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76y · Female·aspiration of gastro-intestinal contents as a result of small bowel obstruction …
A 76-year-old woman with Alzheimer's dementia and psychiatric illness collapsed on 1 January 2009 and was assessed in the Emergency Department. Dr B. diagnosed vasovagal syncope with gastroenteritis based on the patient'…
18y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to neck compression from hangi…
An 18-year-old Aboriginal man died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest from hanging. He had a chronic petrol-sniffing habit and was acutely intoxicated on petrol when he hanged himself after a police incid…
56y · Female·multi-organ failure due to anorexia nervosa
A 56-year-old woman with a long history of anorexia nervosa and a BMI of 10.3 died from multi-organ failure after admission to hospital. She was found on her bedroom floor, dehydrated and malnourished, and was involuntar…
81y · Female·ischaemic bowel
An 81-year-old woman with longstanding depression and multiple comorbidities fell and fractured her humerus in March 2009. During rehabilitation, she became increasingly depressed and self-neglectful, refusing food and c…
34y · Male·cardiomegaly with contributing aspiration
A 34-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, morbid obesity, type 1 diabetes, and undiagnosed sleep apnoea died from cardiomegaly with contributing aspiration while detained under the Mental Health Act. On 6 March, he …
90y · Male·aspiration pneumonia complicating community acquired pneumonia
A 90-year-old man died of aspiration pneumonia complicating community-acquired pneumonia while detained under the Mental Health Act following a suicide attempt. He presented with a sternal fracture and pneumonia, and was…
61y · Female·respiratory failure secondary to advanced malignancy
Ms Carmelina Bellocco, aged 61, died from respiratory failure secondary to advanced metastatic colon cancer. She had longstanding paranoid schizophrenia with poor insight and compliance. Cancer was diagnosed in 2006 afte…
47y · Female·acute subendocardial septal myocardial infarction complicating hypertension and …
A 47-year-old woman with hypertension, high cholesterol, and significant family history of early cardiac disease presented to a country hospital ED with acute crushing central chest pain (10/10), shortness of breath, and…
63y · Female·ischaemic heart disease
Margaret Joan Richardson, aged 63, died of ischaemic heart disease at a private nursing home where she was detained under a Guardianship Board order. She had a long history of chronic alcohol abuse and cognitive impairme…
35y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 35-year-old Aboriginal man died of ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis whilst in prison custody. He presented with chest pain and arm tingling at 6:20am but received only Panadol and Mylanta from no…
41y · Male·gunshot wound to chest
Stephen Brian Elliott, aged 41, died from a gunshot wound to the chest inflicted by a South Australian police officer during an armed apprehension operation. Elliott had attempted an armed robbery at a credit union earli…
41y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (methadone, valproate, zuclopenthixol)
Michael David Rex, a 41-year-old man with chronic treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia, died from mixed drug toxicity (methadone, valproate, zuclopenthixol) while detained in Ward 5H of the Margaret Tobin Centre ps…
50y · Female·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
Yan Yi Xu, a 50-year-old woman with a history of depression and recent breast cancer diagnosis, was admitted to Cramond Clinic psychiatric ward following a suicide attempt on Christmas Day 2008. She died by hanging in he…
83y · Male·ongoing respiratory failure from recurrent aspiration pneumonia, complicating de…
An 83-year-old man with dementia and suicidal ideation died from respiratory failure due to recurrent aspiration pneumonia. He was lawfully detained under a Guardianship Board order at a psychiatric hospital for 7 months…
91y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism and subcutaneous abscess formation complicating pressu…
A 91-year-old woman died from pulmonary thromboembolism and abscess formation complicating untreated ankle fracture and pressure sores. She had sustained a fracture-dislocation of her right ankle after a fall, which she …
63y · Male·cerebral infarction
John Arthur Burns, a 63-year-old man with frontotemporal dementia and motor neurone disease, died from cerebral infarction on 17 September 2006 while in Westminster Aged Care Facility after only 12 days of residence. Des…
Female·Emily Ruth Leonard: multi-organ failure due to overwhelming sepsis from a perfor…
Two elderly women died following vaginal prolapse surgery performed by the same surgeon, Dr O., with similar mechanisms: bowel perforation leading to peritonitis and sepsis. Mrs Leonard (77) underwent laparoscopic surger…
60y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure due to malignant pleural effusion due to metastatic ma…
A 60-year-old man with diabetes presented with a plantar heel ulcer in March 2007 that was initially treated as a diabetic foot ulcer. The lesion failed to heal over 16 months despite standard care including wound dressi…
72y · Male·acute leukaemia on a background of ischaemic heart disease
Dennis William Gill, a 72-year-old man serving a suspended home detention sentence, died of acute leukaemia on a background of ischaemic heart disease after admission to Ashford Hospital in August 2009. He had significan…
34y · Male·hanging
John Sydney Farmer, aged 34, died by hanging at his home on 23 May 2008, six hours after being granted leave from psychiatric detention at Woodleigh House. He had attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning two days e…
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