568 results for “overdose”
54y · Male·aspiration pneumonia caused by multiple drug toxicity
…cked knowledge to recognise the dangerous drug combination; and an AIN failed to escalate signs of opioid overdose. The case exemplifies how electronic prescribing systems require vigilance, and how medication errors pro…
30y · Male·hanging
…s psychiatric episodes triggered by withdrawal. He presented to Calvary Mater Hospital after a deliberate overdose of 48 Etizolam tablets with stated intent to end his life. He was discharged after approximately 4 hours …
44y · Male·Combined drug effect (oxycodone and benzodiazepines)
A 44-year-old man with a history of heroin addiction registered as a drug addict in 2010 died from combined drug effect involving oxycodone and benzodiazepines. Despite being a registered drug addict, he obtained prescri…
26y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity and bronchopneumonia
Daniel James Hall, aged 26, died on 31 July 2010 from multiple drug toxicity and bronchopneumonia after consuming approximately 10-12 OxyContin tablets over 24 hours, vastly exceeding the prescribed dose of one tablet ev…
Male, female, male, female·Nicholas Brown: combined drug (methadone and benzodiazepine) intoxication; Toni …
Joint inquest into four deaths of individuals prescribed opioid replacement therapy by Dr J. between September 2016 and August 2017: Nicholas Shane Brown (35), Toni Lee Wiki (38), Matthew Wayne Winwood (47), and Belinda …
60y · Female·neck compression by ligature strangulation
…risk' based on her gross intoxication, reported suicidal history, PTSD diagnosis, and assertion of recent overdose. Mandatory 15-minute observations and CCTV monitoring were inadequate. Her leggings were not removed desp…
Christopher Salib: ischaemic heart disease with multiple prescription drug toxic…
This landmark inquest examined three deaths involving prescription drug toxicity: Christopher Salib (24, ischaemic heart disease with drug toxicity), Nathan Attard (34, multi-drug toxicity), and Shamsad Akhtar (35, multi…
36y · Male·Toxic overdose of Clozapine (anti-psychotic drug), self-administered, with termi…
Brian Duff, a 36-year-old with severe chronic schizophrenia, died from Clozapine toxicity (pulmonary oedema and cardiac arrest) on 14-15 February 1997. He was subject to a Community Treatment Order and under case managem…
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