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83y · Male·Metastatic oesophageal adenocarcinoma
George Iles, an 83-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic oesophageal adenocarcinoma. He had multiple comorbidities (asthma, hypertension, heart disease) and experienced falls and deterioration during incarceration. In …
62y · Male·Complications of acute renal failure
Paul Compton was a 62-year-old man with intellectual disability living in a Department of Human Services community residential unit. He was admitted to Austin Hospital on 3 June 2010 with severe dehydration, hypernatraem…
73y · Female·end stage renal failure
Patricia Andrew, a 73-year-old woman with Down syndrome, end-stage renal failure, type 2 diabetes, and intellectual disability, was resident in a Department of Human Services community unit. She deteriorated over several…
52y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to hypotension in a woman with documented electrocardio…
Elizabeth Holley, 52 years old, was admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric ward with a history of three weeks of declining mental health and medication non-compliance. She received high-dose antipsychotic medications in…
55y · Female·metastatic lung cancer
Rosemary Berg, a 55-year-old forensic patient with long-standing mental illness, died from metastatic lung cancer at Thomas Embling Hospital. She presented with a neck lump in September 2010, which was biopsied and confi…
72y · Male·inanition of terminal metastatic carcinoma of the left lung
A 72-year-old man with chronic mental illness detained under the Mental Health Act died of inanition from terminal metastatic lung cancer at an aged care facility. He had advanced lung disease from chronic smoking and wa…
40y · Male·large bowel obstruction complicating disseminated carcinoma of rectum
A 40-year-old male died in prison custody from large bowel obstruction complicating disseminated rectal carcinoma. He had been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in 2004, treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, with progr…
67y · Female·Complications of metastatic malignancy (unknown primary)
Linda Gale Cochrane, a 67-year-old woman living in residential aged care for 30 years, was admitted to hospital on 28 April 2011 with suspected chest infection. Investigations revealed disseminated carcinoma of unknown p…
82y · Female·acute pyelonephritis complicating base of bladder malignancy
Joyce Binch, 82, died of acute pyelonephritis from bladder malignancy while detained under mental health legislation. She was admitted with urinary tract infection, anaemia, acute renal failure, and acute exacerbation of…
86y · Male·head injury (acute intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage)
An 86-year-old man with recurrent falls history was admitted to hospital after a fall at home. He was initially assessed as low falls risk (11/20 on FRAT) but then reassessed as medium risk. Despite falls interventions i…
52y · Female·end-stage liver failure and congenital hepatic fibrosis
Karenne King, a 52-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in Department of Human Services care, died from end-stage liver failure and congenital hepatic fibrosis. She had a long-standing history of congenital…
41y · Male·Pneumonia and carcinoma of the oesophagus
Dale Cook, a 41-year-old man with cerebral palsy living in residential care, presented with gastrointestinal bleeding and deterioration on 11 July 2011. He had advanced oesophageal carcinoma. After family consultation, a…
61y · Female·respiratory failure secondary to advanced malignancy
Ms Carmelina Bellocco, aged 61, died from respiratory failure secondary to advanced metastatic colon cancer. She had longstanding paranoid schizophrenia with poor insight and compliance. Cancer was diagnosed in 2006 afte…
53y · Female·Metastatic carcinoma of breast
Susan Anne Burandt, a 53-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from metastatic breast carcinoma at Broadmeadows Health Service Palliative Care Unit on 17 May 2008, two days a…
49y · Male·Complications of craniopharyngioma and pan-hypopituitarism
Stephen Ross Gamble, a 49-year-old man with long-standing craniopharyngioma and pan-hypopituitarism, resided in a community residential unit. His condition had been deteriorating in the months before July 2010, with mult…
49y · Female·aspiration pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy
Ms Sheryl Yvonne Martell, a 49-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and severe intellectual disability residing in a group home, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted to hospital on 21 June 2010 after vomiting a…
50y · Male·Chronic liver disease (alcohol, hepatitis C) with hepatocellular carcinoma and c…
Noel Robert Rogerson, a 50-year-old prisoner with chronic liver disease (alcohol-related cirrhosis and hepatitis C), died from decompensated liver disease with hepatocellular carcinoma on 28 March 2009 at St Vincent's Ho…
62y · Male·Severe congestive heart failure and ischaemic cardiomyopathy
A 62-year-old man with intellectual disability living in supported residential care presented to the emergency department with breathlessness and was diagnosed with chronic heart disease and multi-organ failure. He was t…
54y · Male·Complications of stage IV peripheral T cell lymphoma
Paul Taylor, aged 54, with Sjogren Larsson syndrome and stage IV peripheral T-cell lymphoma, was admitted to palliative care at Austin Hospital in February 2011. He had been diagnosed with advanced lymphoma in November 2…
42y · Female·Metastatic breast cancer
Cherie Alderson, aged 42, died from metastatic breast cancer at a hospice after progressive deterioration. She had cerebral palsy from infancy and lived in Department of Human Services care for 42 years. Diagnosed with b…
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