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624 results for pulmonary disease

VIChospital2023-03-10

Finding into death of Armin Andrew Schaefer

63y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and pneumonia complicating cardiac arrest in a ma…

Armin Schaefer, a 63-year-old man with schizophrenia, cardiac risk factors, and emphysema, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury and pneumonia following cardiac arrest on a psychiatric unit. He presented to ED on 15 A…

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WAhospital2024-11-13

Inquest into the death of Chloe Grace Tupper

31y · Female·organ failure due to anorexia nervosa

Chloe Tupper died of organ failure due to severe anorexia nervosa at age 31. She had suffered from this illness for 17 years since age 14, receiving multiple episodes of hospital-based refeeding that never achieved lasti…

psychiatrypaediatricssystemcommunicationmirtazapine
SAhospital2018-10-10

Coroner's Finding: ATKINS Stephen Robert

53y · Male·fentanyl and oxycodone toxicity

Stephen Robert Atkins, 53, died from fentanyl and oxycodone toxicity after admission to Flinders Medical Centre for investigation of Horner's syndrome and radiculopathy. Over three days, escalating opioid doses were pres…

neurologyemergency medicinediagnosticmedicationfentanyl
QLDhospital2017-09-20

Mrs R-W - Non-inquest findings

83y · Female·Hyponatraemic encephalopathy due to adverse effects of citaprolam and duloxetine…

An 83-year-old woman with pre-existing SIADH-related chronic hyponatraemia died from hyponatraemic encephalopathy following antidepressant therapy. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) the importance of accessing prior…

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