71 results for “toxicology examination”
39y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision
A 39-year-old man fasting during Ramadan died in a motor vehicle collision after his vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic on a rural road. The coroner found no evidence of mechanical failure, alcohol, drugs, or delibera…
28y · Male·Acute Dopamine Imbalance Syndrome
A 28-year-old man with first-episode psychosis presented with command auditory hallucinations after a motor vehicle accident. An EEG ordered to exclude organic causes showed very abnormal findings suggestive of partial s…
53y · Female·cardiorespiratory arrest in a person with blunt force head injury, end-stage liv…
…ce without documented injury assessment. Clinical lessons include: failure to perform thorough physical examination despite concerning presentation; inadequate recognition that slurred speech and poor responsiveness in …
0y · Unknown·Unascertained
…thweight, co-sleeping arrangements, soft bedding, and prenatal and postnatal smoke exposure. Post-mortem toxicology revealed exposure to multiple illicit drugs (MDMA, methamphetamine, cannabis, tramadol) but no evidence …
24y · Female·Shotgun injury to the head
…Detectives prematurely concluded suicide on the night of death without thorough investigation, forensic examination, or interviewing family members. Scene contamination and body movement occurred before police photograp…
21y · Male·Cause of death unascertained but not from natural causes; injuries inflicted by …
Connor Tolson, 21, was found deceased in his bungalow after a fire in September 2015. Autopsy revealed injuries consistent with blunt force trauma to the neck, occurring before the fire, with an unascertained cause of de…
0y · Female·Unascertained
…ter being placed to sleep in a Fisher Price rocker at an unapproved home childcare service. Post-mortem examination including neuropathology, toxicology, biochemistry, microbiology and metabolic screening revealed no de…
86y · Female·Unable to be determined
An 86-year-old woman resident in aged care died with toxicology revealing a potentially fatal concentration of sertraline (1.7mg/kg, with metabolite at 2.3mg/kg; fatal …
20y · Male·Undetermined - evidence does not support a finding as to cause of death
…tement to police indicating where Leveson's body was buried in Royal National Park, Waterfall. Forensic examination of Leveson's remains could not determine cause of death—no clear anatomical injury was found, and toxic…
53y · Female·Unascertained
… tea, became unable to walk, reported breathing difficulties, and went into cardiac arrest. Post-mortem examination was inconclusive; the cause of death remains unascertained. However, her clinical presentation—inabilit…
7y · Female·Pneumonia complicating a viral respiratory illness with acute combined drug effe…
…dications. At the time of death, she was in departmental care with supervised access to her mother Ms A. Toxicology revealed high codeine and morphine levels, despite Child ML not being prescribed codeine. No evidence id…
24y · Male·Complications of Brown Snake Bite
Brent Crough, a 24-year-old man, died from complications of brown snake bite in hospital. He was bitten on his right finger while separating the snake from his dog and was transported to Tamworth Base Hospital. Despite a…
25y · Female·Undetermined. Coroner stated 'the evidence adduced does not enable me to determi…
…isoriented, withdrawn, and unsteady on 16 April, consistent with intoxication; cannabis was confirmed by toxicology, while alcohol and LSD (both reportedly consumed) were not detected post-mortem. Post-mortem examination…
31y · Male·accidental overdose of fentanyl
Micheal Blutcher, aged 31, died from accidental fentanyl overdose in custody at Capricornia Correctional Centre Farm after injecting fentanyl extracted from a transdermal patch. The fentanyl was smuggled into the low-sec…
40y · Female·Complications of WHO Class III Obesity
Cindy Jane Martin, a 40-year-old Aboriginal woman with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, WHO Class III obesity, and obstructive sleep apnoea, died of sudden cardiac complications seven days after psychiatric admission. …
34y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
…in, PTSD, anxiety and substance abuse history, died from mixed drug toxicity on 7 July 2018. Post-mortem toxicology revealed elevated pregabalin (51 mg/L), morphine, diazepam, doxylamine and other CNS depressants. Despit…
30y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
…his afternoon medications on 9 April 2020 and was found unresponsive the following morning. Post-mortem examination and toxicology revealed subtherapeutic anticonvulsant levels, with the cause of death determined as sud…
35y · Male·Multiple organ failure—cause not determined to requisite standard
Robert John Ryan, a 35-year-old senior stockman, collapsed suddenly on 7 January 2015 at a farm gate near his workplace at Malahide in Tasmania, while driving his work utility during a normal workday. He presented with s…
38y · Male·mixed drug toxicity and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
Shane Andrew Kromwyk, aged 38, died at home on 14 March 2009 while on home detention bail. Post-mortem examination revealed mixed drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, alprazolam) combined with pre-existing arrhythmogeni…
26y · Male·Restraint asphyxia compounded by the effects of amphetamine abuse and extreme ex…
Michael Eddy, a 26-year-old amphetamine user with a criminal history, died from restraint asphyxia compounded by amphetamine effects and extreme exertion during police arrest. Police pursued him for dangerous driving, lo…
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