145 results for “reflux disease”
81y · Female·ischaemic bowel
An 81-year-old woman with longstanding depression and multiple comorbidities fell and fractured her humerus in March 2009. During rehabilitation, she became increasingly depressed and self-neglectful, refusing food and c…
56y · Male·drowning
Glenn Thomas Wood, aged 56, drowned whilst fishing alone at night from a pontoon in winter conditions. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.188g/100mL, was not wearing a personal flotation device, and could not swim. He fel…
69y · Male·Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis
James Ronald Chi, aged 69, died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis at Broome Hospital. He was an involuntary mental health patient with …
0y · Female·Right ventricular failure secondary to pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal…
…as a seven-month-old infant who died from right ventricular failure secondary to complex congenital heart disease (pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries). She was …
47y · Female·acute subendocardial septal myocardial infarction complicating hypertension and …
A 47-year-old woman with hypertension, high cholesterol, and significant family history of early cardiac disease presented to a country hospital ED with acute crushing central chest pain (10/10), shortness of breath, a…
1y · Female·Pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure secondary to total anomalous pulm…
Mykayla Marshall, a 15-month-old child with complex congenital heart disease including total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, pulmonary vein stenosis, and septal defects, died at…
73y · Female·atherosclerotic and hypertensive coronary vascular disease
…ultant questioned the use of flecainide. Post-mortem examination revealed significant undiagnosed cardiac disease including left ventricular hypertrophy, cardiomegaly, and coronary artery stenosis. However, the coroner …
65y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage following a fall
Angelo Palma, a 65-year-old man with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, fell from bed early morning on 2 October 2015 after reporting feeling unwell and vomiting. He sustained a large left-sided a…
83y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage
Roger Rogerson, aged 83, died from intracranial haemorrhage due to cerebral amyloidosis while in custody at Long Bay Correctional Centre. He had been an inmate for nearly ten years. His condition deteriorated significant…
60y · Male·Coronary artery atherosclerosis
…t had no impact on this case. The death was natural and unavoidable given his uncontrolled cardiovascular disease.
76y · Male·Terminal pancreatic cancer
76-year-old Robert Leonard Morris died from terminal pancreatic cancer while serving a custodial sentence at Port Phillip Prison. He had been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic adenocarcinoma in December 2020 and comme…
83y · Male·General inanition and aspiration pneumonia on a background of end-stage Alzheime…
An 83-year-old man with end-stage Alzheimer's dementia died from general inanition and aspiration pneumonia while subject to a Mental Health Act order in hospital. He had experienced two episodes of aspiration pneumonia …
81y · Female·aspiration pneumonia on a background of severe dysphagia and right hemiplegia
An 81-year-old woman with severe dysphagia and right hemiplegia from previous stroke died of aspiration pneumonia after vomiting while sleeping following PEG feeding. She was subject to guardianship and detention under t…
44y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…e death reflects the tragic end-stage consequences of profound long-standing neurological and psychiatric disease with chronic aspiration risk.
45y · Male·multiple drug toxicity
Robert Maxfield, a 45-year-old inmate at Cooma Correctional Centre, died from multiple drug toxicity involving methadone and mirtazapine. He had a history of drug dependence and mental health conditions (schizophrenia, d…
87y · Female·Haemorrhage secondary to an ulcerated varicose vein
An 87-year-old woman died from haemorrhage secondary to an ulcerated varicose vein on her right leg. She had known venous insufficiency documented by duplex scan in November 2020, but no specific management plan for blee…
69y · Female·Metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma
Dianne Hobbs, a 69-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma. Advanced ovarian cancer was diagnosed in November 2022 following imaging and …
73y · Male·metastatic small cell lung cancer and sepsis
A 73-year-old man with metastatic small cell lung cancer and sepsis died in Royal Adelaide Hospital while in prison custody. He had been sentenced in May 2015 and received appropriate oncology care including chemotherapy…
65y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma caused by accidental falls
…l 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 subacute subdural haem…
92y · Female·Complications of congestive cardiac failure (palliated) in an elderly woman with…
This case involves an elderly woman with congestive cardiac failure, intellectual disability, and multiple comorbidities who died in a Department of Human Services residential care facility. In late September 2012, she d…
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes. Report an inaccuracy.