604 results for “substance use disorder”
Unknown·Troy Monson: asphyxia due to partially suspended hanging using seatbelt; Robin M…
This inquest examined three deaths in Tasmanian custody: Troy Monson (asphyxiation in prison van during transport in June 2015), Robin Michael (hanging in prison cell June 2015), and Scott Mitchell (cardiac arrhythmia fr…
28y · Female·bronchopneumonia complicating oxycodone toxicity
Melissa Jay Tatchell, aged 28 with severe anorexia nervosa (BMI 11.8, weight 29kg), died from bronchopneumonia complicating oxycodone toxicity. A locum doctor with no prior experience with oxycodone prescribed inappropri…
30y · Male·Malignant ventricular arrhythmia without myocardial infarction, precipitated by …
…ncounter after absconding from hospital. Contributing factors included positional asphyxia, exertion, taser use (deployed three times), and his underlying heart disease. Critical failures included: no ambulance called e…
41y · Male·Cardiomegaly in a man with WHO Class III obesity
…incarceration, with rapid initial weight gain from 82kg to 175kg. While obesity itself was not the direct cause, it created conditions predisposing him to fatal cardiac arrhythmia. Clinical care in the days before death…
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