136 results for “recurrent aspiration”
62y · Female·Complications arising from elective laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure for recurr…
…s and gastroparesis, died from complications following an elective laparoscopic Hartmann's procedure for recurrent sigmoid volvulus and ileus. Post-operatively uncomplicated initially, she deteriorated on day 3 with sig…
6y · Male·respiratory failure due to pneumonia
…h multiple serious congenital conditions including cerebral palsy, epilepsy, severe developmental delay, aspiration syndrome, and microcephaly. He was in state care under a Protection Order. After admission with viral pn…
73y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating sigmoid volvulus in a man with Down syndrome
A 73-year-old man with Down syndrome and a history of dysphagia with recurrent aspiration pneumonia presented with drowsiness, shortness of breath, and was found to have sigmoid volvu…
55y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
…icallef, a 55-year-old man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy living in high care accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. He had longstanding dysphagia related to his cerebral palsy, which had caused multiple previo…
50y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to aspiration of PEG feeds
…t Burgess, a 50-year-old woman with acquired brain injury, epilepsy, and inability to swallow, died from aspiration pneumonia secondary to PEG feed aspiration. She had required PEG feeding since 2010 but developed recurr…
49y · Female·Aspiration Pneumonia and Dementia associated with Down Syndrome
Rosemary McGarrity, a 49-year-old woman with Down syndrome and dementia, died of aspiration pneumonia at a hospice. She had a long history of recurrent aspiration pneumonia requiring hospitalisati…
64y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia with cerebral palsy as a contributing factor
A 64-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, dysphagia, and recurrent respiratory infections died of aspiration pneumonia. He was receiving disability support services throug…
58y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia and end stage down syndrome
Robert Szlamowicz, a 58-year-old man with Down syndrome, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by end-stage Down syndrome. He had recurrent hospital admissions for functional de…
59y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia and urosepsis complicating Alzheimer's dementia in setting …
Michelle Anne Leiper, aged 59 with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia and urosepsis. She had significant dysphagia and was largely bedbound in her final years. Afte…
61y · Female·Complications of advanced relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (palliated)
…luding assistance with mobility, medication administration, and feeding. She had a documented history of recurrent aspiration pneumonia, a common complication in advanced MS. In September 2025, she presented to Austin H…
59y · Female·Diffuse hypoxic brain injury complicating aspiration of gastric contents during …
…an with Angelman syndrome, severe intellectual disability, kyphoscoliosis, and a history of epilepsy and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of gastric contents during a s…
53y · Female·Recurrent aspiration pneumonitis secondary to cerebrovascular accident and conge…
Sonya Marshman, a 53-year-old woman with cerebrovascular accident and congenital rubella, died from recurrent aspiration pneumonitis at her specialist disability accommodation residence. She declined in February 20…
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and L…
A 57-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome died from aspiration pneumonia following a short hospital admission. He had a history of recurrent aspiration pneumonia and w…
81y · Male·pneumonia
…r F. provided prompt assessment and arranged appropriate transfer to the emergency department. Given his recurrent aspiration pneumonia secondary to post-stroke swallowing difficulties, conservative management was recom…
34y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
…with cerebral palsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome living in specialist disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia. She had experienced progressive health deterioration over the preceding year with multiple ho…
11y · Female·pneumonia complicating cytomegalovirus embryopathy
… 21 months, receiving exceptional care including medical management of multiple complications (epilepsy, aspiration risk, spinal deformity, recurrent infections). By 2001, her condition deteriorated significantly with pr…
67y · Male·aspiration pneumonia with contributing chronic schizophrenia
Robert Nicholas Hocking, a 67-year-old man with treatment-resistant chronic schizophrenia, died from aspiration pneumonia during his final hospitalization at Royal Adelaide Hospital. He was a long-term inpatient at G…
59y · Female·Complications of a pseudo-obstruction on a background of previous anterior resec…
… distension, she underwent flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy with colostomy formation, and experienced aspiration pneumonia. Despite maximal medical management, she developed recurrent obstruction and transitioned to p…
46y · Male·Septic shock complicating pneumonia in the setting of spastic quadriplegia and e…
…d medical review when he presented with fever, increased coughing, and vomiting. His GP suspected severe aspiration pneumonia and arranged hospital transfer. At St Vincent's Hospital, he was found unresponsive and hypote…
39y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…Geelong Hospital on July 28, 2009. He developed acute respiratory failure and died on July 30, 2009 from aspiration pneumonia. The coroner found that his underlying health conditions and cascade of pneumonia episodes dir…
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