mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure
David Cecil Mann, aged 75, died from pneumonia due to malignant mesothelioma caused by occupational asbestos exposure at a paper mill where he worked for over 40 years (1962-2004). The coroner determined this death was n…
77y · Male·Respiratory arrest in the setting of metastatic malignancy
An elderly man with metastatic malignancy died from respiratory arrest in hospital. The coroner found the death resulted from his underlying advanced cancer rather than medical mismanagement. No autopsy was performed, bu…
32y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia with severe cerebral palsy as underlying condition
Ella Hitchen was a 32-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy, quadraplegia, intellectual disability, vision impairment, epilepsy and dysphagia who died from aspiration pneumonia. She had a PEG tube inserted in 2011 du…
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes. Report an inaccuracy.