162 results for “alcohol_abuse”
66y · Male·carbon monoxide poisoning due to inhalation of exhaust gases from a lawn mower
Paul William Green, a 66-year-old retired engineer with longstanding depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic alcohol abuse, died by intentional carbon monoxide poisoning from a lawn mower exhaust. He had a prior suicide a…
Multiple: pneumonia with cardiomyopathy (Kugena female); septic shock from pneum…
Concurrent coronial inquests into six Aboriginal deaths in Ceduna, South Australia between 2004-2009. All deceased had severe alcohol addiction and comorbidities including pneumonia, cardiomyopathy, liver disease, and se…
51y · Male·Blunt head injury sustained in the circumstances of a seizure
John Jansen, a 51-year-old man with poorly controlled epilepsy and chronic alcoholism, died from blunt head injury sustained during a seizure in his home. He had not taken his anti-epileptic medication (Epilim) for four …
42y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy; cardiac arrest; cardiomegaly
A 42-year-old man with schizophrenia died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at a mental health community care unit. He had been admitted voluntarily for alcohol rehabilitat…
56y · Male·fatal cardiac arrhythmia due to complications from acute bronchopneumonia and ar…
Garry Weigand, a 56-year-old man with a history of brain injury and intellectual impairment, died in custody 17 days after arrest. He died from a fatal cardiac arrhythmia resulting from acute bronchopneumonia combined wi…
54y · Male·mixed pentobarbitone and alcohol toxicity
A 54-year-old self-employed veterinary surgeon died from mixed pentobarbitone and alcohol toxicity. He intentionally injected himself with pentobarbitone (a veterinary euthanasia drug) while under the influence of alcoho…
44y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia in a man with liver failure due to cirrhosis and focal corona…
Michael John Herrick, a 44-year-old prisoner with end-stage liver cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C and alcohol abuse, died from cardiac arrhythmia at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. He had been receiving aggressive trea…
42y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Calvin Wayne Bee, a 42-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic alcohol abuse, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) while in police custody in Normanton, Queensland. He was sentenced to six months imprisonme…
51y · Male·self-inflicted chest injuries due to gunshot wound to chest
A 51-year-old man with a 37-year history of depression and alcoholism died by self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had ceased anti-depressant medication (desvenlafaxine) in September 2019 without documented clinical reason, …
20y · Female·injury caused by hanging
A 20-year-old woman with a long history of eating disorder, obsessive-compulsive behaviours, and adjustment difficulties died by suicide in October 2009. She had received treatment at the Bronte Centre in Melbourne and o…
33y · Male·Undetermined
Robert Thomas Love, a 33-year-old man with a history of alcohol and drug abuse and mental health difficulties, was found dead in his home in February 2015. The cause of death remains undetermined. Key clinical concerns i…
56y · Female·Blunt head injury, with hyoid bone fracture being a significant condition contri…
Deborah Spencer, a 56-year-old woman with a history of heavy alcohol use and previous falls, died from blunt head injury with hyoid bone fracture. She was found unconscious near Lemongrove Bridge in Penrith on 22 May 201…
52y · Female·stab wound to the chest
Dr L., a 52-year-old medical doctor, died from a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest on 28 May 2008. She had suffered major depressive disorder since 2006, was being treated by psychiatrist Dr F., and had made previou…
21y · Male·Acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia in a man with recent trauma…
Peter Martin Carroll, age 21, died on 8 June 2007 in the ICU at Royal Perth Hospital from acute hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and pneumonia following oxycodone overdose. He had been discharged that day (5 June) after …
42y · Female·hanging
Holly Thredgold, aged 42, died by hanging on 28 August 2016, less than 40 hours after inappropriate discharge from Royal Adelaide Hospital ED. She presented on 26 August 2016 severely intoxicated with suicidal ideation a…
58y · Male·effects of chronic alcoholism
Jonathan Mark Hanckel, aged 58, died from chronic alcoholism complicated by Child C cirrhosis, hepatic encephalopathy, coagulopathy, sepsis, and multiple intracranial haemorrhages. While he sustained a fall on 13 October…
33y · Female·Combined drug toxicity, with thioridazine as the principal component, in the con…
Lou Ann Kelly, aged 33, died on 3 April 2003 at Royal Perth Hospital ICU from combined drug toxicity, primarily thioridazine, after consuming large quantities of prescription medications with alcohol. She collapsed at he…
0y · Female·global hypoxic brain injury caused by prolonged cessation of breathing arising f…
An 11-week-old healthy infant died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest at home. Multiple rib fractures and a clavicle fracture in various stages of healing indicated repeated non-accidental trauma i…
57y · Female·Head injuries resulting in subdural haematoma and global cerebral ischaemic inju…
Amanda Dawson, a 57-year-old nurse, died from head injuries sustained during a fatal assault by her intimate partner, Lindsay Masatora, on 10 October 2016. She was struck twice to the head, causing subdural haematoma and…
43y · Female·mixed drug toxicity including methadone
43-year-old woman with long-standing opioid and benzodiazepine dependence died from mixed drug toxicity including methadone, amitriptyline, pregabalin, duloxetine, diazepam and paracetamol. Two GPs prescribed drugs witho…
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