125 results for “chronic severe pain”
38y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis
Robert Taylor Daly, a 38-year-old Aboriginal man, died of coronary atherosclerosis with severe coronary artery blockage and pulmonary edema. He collapsed in a drinking area after consuming alcohol whil…
72y · Female·environmental heat and cold exposure with severe dehydration
Susan Ann Deuchar, aged 72, died from environmental heat and cold exposure with severe dehydration following a motor vehicle accident on Anthony Road, Tullah, Tasmania on 10 December 2018. She …
55y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
…(40-50% to 70-80%) with emphysema and early pneumonia. He had substantial medical comorbidities including chronic obstructive airways disease, liver cirrhosis, and psychiatric illness treated with antipsychotic medicati…
62y · Male·Mediastinitis due to perforated oesophagus, with severe emphysema as a contribut…
A 62-year-old man with severe emphysema and chronic oesophageal stricture died from mediastinitis secondary to perforated oesophagus. He…
46y · Male·Ethanol (alcohol) and prescription drug toxicity
A 46-year-old man with chronic alcohol addiction and a history of epilepsy and insomnia died from combined ethanol and prescription drug…
33y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating mixed drug toxicity
Jessica Higgins, a 33-year-old woman with chronic pain on high-dose opioids, underwent ketamine infusion with planned opioid rotation to methadone in May 2…
35y · Male·intra-abdominal haemorrhage caused by ruptured spleen
A 35-year-old man with chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, hepatitis C and other comorbidities presented to his GP on 24 January 2007 with…
84y · Male·haemoperitoneum due to ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
…ominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) while in custody at Cessnock Correctional Centre. He experienced sudden-onset severe left groin pain at 11:30am on 25 April 2023. Correctional officers and nurses responded appropriately, rec…
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 h…
50y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
…sclerosis during a football game at Darwin Correctional Facility on 16 September 2006. He experienced chest pain at half-time and received appropriate immediate medical attention by prison staff, including rapid transpor…
90y · Male·bowel obstruction leading to acute renal failure, sepsis and respiratory failure
…spitalisation for cardiac and respiratory issues. He presented to hospital with coffee-ground vomiting and severe abdominal pain. Clinical examination revealed critical illness with haemodynamic instability, hypoxia, per…
66y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
…should verify calculations independently; and pre-existing cardiac disease may remain asymptomatic despite severe pathology, particularly in pain patients receiving excellent analgesia from intrathecal delivery.
73y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, emphysema and per…
John William Chardon, a 73-year-old prisoner, died from coronary atherosclerosis with severe calcified atheroma causing >70% stenosis of coronary arteries. He presented with dizziness on 21 October 2…
50y · Male·coronary artery disease in the setting of double vessel coronary atherosclerotic…
…tly experienced a chest infection treated with antibiotics by his GP. On the morning of death, he reported severe chest symptoms to care workers, who noted cyanosis and chest pain before he collapsed. Ambulance officers …
98y · Female·Sepsis due to sacral pressure ulcer complicated by osteomyelitis against a backg…
…on strategies (including use of ineffective donut cushions), poor wound documentation, failure to recognise pain as a cause of behavioural refusal of care, and lack of clinical oversight. The wound deteriorated rapidly f…
51y · Male·multiple injuries sustained by a high velocity fall from a height
…ly trained and well-coordinated, with no systemic failures. The tragedy underscores risks when people with severe untreated mental illness, experiencing command hallucinations and delusional beliefs, become acutely suici…
33y · Male·Longstanding atheromatous coronary artery disease with severe stenosis and cardi…
…with cardiac hypertrophy. On presentation to the prison clinic with non-specific symptoms (headache, throat pain, arm and chest pain), chest pain was not clearly documented—he denied it when directly asked, reporting ins…
42y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and methylamphetamine intoxication
… performed CPR and administered emergency medications including adrenalin and amiodarone. Autopsy revealed severe coronary artery disease (95% stenosis of the left anterior descending artery), evidence of chronic intrave…
70y · Male·chronic obstructive lung disease with emphysema on a background of advanced vasc…
Raymond Abbott, a 70-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, vascular dementia, opioid addiction and alcohol abuse, died of …
71y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motorcycle crash
…n Thompson, aged 71, crashed his motorcycle on a rural road in Tasmania during torrential rain, sustaining severe injuries to his left leg and left hand. He was transported to Launceston General Hospital where he underwe…
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