110 results for “chronic alcohol dependence”
55y · Male·Septicaemia due to hydronephrosis and infection
… died of septicaemia from renal infection. He had a history of cardiac disease requiring anticoagulation, alcohol dependence, depression, and chronic hoarding behaviour. Despite repeated hospital admissions and professi…
Multiple: pneumonia with cardiomyopathy (Kugena female); septic shock from pneum…
…inquests into six Aboriginal deaths in Ceduna, South Australia between 2004-2009. All deceased had severe alcohol addiction and comorbidities including pneumonia, cardiomyopathy, liver disease, and seizures. Deaths resu…
37y · Male·Acute Aspiration Pneumonitis following on Quetiapine Ingestion
Paul John Long, a 37-year-old man with chronic schizoaffective disorder and alcohol dependence, died on 4 November 2002 from acute aspiration pneumoniti…
55y · Male·decompensated liver failure in a man with metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, w…
…th terminal palliative care. He had pre-existing cirrhosis diagnosed in 2012, likely from hepatitis C and chronic alcohol dependence. In October 2023, abdominal pain investigations revealed advanced hepatocellular carci…
46y · Female·Cardiac arrest of unknown origin
…ile detained under a Mandatory Residential Treatment (MRT) order at CAAAPU (Central Australian Aboriginal Alcohol Programmes Unit) in Alice Springs. She had a 47-year history of seizures related to chronic alcohol abuse…
45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and suppurative bronchitis complicating hypoxic brain damage
Ian McLeod, a 45-year-old lawyer with alcohol dependence and depression, died from hypoxic brain damage and bronchopneumonia following a hanging while …
50y · Male·mixed drug (oxycodone and methadone) and ethanol toxicity
…mpts and mental health issues following a 2012 motor vehicle accident (deliberate self-harm) resulting in chronic pain managed with opioids. On 22 April 2018, following a violent altercation with his wife, police attend…
32y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (methadone, oxycodone, desmethylvenlafaxine, quetiapine, ola…
…ith complex mental illness (bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder), chronic back pain, and substance dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity after commencing methadone maintenance…
33y · Male·toxic effects of oxycodone
…r the same indication due to addiction and adverse effect risks. The prescriber did not recognize opioid dependence development or exercise appropriate caution regarding long-term daily opioid use for a condition for whi…
46y · Female·Accidental mixed prescription drug toxicity (tramadol, amitriptyline, codeine, d…
…drug toxicity in December 2018. She had complex medical conditions including emphysema, fibromyalgia, and chronic pain, managed by her GP Dr Q. returning from Queensland, Dr Q resumed multiple sedating medications (tram…
56y · Female·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
…entation of discussions with vulnerable patients about substance access; risk assessment in patients with chronic suicidality and recent stressors; examination of medication compliance and side-effects in depression tre…
47y · Female·insulin overdose
…from insulin overdose in April 2007. She had a complex medical history including hepatitis C, depression, chronic back pain, epilepsy, and substance use issues. After an argument at home on 23 April, she was assessed at…
54y · Male·Extensive burns due to detonation of LPG gas cylinder
A 54-year-old man with chronic severe depression, grief from his wife's sudden death, severe debilitating skin condition, and alcohol de…
51y · Female·Cannot be determined; likely mixed drug (including alcohol) toxicity or undeterm…
… her supply), combined with her own prescribed oxycodone, gabapentin, chlorpromazine, lorazepam, and high alcohol levels. Clinical lessons include: (1) careful monitoring of patients prescribed multiple sedating substan…
Unknown·Sodium nitrite toxicity
…xicity: Laurence Cox (63) and his daughter Ryley Cox (32). Laurence had a history of depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and medical conditions including emphysema and legal blindness, and expressed suicidal ideation app…
23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in …
Jonas Jvirblis, a 23-year-old PhD student, died from combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in the setting of sarcoidosis. He had a long history of substance abuse and anxiety disord…
49y · Female·Unascertained; most likely cardiac abnormality
…December 2019. She presented to the ED intoxicated (BAC 0.159%) following breach of a PARC zero-tolerance alcohol policy, was assessed and medically cleared after 7.5 hours with improving Glasgow Coma Scale (13→15) and …
45y · Male·sepsis with infective endocarditis, right lobar pneumonia (with abscess formatio…
…man with severe disability (wheelchair-bound following burn injury), borderline personality disorder, and chronic medical conditions including ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and recent pneumonia died f…
50y · Male·unascertained
…ng rough for months. He had been discharged from hospital in December 2021 following treatment for severe alcohol withdrawal and seizures, sent to homelessness without adequate follow-up care. His cause of death remains…
31y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of a ruptured large fusiform…
A 31-year-old man with long-standing intravenous drug use and hepatitis C died in prison custody from a ruptured mycotic aneurysm causing subarachnoid hemorrhage. He collapsed in his cell after lock-down without prior wa…
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