52 results for “drug toxicity (paracetamol and codeine overdose)”
27y · Female·opiate toxicity (fentanyl)
Hayley Fisher, a 27-year-old midwife at King Edward Memorial Hospital, died from accidental opiate toxicity after injecting a fatal quantity of fentanyl she obtained from a patient-controlled analgesia device. She…
22y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (tapentadol, clonazepam, citalopram, amphetamine, olanzapine…
… O'Brien, a 22-year-old with acquired brain injury from a childhood motor vehicle accident, died from mixed drug toxicity involving eight substances including prescribed opioids, benzodiazepines, and unprescribed ketamin…
27y · Male·combined drug toxicity (U-47700 and etizolam)
Mark Sach, aged 27, died from combined drug toxicity involving U-47700 (a synthetic opioid 7.5 times more potent than morphine) and etizolam (a benzodi…
2y · Male·morphine toxicity
A 2-year-old boy died from morphine toxicity approximately 35 hours after suspected ingestion of up to 7 Kapanol (slow-release morphine) capsules acce…
26y · Female·morphine toxicity complicated terminally by bronchopneumonia
A 26-year-old woman with chronic migraines and depression died from morphine toxicity complicated by aspiration pneumonia. She had a documented history of…
35y · Male·Fentanyl toxicity
David Veech, aged 35, died of accidental Fentanyl toxicity while residing at Tarlo Intensive Residential Support Service. He extracted Fentanyl from prescribed tran…
61y · Female·Multiple drug (tapentadol, morphine, diazepam, citalopram) intoxication
Margaret Cahill, a 61-year-old nurse assistant, died from multiple drug intoxication after a GP administered 60mg intramuscular morphine without knowing she had consumed tapentado…
34y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (propofol, sevoflurane and others)
A 34-year-old anaesthetist at Royal Melbourne Hospital died from combined drug toxicity involving propofol and sevoflurane—anaesthetic agents she accessed from unlocked theatre trolleys …
45y · Female·Pethidine toxicity
Maree Arthur died from pethidine toxicity at home on 2 February 2008, aged 45. She had complex chronic pain from previous surgeries and motor vehic…
3y · Female·tramadol toxicity
A 3-year-old girl in state care died from tramadol toxicity after accessing prescribed opioid medication left unsecured in her carer's bedroom. The child was removed…
28y · Female·bronchopneumonia complicating oxycodone toxicity
…8 with severe anorexia nervosa (BMI 11.8, weight 29kg), died from bronchopneumonia complicating oxycodone toxicity. A locum doctor with no prior experience with oxycodone prescribed inappropriate high-dose oxycontin (80m…
62y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury complicating mixed drug toxicity
… a suspected overdose of prescription medications on 5 September in the context of severe marital breakdown and a prior serious suicide attempt in July. The coroner found her suicide risk was assessed as moderate and sh…
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