115 results for “aspiration pneumonia history”
59y · Male·Combined effects of acute on chronic pneumonia and pulmonary thromboembolism
…59-year-old man with intellectual disability and minimal verbal communication died from acute on chronic pneumonia and pulmonary thromboembolism. He had a long history of recurrent UTIs, chest infections, and significan…
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
… McCarty, a 40-year-old man with cerebral palsy, severe intellectual disability, dysphagia and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from aspiration pneumonia after being placed on a palliative pathway. The coroner found …
50y · Male·Sepsis of unknown organism in respiratory
…n respiratory organism. He had experienced declining health with six hospitalisations in 2022, including aspiration pneumonia. On 11 January 2023, carers observed respiratory distress and he was taken to hospital where h…
23y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (tramadol and alprazolam)
…old male died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (tramadol and alprazolam) at a camping site. He had a history of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and previous overdose attempts. His mother provided unprescribed trama…
63y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with trisomy 21, Alzheimer's dementia and other me…
A 63-year-old man with trisomy 21 and advanced Alzheimer's dementia died from aspiration pneumonia while receiving specialist disability accommodation. He presented to hospital on 8 September 2…
80y · Male·aspiration pneumonia on a background of severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and chron…
Ronald Arthur Elliott, aged 80, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by severe oropharyngeal dysphagia and COPD following a hip fracture. He fell on 12…
55y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy (spastic quadriparesis)
…rong, a 55-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, spastic quadriparesis, dysphagia and achalasia, died from aspiration pneumonia. She had a complex medical history requiring pureed foods and thickened fluids. Following GP a…
63y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of functional decline in a man with an intel…
A 63-year-old man with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and COPD died from aspiration pneumonia following functional decline. He had a three-month hospital admission with multiple complicati…
89y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating electroconvulsive therapy for treatment of psy…
…nitial conservative management, compulsory ECT was approved and administered. She subsequently developed aspiration pneumonia and died. The coroner found the decision to proceed with ECT was appropriate given her deterio…
55y · Male·toxic effects of quetiapine and clonazepam
…ated for airway protection, treated with inotropes for shock, and given activated charcoal. He developed aspiration pneumonia, septic shock, and multi-organ failure, dying 32 hours after admission. The coroner found medi…
61y · Female·Complications of advanced relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (palliated)
…sive MS, including assistance with mobility, medication administration, and feeding. She had a documented history of recurrent aspiration pneumonia, a common complication in advanced MS. In September 2025, she presented…
54y · Male·Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia in a man with Huntington's Disease, with contrib…
George Platakis, a 54-year-old man with Huntington's Disease and COPD, died from Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia while residing in specialist disability accommodation. He had sustained a serious fall in Jan…
39y · Male·Complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction
A 39-year-old man with schizo-affective illness, hepatic cirrhosis, and substance abuse history died from complications of large bowel pseudo-obstruction with aspiration pneumonia. He had been admitted…
89y · Female·aspiration pneumonia with respiratory failure complicating major depression with…
…r depression with catatonia, atrial fibrillation, pulmonary oedema, diabetes and Parkinsonism, died from aspiration pneumonia with respiratory failure following electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). She had dysphagia secondar…
41y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of a mixed drug toxicity
Emma Terrill, 41, died from aspiration pneumonia in the setting of mixed drug toxicity. Post-mortem toxicology revealed elevated tramadol with …
67y · Male·aspiration pneumonia with contributing chronic schizophrenia
Robert Nicholas Hocking, a 67-year-old man with treatment-resistant chronic schizophrenia, died from aspiration pneumonia during his final hospitalization at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He was a long-term inpatient at G…
54y · Female·Pneumonia and radiation induced brain injury
Vishna Damke, a 54-year-old woman with a long history of brainstem tumour treated with radiotherapy in 1994-1995, died of pneumonia complicated by radiation-in…
64y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following insertion of a jejunostomy tube
Ronald Brockel, a 64-year-old with cerebral palsy, oropharyngeal dysphagia, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, underwent insertion of a feeding jejunostomy tube (FJT) on 23 December 2004 to bypass his sto…
7y · Female·aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure in a female child with compl…
… with severe cerebral palsy, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, microcephaly and seizure disorder died of aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure. Born with severe perinatal brain injury, she had complex lifel…
62y · Male·Septic arthritis complicating left knee joint prosthesis in the setting of statu…
… clinical suspicion of prosthetic joint infection, the orthopaedic team repeatedly decided against joint aspiration, citing concerns about introducing infection—a concern the coroner found unreasonable given he was alrea…
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