Coronial
TAShome2022-11-11

Coroner's Finding: KL

31y · Male·global hypoxic brain injury secondary to positional asphyxia following an epilep…

KL, a 31-year-old male with longstanding epilepsy, died from global hypoxic brain injury caused by positional asphyxia following an epileptic seizure at home on 26 April 2019. He fell in the toilet during a seizure, beca…

neurologyemergency medicineanti-epileptic medications
SA2009-11-26

Coroner's Finding: MANSVELDERS Mark Thomas

44y · Male·epilepsy with contributing factors of hypertensive heart disease and coronary ar…

A 44-year-old man with a history of epilepsy died from a seizure while detained in police custody under the Public Intoxication Act. He was intoxicated and apprehended after walking in traffic. During a cell inspection a…

neurologyforensic medicinesystem
NSWaged care2017-04-06

Inquest into the death of AR

29y · Male·Unascertained

AR was a 29-year-old man with autism, developmental disability and epilepsy living in a residential disability care facility. He was found unconscious and died suddenly on 30 August 2010. Initial post-mortem findings sug…

neurologypsychiatrydelayfluvoxamine
TAShome2021-12-02

Coroner's Finding: Lowe, Paul 2021 TASCD 684

42y · Male·acute methadone intoxication

Paul William Lowe, a 42-year-old man with treatment-resistant epilepsy, schizophrenia, and long-standing opioid dependence, died from acute methadone intoxication on 12-13 August 2018. Evidence strongly indicates he inje…

addiction medicinepsychiatrymedicationmethadone
QLD2013-03-28

Lambert, Stuart John

31y · Male·Chest injuries (principal cause) with autism and epilepsy as underlying causes

Stuart Lambert, a 31-year-old man with cerebral palsy, autism, and epilepsy, died from chest injuries sustained at his carer's semi-rural residence. He collapsed during or after a seizure and experienced multiple rib fra…

general practiceemergency medicinecommunicationsystemepilim ec
SA2010-11-19

Coroner's Finding: PARKER Laura

40y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy and epilepsy with diffuse fibrillary astrocytoma within t…

Laura Parker, a 40-year-old woman with a long history of epilepsy, borderline personality disorder, and recent seizures, died at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 16 March 2008 from hypoxic encephalopathy caused by cardiac …

neurologypsychiatrydiagnosticcommunicationvigabatrin
WA2018-12-27

Inquest into the Death of Mohammad Nasim NAJAFI

24y · Male·seizure (epileptic)

Mohammad Nasim Najafi, a 24-year-old Afghan detainee with well-controlled epilepsy, died from a seizure after missing multiple doses of carbamazepine in the days preceding his death. He was held in immigration detention …

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