62 results for “ischaemic heart disease”
84y · Male·respiratory failure due to hospital-acquired pneumonia
…. The coroner found his death resulted from the natural progression of multiple comorbidities (diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, dementia) complicated by hospitalisation. While the hosp…
78y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating advanced multifactorial dementia
…a 78-year-old man with advanced dementia (primarily alcohol-related), chronic alcoholism, emphysema, and ischaemic heart disease, died of aspiration pneumonia at the Roy Fagan Centre. He vomited after his evening meal o…
65y · Male·Multi-organ failure in a man with an ischaemic right leg treated with opioids
…ple chronic conditions (COPD, cardiac failure, diabetes, obesity) was admitted with pneumonia and severe ischaemic right leg pain. Opioid analgesia for the leg pain precipitated delirium, requiring Mental Health Act det…
75y · Male·acute bronchopneumonia in a man with comorbidities
…ute bronchopneumonia with comorbidities. Mr Rice had extensive medical complexity including COPD, cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes. He was appropriately placed on the terminally ill register an…
84y · Male·Pneumonia complicating fractured cervical spine in the setting of fall
An 84-year-old man died from pneumonia and Type 2 respiratory failure nine days after sustaining a severe cervical spine fracture from a fall on a bus. Following the acute traumatic injury, he was appropriately managed i…
71y · Female·Diffuse Lymphoid Malignancy
…igh-grade lymphoma) discovered shortly before her death. She had extensive comorbidities including chronic heart failure, renal impairment, diabetes, and COPD. While receiving medical care both in custody and at St Vinc…
78y · Male·cardiomegaly with left ventricular hypertrophy and atherosclerotic cardiovascula…
…n on 20 April 2014 from cardiomegaly with left ventricular hypertrophy and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with contributing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He had significant cardiac history including pr…
77y · Male·early pneumonia in an elderly man receiving terminal palliative medical care for…
…are for an atypical brain meningioma. He had complex chronic conditions including COPD, prostate cancer, ischaemic heart disease, and diabetes. The coroner found his medical care was excellent overall, with conditions g…
Three separate cases: (1) Ronald Grundy - advanced atherosclerotic coronary vasc…
… in Tasmania between 2016 and 2017. Ronald Grundy (80) died of advanced atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease while hospitalised with pneumonia and gastroenteritis; his treatment was adequate and appropriate. Aaron …
77y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating retropharyngeal plasmacytoma, cervical myelopa…
…oughout, with no evidence that any action could have altered the outcome. The death resulted from natural disease progression in an elderly, frail man with multiple comorbidities.
63y · Male·Complications of disseminated tumour (primary site unknown)
Terence Joseph Roadley, aged 63, died from complications of disseminated carcinoma with unknown primary site in a palliative care setting. He had intellectual disability and was under state care via a Supervised Treatmen…
58y · Male·Respiratory failure due to or as a consequence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary …
Geoffrey Hornby, a 58-year-old prisoner with significant COPD, ischemic heart disease, and multiple comorbidities, died from respiratory failure secondary to COPD. He was admitted to h…
52y · Male·Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Neville Towner, a 52-year-old man serving a life sentence, died from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to severe community-acquired pneumonia. He presented to hospital on 15 June 2018 with respiratory …
88y · Female·combined effects of an overdose of hydromorphone and complications of pneumonia …
An 88-year-old woman with chronic lung disease, heart disease, and recent pneumonia following faecal transplant for clostridium difficile colitis was pr…
68y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Maris Kugis, a 68-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, personality disorders, and multiple serious physical conditions including COPD, ankylosing spondylitis, and undiagnosed pancreatic adenocarcinoma, died from bron…
76y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis in the context of obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea, an…
… with significant comorbidities including severe obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity, aortic stenosis, and ischaemic heart disease died from acute coronary atherosclerosis 36 hours after elective sacroiliac arthrodesis. C…
56y · Male·acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (bronchial asthma) i…
… died in custody at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital from acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (asthma). He was a remand prisoner at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison with poorly controlled asthma co…
75y · Male·Right haemothorax complicating intercostal catheter insertion for the treatment …
Giuseppe Costa, 75, died from right haemothorax following intercostal catheter insertion for pleural effusion drainage. Critical failures in clinical management included: inadequate documentation of pleural fluid drainag…
52y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver) in a man with a…
A 52-year-old man with epilepsy died in a motor vehicle collision when his car struck a parked truck at high speed with no evidence of braking. Witness accounts and collision reconstruction suggested he experienced a sei…
73y · Male·Disseminated malignancy (advanced lung carcinoma and mouth carcinoma) in a man w…
Robert Craig, aged 73, died from disseminated malignancy (advanced lung and mouth carcinoma) while in prison custody. He received suboptimal cancer treatment at Fiona Stanley Hospital due to communication failures betwee…
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