122 results for “severe dysphagia”
59y · Female·complications of abscesses following dental extraction, in a woman with cerebral…
Angela Cuthbert, a 59-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy and dysphagia, died from complications of abscesses following extraction of all 14 teeth un…
49y · Female·Aspiration Pneumonia and Dementia associated with Down Syndrome
…her care and management were reasonable and appropriate. This case highlights the challenges of managing dysphagia and aspiration risk in patients with severe cognitive impairment and multiple comorbidities. Preventive …
46y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating epistaxis in the setting of prolonged nasal pr…
Hau Bui Nguyen, a 46-year-old man with severe acquired brain injury, dysphagia, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from aspiration pneumonia compl…
52y · Male·perforation of a hollow viscus complicating oesophageal cancer in a man with cer…
Adam Barry, a 52-year-old man with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and epilepsy, was diagnosed with metastatic oesophageal cancer in February 2024 after presenting to hos…
63y · Female·Acute on chronic lung disease in the setting of multiple comorbidities including…
Tammie Lou Arnel, aged 63, lived in Specialist Disability Accommodation with severe neurological and chronic medical conditions including cerebral palsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, West syndro…
51y · Female·Aspiration in the setting of end stage down syndrome
Catherine Ann Collier, a 51-year-old woman with Down syndrome, end-stage hydrocephalus, and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia following a choking episode while eating. The Disability Service…
53y · Female·Natural causes unascertained
Yvonne Dekkers, a 53-year-old woman with Down syndrome, advanced dementia, congestive cardiac failure, and severe dysphagia, died in hospital from unascertained natural causes. She had experienced progressive deteriorati…
52y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with end stage Huntington's disease
…ical lessons include: ensuring timely escalation of respiratory deterioration in high-risk patients with dysphagia; considering early hospital admission when oxygen saturation is borderline despite remote review; and ma…
64y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with dysphagia and acquired brain injury
John Gale, a 64-year-old man with acquired brain injury and severe intellectual disability living in state care, died from aspiration pneumonia following a fall and pneumoni…
81y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in an elderly lady
An 81-year-old woman with intellectual disability, phenylketonuria, and severe dysphagia died from aspiration pneumonia following repeated admissions for the same condition. She had bee…
63y · Male·respiratory arrest caused by bronchopneumonia secondary to swallowing problems c…
…occa, aged 63, died of respiratory arrest caused by bronchopneumonia secondary to swallowing problems from severe dementia. He was an inpatient in a mental health facility under a detention order. The coroner found no qu…
83y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
An 83-year-old man with stroke, dementia, dysphagia, and multiple comorbidities developed aspiration pneumonia while in aged care. On 1 May 2008, he present…
40y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
Jeffrey McCarty, a 40-year-old man with cerebral palsy, severe intellectual disability, dysphagia and recurrent aspiration pneumonia, died from aspiration pneumonia afte…
45y · Male·Aspiration of food bolus, with cerebral palsy as contributing factor
Stuart Wills, a 45-year-old man with cerebral palsy and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration of a food bolus while receiving meal assistance at a supported accommodati…
57y · Male·aspiration pneumonia in an intellectually disabled man
Stewart Padgham, a 57-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, and multiple comorbidities, died from aspiration pneumonia. He presente…
56y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia, complicated by myocardial infarction and right heart failu…
…death was from natural causes. The case highlights challenges in managing aspiration risk in patients with severe intellectual disability and dysphagia.
51y · Female·Chest sepsis in the setting of recurrent aspiration pneumonia, cerebral palsy, L…
Danielle Noonan, aged 51, died from chest sepsis secondary to recurrent aspiration pneumonia. She had severe disability including cerebral palsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, spastic quadriplegia, and intellectual disab…
83y · Male·inanition with lobar pneumonia
An 83-year-old man with organic brain syndrome and severe malnutrition was detained under the Mental Health Act after being found in severe self-neglect. He was adm…
71y · Female·Complications of cerebral palsy
…m complications of cerebral palsy at Wantirna Hospital following a palliative care pathway initiated after severe dysphagia developed during a hospital admission. The Disability Services Commissioner investigation identi…
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and L…
…able factors and confirmed death from natural causes. The case highlights the vulnerability of people with severe disability living in supported accommodation and the importance of advance care planning in this populatio…
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