158 results for “chronic pain disorder”
57y · Female·aspiration of gastric contents caused by combined drug and alcohol toxicity resu…
…ons died from aspiration of gastric contents caused by combined drug and alcohol toxicity. She had severe chronic pain following abdominal surgeries, opioid addiction managed with methadone, depression, and multiple psy…
44y · Female·Unascertained
A 44-year-old woman with chronic pain, epilepsy, and opioid dependence died at home with an unascertained cause in the setting of prescrip…
73y · Female·neck compression by ligature
…tal Health Act, died by ligature strangulation in a closed psychiatric ward at Glenside Hospital. She had chronic pain since a 2002 fall, depression, and histrionic personality disorder. Two days before her death, she t…
51y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
A 51-year-old woman with longstanding treatment-resistant depression, chronic pain, and suicidal ideation died from mixed drug toxicity. She intentionally overdosed on multiple medica…
31y · Female·Pneumonia; combined drug toxicity (including marijuana), smoking, pathological o…
Georgia Cheal, a 31-year-old with complex medical history including chronic pain, major depression, and obesity, died from pneumonia exacerbated by combined drug toxicity from multi…
55y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity in a woman with coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 55-year-old woman with complex medical history including chronic pain, previous multiple abdominal surgeries, gastrointestinal disorders, mental health issues including D…
58y · Male·Heroin toxicity
58-year-old man with chronic back pain, paranoid schizophrenia, and decades-long prescription opioid and benzodiazepine abuse died fro…
51y · Male·multiple injuries sustained by a high velocity fall from a height
A 51-year-old man with longstanding schizoaffective disorder who was inadequately medicated drove 400km from home and positioned himself precariously on the Wingecarr…
43y · Female·acute multiple drug toxicity on a background of chronic pain and morbid obesity
A 43-year-old woman died from acute multiple drug toxicity after 26 years of high-dose opioid therapy for chronic pain following a motor vehicle accident. Despite recognition by multiple clinicians that opioid doses exc…
52y · Female·gunshot wound to head
… should maintain a low threshold for asking about family violence in patients presenting with depression, chronic pain, insomnia and social isolation, even if they lack obvious indicators; better coordination of care is…
51y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (amitriptyline, chlorpheniramine, diazepam, codeine) complic…
…itriptyline, chlorpheniramine, diazepam, codeine) complicated by biventricular heart hypertrophy. She had chronic back pain treated with opioids and used excessive over-the-counter antihistamines for perceived allergies…
17y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging
… 2020, seven days after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care. He had complex medical needs including chronic back pain, spinal fusion, post-viral fatigue, depression, anxiety, and gender dysphoria. Critical clinica…
36y · Female·Stab wound to the right chest
…uly 2018 in Cranbourne North, Victoria. Eckersley was prescribed high-dose tramadol (700-800mg daily) for chronic pain over 22 months by his GP without documented substance abuse assessment, despite documented history o…
60y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
…ing drowsiness. She had significant comorbidities including hypertension, cardiomegaly, sleep apnoea, and chronic back pain. While the coroner could not definitively establish whether medications or a medical episode ca…
48y · Male·sepsis and renal failure due to perforated gastric ulcer
A 48-year-old man with hepatitis C and schizo-affective disorder presented to West Coast District Hospital on 20 October 2014 with severe abdominal pain radiating to the …
34y · Female·Multi drug toxicity
Jodie Overstead, a 34-year-old with epilepsy, anxiety, and chronic pain, died from multi-drug toxicity involving tramadol, codeine, amitriptyline, benzodiazepines and other…
75y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Luciano T, a 75-year-old man with complex medical and psychiatric history including chronic pain, depression, and delusional jealousy syndrome, shot his wife in the face and then fatally shot himse…
42y · Female·Drowning due to combined drug (tramadol, venlafaxine, diazepam, quetiapine and c…
A 42-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, chronic pain, and emphysema died by drowning while scuba diving in shallow water after a 3-year hiatus f…
54y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
…s may inadequately assess ongoing risk in relapsing-remitting conditions; (2) patients with substance use disorders require ongoing monitoring; (3) therapeutic alliance with treating clinicians may be compromised if doct…
32y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, oxycodone, desmethylvenlafaxine, quetiapine, ola…
Liana Pickup, a 32-year-old woman with complex mental illness (bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder), chronic back pain, and substance dependence,…
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