170 results for “cardiovascular disease”
70y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 70-year-old sentenced prisoner with severe ischaemic heart disease and prior myocardial infarctions died from acute myocardial infarction with coronary artery atheroscleros…
79y · Male·Valvular ischaemic heart disease in association with coronary arteriosclerosis
A 79-year-old prisoner with a long history of ischaemic heart disease and coronary arteriosclerosis suffered fatal cardiac arrest in his cell at Karnet Prison Farm. He had bee…
51y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
Pauline Margaret Dodd, 51, died of ischaemic heart disease at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 4 March 2014. She was an involuntary psychiatric patient with long-st…
86y · Male·Complications of blunt force trauma in a man with cardiac amyloidosis and athero…
An 86-year-old man with dementia, cardiac amyloidosis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease died from complications of blunt force trauma sustained in an assault by his adult son. The de…
60y · Male·Complications of chronic lung disease (emphysema, foreign body giant cell reacti…
A 60-year-old man with severe emphysema, atherosclerotic coronary disease, and secondary pulmonary hypertension died at home. He had a history of heavy smoking, chronic back pain …
22y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to coronary artery atherosclerosis due to healed cor…
A 22-year-old male with a history of Kawasaki disease at 9 months of age collapsed during a football match and could not be resuscitated. Autopsy revealed sign…
81y · Male·pneumonia complicating fracture of the neck of the right femur sustained in a fa…
An 81-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including dementia, ischaemic heart disease, emphysema, and hypertension sustained a fractured right femoral neck from a fall at an aged care facilit…
78y · Male·multi-lobar pneumonia and pleural effusions on a background of urothelial carcin…
…rtis, a 78-year-old prisoner with multiple chronic conditions including COPD, bladder cancer, and cardiac disease, died of multi-lobar pneumonia and pleural effusions following chemotherapy for invasive bladder carcinom…
91y · Male·complications of pneumonia
Richard Lewis, a 91-year-old man in custody, died of pneumonia complicated by underlying ischaemic heart disease and chronic lung disease. He was transferred from the Aged Care and Rehabilitation Unit at Long Bay Hospi…
48y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease complicating restraint of an acutely agitated male
Daniel Richards, 48, died from ischaemic heart disease precipitated by restraint during a mental health assessment at home. He had underlying significant corona…
51y · Male·complications of myocardial infarction in association with ischaemic heart disea…
A 51-year-old Aboriginal male prisoner with multiple cardiovascular risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, obesity, smoking) died…
42y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and methylamphetamine intoxication
Paul Marcus White, a 42-year-old male, died on 21 June 2014 from the combined effects of ischaemic heart disease and methylamphetamine intoxication. While playing football, he left the field with a hamstring strain and…
66y · Male·Cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease secondary to obesity (WHO Class …
…sability living in Specialist Disability Accommodation, died from cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease secondary to obesity and hypercholesterolaemia. He was found struggling to breathe in his bedroom on 9 Ap…
76y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating surgery for pelvic and spinal fractures on a b…
…nto his wife. The death was ultimately from aspiration complications in an elderly, frail patient with cardiovascular disease. The preventable incident highlights the need for proper trolley maintenance and public warnin…
67y · Female·bronchopneumonia and acute liver failure on a background of liver cirrhosis and …
…s. Improvements implemented post-death include cirrhosis care plan templates and staff education on liver disease screening.
58y · Male·Haemopericardium secondary to ruptured right coronary artery aneurysm
Anthony Mahoney, a 58-year-old man with intellectual disability living in a disability residential unit, died from haemopericardium secondary to rupture of a right coronary artery aneurysm. The aneurysm had been identifi…
45y · Male·Coronary artery disease due to severe atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarcti…
…yssen, a 45-year-old man in custody on approved leave, died suddenly while gardening from coronary artery disease due to severe atherosclerosis. He had a documented history of cardiac symptoms (chest pain presentations …
85y · Male·Sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia due to septic arthritis of left …
…ical medication error occurred when Mr Wilson was transferred to Port Augusta Prison: newly prescribed cardiovascular medications (bisoprolol and digoxin) were not documented on his medication chart, and he did not recei…
86y · Male·Head injury due to quad bike accident
…dent on his property. He was not wearing a helmet and had significant medical comorbidities (diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, previous syncope episodes) that may have contributed to loss of control. …
44y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
Mathew James Keipert, age 44, died of ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis while on home detention bail. He had significant cardiovascular risk fact…
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