74 results for “hyperlipidaemia”
50y · Male·Mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (clozapine, paracetamol, caffeine); cardiac hype…
A 50-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder died from mixed alcohol and drug toxicity (clozapine, paracetamol, caffeine) combined with cardiac hypertrophy. He ceased his antipsychotic medication o…
54y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary artery atherosclerosis and aneurys…
Harry Barkas, a 54-year-old prisoner with longstanding type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol, collapsed in a prison bathroom. Autopsy revealed severe coronary artery atherosclerosis with dissecting aneurysm…
90y · Female·Complications of a right fractured neck of femur (operated) sustained in a fall …
A 90-year-old woman with dementia sustained a fractured neck of femur after being nudged by another aggressive dementia-affected resident in an aged care facility, resulting in a fall. Despite appropriate initial managem…
75y · Male·ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
A 75-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes, and smoking history presented to a regional emergency department with right lower quadrant abdominal pain, back pain, groin pain, nausea, and vomiting. He was diagnosed with…
78y · Male·Not determined - no remains found, no postmortem examination possible
Luis Fernandez, 78, was reported missing on 1 January 2019 after last being seen on 28 December 2018 near Glenfield station. The coroner found he is now deceased but cannot determine the place, cause, or manner of death …
45y · Male·Complications of heat stroke in a man with schizophrenia
Christopher Dokos, a 45-year-old man with schizophrenia on Clozapine treatment, died during the extraordinary January 2014 Victorian heatwave. He had multiple heat-vulnerability risk factors: mental illness, antipsychoti…
71y · Male·Acute myeloid leukaemia due to transformation from chronic myelomonocytic leukae…
Peter Timms, a 71-year-old prisoner with multiple comorbidities, died from acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) transformed from chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia. He made over 40 health service requests while incarcerated, incl…
47y · Female·risperidone toxicity
Rosa Sinapi, a 47-year-old woman with delusional disorder, died from risperidone toxicity after ingesting an overdose of her antipsychotic medication. She had self-escalated her risperidone dose from 3mg to 6mg daily wit…
48y · Male·Cardiomegaly and fatty liver in a man with alcohol intoxication
Steven Karastavrou, a 48-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia, poly-substance abuse (alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines), hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes, died suddenly at home from cardiomegaly and fatty l…
57y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained by being struck by a freight train
A 57-year-old man with 28-year history of treatment-resistant schizophrenia died by suicide when he absconded from an acute psychiatric unit and stepped in front of a train. Despite comprehensive psychiatric management i…
60y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head (self-inflicted)
Nicky Kudrin, a 60-year-old man, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on 7 July 2021 during a police operation. He attended his ex-wife's home, assaulted her, displayed a homemade firearm, and made threat…
52y · Female·Spinal injuries sustained in falls in a woman with multiple medical comorbiditie…
Caroline Monique Hall, a 52-year-old woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and multiple comorbidities living in supported disability accommodation, died from spinal injuries sustained in falls. She…
67y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease; coronary artery atherosclerosis (stented)
A 67-year-old man with extensive cardiac history presented to the ED with recurrent ischaemic-sounding chest pain. Despite multiple episodes of chest pain during admission, initial ECGs and troponins were normal. Followi…
71y · Male·cardiac arrest due to hyperkalemia due to acute on chronic renal failure, with r…
John Bell, a 71-year-old man with history of bowel cancer, ischaemic heart disease, and chronic renal failure, underwent elective ileostomy reversal surgery. He died from cardiac arrest due to hyperkalemia and metabolic …
41y · Male·Myocardial infarction secondary to coronary atherosclerosis, resulting in sudden…
A 41-year-old man with multiple cardiac risk factors (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea, family history) presented with chest pain and was diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome. Coronary an…
59y · Male·idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (probably alcohol related)
A 59-year-old Aboriginal man died of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in a Darwin police watch house following arrest for the minor offence of drinking in a designated public place. He had severe, documented cardiac dis…
87y · Female·Pulmonary artery rupture complicating pulmonary artery catheter insertion in a w…
Mrs Jones, an 87-year-old woman with severe ischaemic heart disease, died from pulmonary artery rupture during elective off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. A Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) was inserted pr…
57y · Male·Neck compression and hanging
A 57-year-old man with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder died by hanging in prison on 4 August 2024. He had been receiving antipsychotic treatment via injection (paliperidone) but ceased antipsychotic medication…
47y · Female·acute subendocardial septal myocardial infarction complicating hypertension and …
A 47-year-old woman with hypertension, high cholesterol, and significant family history of early cardiac disease presented to a country hospital ED with acute crushing central chest pain (10/10), shortness of breath, and…
65y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease on a background of hypertension
John Kennedy, 65, died from ischaemic heart disease with hypertension on 16 April 2020 after a 24-minute delay in ambulance dispatch. He called triple zero at 00:19 with severe chest pain and difficulty breathing (Priori…
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