846 results for “substance use”
17y · Female·Combined Drug Toxicity (heroin, alprazolam and diazepam)
A 17-year-old female with complex mental health and substance use disorders died from combined drug toxicity (heroin, alprazolam, and diazepam) following release from…
34y · Female·Unascertained (possibilities: positional asphyxia, drowning, neck compression, d…
Valmai Jane Birch, a 34-year-old woman with a history of drug use, died between 9-21 March 2011 in circumstances that constituted homicide by her partner David Bagster. Her …
38y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest caused by mixed…
…t, after she had difficulty self-injecting due to poor venous access. She had longstanding intravenous drug use and depression. Clinically, this case highlights: (1) the vulnerability of patients with difficult venous a…
49y · Female·Unascertained; most likely cardiac abnormality
Jennifer Gebert, a 49-year-old with long-standing mental illness and substance use disorder, died unexpectedly in an acute psychiatric unit on 6 December 2019. She presented to the ED…
0y · Female·Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Category 2)
…ttress on the lounge room floor between her parents, who were also sleeping on the mattress. The father had used cannabis and a small amount of Xanax the previous evening. At autopsy, the infant had evidence of myocardi…
42y · Female·Haemothorax and pneumonia in the setting of acute and chronic chest injuries and…
…mate partner Craig Jennion between 10-19 October 2021. Clinical lessons: victims of family violence with substance use disorders are at heightened risk of femicide and may present with injuries initially misattributed t…
23y · Male·combined drug toxicity (oxymorphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in …
…orphone, benzodiazepines, codeine, and morphine) in the setting of sarcoidosis. He had a long history of substance abuse and anxiety disorder, treated with benzodiazepines and antidepressants by multiple clinicians. Des…
45y · Male·bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity
…ar-old with treatment-resistant chronic paranoid schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, and polysubstance use disorder, died from bronchopneumonia and combined drug toxicity. He was managed in the community on …
42y · Male·Undetermined
Jason Vance, a 42-year-old man with a history of substance misuse, disappeared in October 2013 after walking into Barakula State Forest near Chinchilla, Queensland…
30y · Male·Cause of death remains uncertain; likely drug-related but not established
Jason Britten, a 30-year-old man with a long history of heroin use and mental health issues including previous suicide attempts, was found dead at his home in February 2015 a…
47y · Male·Acute opioid (Heroin) toxicity
…challenge of contraband drug prevention in correctional facilities and the vulnerability of inmates with substance use disorders, even when medical care is appropriately provided.
33y · Female·heroin toxicity
… had also consumed substantial alcohol (BAC 0.129) in the hours before. The deceased had relapsed to heroin use after three months abstinence, and was receiving methadone. The coroner noted concerning initial police pra…
55y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity due to combination of alcohol and benzodiazepines (oxazep…
…cribed these medications weekly for seven years without in-person clinical review, despite signs of poly-substance dependence and previous alcohol withdrawal seizure. The coroner found Dr B.'s management inadequate: ind…
44y · Male·Methamphetamine toxicity
…1 December 2021 at his home in Leith, Tasmania. He had a history of depression, anxiety, heavy illicit drug use, and a recent suicide attempt by overdose in September 2021. Following relationship distress and suicidal t…
62y · Female·Unknown. Likely natural causes, possibly with drug-related element. QT-prolongat…
…February and 1 March 2017. She had complex medical history including COPD, endocarditis, hepatitis C and substance use disorder (heroin, cannabis, methadone). She was last seen on 27 February appearing unwell and pale. …
54y · Male·Heroin overdose
A 54-year-old man with schizophrenia and long-standing substance use disorder died from heroin overdose in a squatter house in Collingwood. He had been discharged from p…
41y · Male·unknown
… 17 May 2010 at Swan District Hospital where psychiatric assessment found no acute risks despite chronic substance use and aggression. He had poor medication compliance, escalating drug dependence, and episodes of viole…
44y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to heroin and alcohol toxicity
A 44-year-old male died from hypoxic brain injury caused by heroin and alcohol toxicity following an overdose. He had a history of depression, financial difficulti…
44y · Male·Positional asphyxia
Scott Allen Daniels, a 44-year-old with chronic schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and substance abuse history, died from positional asphyxia on 17-19 March 2016. He consumed significant alcohol (BAC 0…
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JBV died following complications of alcohol use disorder and related medical conditions. The case highlights the importance of comprehensive assessment and…
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