122 results for “ischaemic heart disease”
72y · Male·Complications of small bowel obstruction in a man with multiple medical co-morbi…
…rakis, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, recurrent DVT, cardiomegaly, COPD, ischaemic heart disease and hiatus hernia, presented to Austin Hospital with nausea, vomiting and decreased appeti…
68y · Male·Pneumonia due to bowel obstruction due to follicular lymphoma
Jock Allan Adams, a 68-year-old man imprisoned at Port Phillip Prison with a history of diabetes, schizophrenia, early dementia and follicular lymphoma (treated with chemotherapy), was admitted to St Vincent's Hospital o…
76y · Male·out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a man with coronary artery atherosclerosis and…
Graham John Butler, aged 76, was a sentenced prisoner at Acacia Prison who died from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by coronary artery atherosclerosis in the context of long-standing type 2 diabetes, hypertension,…
39y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy
…nsertion and could not be revived. The coroner concluded the death resulted from combined chronic cardiac disease and acute multi-organ failure, with nothing reasonably preventable and the same outcome likely regardless…
78y · Male·Acute pancreatitis
A 78-year-old man with a long history of mental illness and multiple chronic physical conditions died from acute pancreatitis on 12 May 2025, nine days after presenting with nausea and vomiting at Thomas Embling Hospital…
72y · Male·acute gangrene of colon with probable perforation along with bowel obstruction a…
Giovanni Bertoncini, a 72-year-old man with diabetes and cardiac disease, presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on Christmas Day 2002 with acute abdominal pain and vomiting.…
79y · Male·myocardial infarction
A 79-year-old man with significant comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease) was admitted to hospital with anorexia and weight …
45y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxia following cardio-respiratory collapse due to anaphylaxis…
A 45-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, and recurrent lower limb infections died from anaphylaxis to intravenously administered f…
85y · Male·cerebellar haemorrhage due to hypertension
…d around 8pm; a doctor prescribed an antiemetic by telephone. He was found unresponsive at 10:45pm with no heartbeat. A post-mortem revealed acute intracranial haemorrhage in the left cerebellum with hydrocephalus. The …
75y · Male·Metastatic prostatic carcinoma
…tatic prostate cancer while in prison custody. Diagnosed with cancer in 2012, he also had haemophilia A, ischaemic heart disease, and prior cerebrovascular accidents. By 2016, he required full-time palliative care. Desp…
75y · Male·acute bronchopneumonia in a man with comorbidities
…ute bronchopneumonia with comorbidities. Mr Rice had extensive medical complexity including COPD, cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes. He was appropriately placed on the terminally ill register an…
79y · Female·multi-organ failure as a result of ischaemic and valvular heart disease with uri…
Janet Ann Cook, aged 79, died of multi-organ failure complicated by hydromorphone toxicity on 30 September 2015. She was mistakenly administered 16mg hydromorphone intended for another patient (room 28 vs room 26) on 21 …
63y · Male·cancer in the left lung metastatic to the heart, right lung, liver, pancreas and…
Victor Albert Campbell, a 63-year-old man remanded in custody for serious criminal offences, was incarcerated at Alice Springs Correctional Centre on 10 April 2013. He was assessed by medical staff and seen by a doctor p…
65y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma caused by accidental falls
…chronic subdural haematoma following an unwitnessed fall in hospital. He had metastatic prostate cancer, ischaemic heart disease, and diabetes. On admission for chest sepsis, a CT brain identified a pre-existing subacut…
67y · Male·metastatic prostate cancer
Ian McAuliffe, a 67-year-old man serving a custodial sentence, died from metastatic prostate cancer. The case examined whether his cancer treatment as a prisoner was adequate compared to community care. His oncologist Dr…
75y · Male·pneumonia and head injury from fall
Peter Harris, aged 75, was admitted with behavioural disturbance and hyponatraemia (low serum sodium of 124 mmol/L). Initial clinical assessment did not identify falls risk. After 4 days, he fell backwards suddenly while…
48y · Male·metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma, treated palliatively
Lindsay Woods, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, organic psychosis, and ischaemic heart disease, died from metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma. He was subject to a custody ord…
73y · Male·multisystem organ failure in the context of trauma and limb fracture
A 73-year-old Indigenous man with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, obesity, sleep apnoea, ischaemic heart disease) sustained a right ankle fracture following collision with a motor vehicle while riding a …
76y · Male·exsanguination secondary to pulmonary aortic fistula and thoracic aorta aneurysm…
Allan Phipps was a 76-year-old man with a known thoracic aortic aneurysm and severe depression admitted to Austin Hospital in October 2012 for unstable angina and depression management. His aneurysm, discovered in March …
72y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage in a man with coronary arteriosclerosis
Ilija Kocovski, a 72-year-old man with a history of ischaemic heart disease, presented to Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department on 22 October 2000 with chest pain…
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