181 results for “poor medication compliance”
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to self-inflicted multiple stab and incised wounds
…smania. He had a long history of psychosis and depression dating from age 14, treated with antipsychotic medication with variable compliance. In the weeks before death, he experienced escalating paranoia and delusional i…
80y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of deep leg vein thrombosis; squamous c…
…om pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to bilateral deep vein thrombosis. She was admitted to hospital with poor oral intake, dehydration, and acute kidney injury following chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Critical risk fa…
58y · Female·Unascertained
…tive disorder, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety, managed with antipsychotic and mood-stabilising medications, though she had poor medication compliance. She had previously wandered considerable distances during m…
Male·RP: fatal pressure to the neck; DJ: neck compression
… DJ died in 2012 from injuries inflicted by cellmate BB, who was treatment-resistant, non-compliant with medication, and acutely psychotic. Both deaths were preventable through better mental health screening, risk assess…
30y · Male·unknown - no postmortem examination performed
… in December 1994 and discharged January 1995 with documented suicidal ideation. He subsequently stopped medication against medical advice, deteriorated significantly with paranoid delusions and self-neglect, yet psychia…
41y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging
…ng detention order. He had a 20-year history of schizoaffective disorder requiring ongoing antipsychotic medication and community treatment orders. Despite being subject to a community treatment order requiring fortnight…
44y · Male·Unascertained; presumed exposure
…g, Western Australia on 28 January 2018. He had been drinking alcohol and was not carrying his essential medications (warfarin and levetiracetam). Medical staff had advised he was at high risk of seizures and stroke with…
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (gabapentin, codeine, diazepam, oxycodone, doxylamine, prome…
…ting doses of opioids, benzodiazepines, and other drugs of dependence without therapeutic justification. Medications were prescribed to facilitate sexual acts, in response to non-clinical requests via personal messages, …
51y · Male·Blunt head injury sustained in the circumstances of a seizure
John Jansen, a 51-year-old man with poorly controlled epilepsy and chronic alcoholism, died from blunt head injury sustained during a seizure in his…
27y · Male·hanging
… hospitalization in December 2008 and managed by an outpatient team. The coroner found his care hindered by poor engagement and reduced monitoring. Although Mr Alieff received his depot medication regularly and showed no…
20y · Unknown·Traumatic brain damage complicating gunshot wound to the head
…and his girlfriend Cheree Dinsdale. Klingner had paranoid schizophrenia with antisocial personality traits, poor medication compliance, amphetamine abuse, and morbid jealousy directed at Ms Dinsdale. Despite intensive me…
36y · Female·Effects of fire (schizophrenic psychotic episode); for children: effects of fire…
…rimary care—must be systematically addressed. The case illustrates how disconnection from medical services, poor medication compliance, and lack of safety planning can lead to catastrophic outcomes.
31y · Male·Hanging
…July 2018 given his limited engagement with assessors, active psychosis, repeated self-harm attempts and medication non-compliance. He was not reviewed between 2-7 July despite the psychiatrist's plan for follow-up withi…
44y · Male·unascertained - may have been injury from fall, drowning, or predation from mari…
…relevant to safety, (3) recognising decompensation in patients with psychotic illness, particularly when medication compliance is uncertain, and (4) ensuring crew awareness of mental health support resources and escalati…
46y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiorespiratory arrest in the se…
…atory arrest during the November 21, 2016 Thunderstorm Asthma event in Melbourne. She had known asthma with poor medication compliance, was highly sensitized to rye grass pollen, and had hay fever. She called 000 at 6:42…
70y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia, associated with Huntington's disease
… respite stay at a BUPA aged care facility. Critical failures included: omission of essential clonazepam medication from dispensing lists due to GP record-keeping errors, inadequate recognition of benzodiazepine withdraw…
35y · Male·Hanging
…linicians' failure to use least restrictive environment principles while maintaining involuntary detention, poor inter-service communication, and absence of clear follow-up protocols directly contributed to a preventable…
34y · Male·coronary atherosclerosis (heart attack)
…ry atherosclerosis while in custody. He had type 2 diabetes diagnosed in 2007 but was non-compliant with medications and lifestyle modifications. Upon reception to prison, he was appropriately screened, found to have ele…
50y · Male·ischaemic heart disease
Paul Reid, a 50-year-old Aboriginal man with severe ischaemic heart disease and poor medication compliance, died of a cardiac arrhythmia during his arrest by South Australian Police. He was hi…
Unknown·Multiple: Olanzapine toxicity, pulmonary thromboembolism, asphyxiation on food, …
…rrickville, between June 2009 and August 2010. All residents had schizophrenia on multiple antipsychotic medications and severe, untreated physical comorbidities (cardiac disease, COPD, obesity). The coroner found preven…
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