49 results for “withdrawal syndrome”
36y · Female·Complications of pneumonia and pulmonary emphysema with bullae formation; respir…
…suscitation (patient encouraged to refuse); misinterpretation of respiratory distress as anxiety/alcohol withdrawal; sparse overnight vital sign monitoring despite clinical deterioration; and inadequate resuscitation wit…
54y · Male·incised wound to the neck
…cated or accessed by prison staff; (5) unmanaged chronic pain from untreated shoulder injury and alcohol withdrawal contributed to distress. The coroner found the hospital's EEO assessment appropriate but criticised lack…
27y · Male·effects of fire
Sam Lynch, aged 27, died from effects of fire while in remand at Hakea Prison on 5 March 2024. Following a dispute over undelivered canteen items, Sam set his mattress ablaze with a lighter. The response was catastrophic…
37y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia as a result of melioidosis infection
Kevin Fogarty, a 37-year-old power lineman, died from melioidosis-related community-acquired pneumonia at Winton Hospital after a 4-day admission. He likely contracted melioidosis through occupational exposure to mud dur…
30y · Male·Acute Cardiac Dysrhythmia of Uncertain Aetiology
…are was transferred to an intensive psychiatric acute care unit with enhanced nursing supervision. After withdrawal of anti-psychotic medications and treatment with electro-convulsive therapy on 9 March, he showed initia…
42y · Female·Haemothorax and pneumonia in the setting of acute and chronic chest injuries and…
Narelle Simmons, 42, died from haemothorax and pneumonia secondary to rib fractures, with contributing factors of hepatic cirrhosis, chronic alcoholism, and multiple drugs (methadone, methylamphetamine, diazepam, sertral…
56y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to left calf deep vein thrombosis
A 56-year-old woman with bipolar disorder died from pulmonary thromboembolism due to left calf deep vein thrombosis while detained under the Mental Health Act in hospital. She presented with seizures and underwent wrist …
34y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following seizure with concomitant global severe anoxic enc…
Kenneth Strangways, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man with post-traumatic epilepsy, organic brain damage from head injuries, alcoholism and psychiatric illness, died from aspiration pneumonia following a seizure. The death wa…
51y · Male·hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to hanging
Darren Brandon died by hanging in prison on 10 June 2018, two days after arriving at Melbourne Assessment Prison. He was a 51-year-old man with acquired brain injury from a 2003 motorcycle accident, depression, and histo…
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