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93y · Female·Complications of fractured neck of femur in a woman with congenital heart failur…
Annie Kane, 93, with congestive heart failure and hypertension, sustained a fractured neck of femur following an unwitnessed fall at Jasmine Lodge supported residential service in July 2009. The fall occurred in an area …
51y · Male·pneumonia secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic liver disease
A 51-year-old Aboriginal man died from pneumonia secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic liver disease while in custody. He had presented to hospital on 26 May 2010 with abdominal pain and imaging showed a larg…
44y · Female·pneumonia complicating epilepsy in a woman with microcephaly
Mary Welsh, aged 44, with intellectual impairment, microcephaly, severe kyphoscoliosis and epilepsy was admitted with upper respiratory symptoms and treated for presumed pneumonia. She developed an allergic reaction to R…
59y · Female·multi-organ failure as a result of metastatic cervical cancer
Ms Yang, a 59-year-old woman with schizophrenia and metastatic cervical cancer, died from multi-organ failure. She presented with haematuria, lethargy, and poor appetite, and was found to have advanced malignancy with lu…
76y · Male·Complications following surgery for intradural cervical meningioma
John Bateman, a 76-year-old man with intellectual disability, underwent neurosurgery for an intradural cervical meningioma in August 2010. Post-operatively, his condition initially improved but he subsequently deteriorat…
56y · Male·Hepatorenal syndrome from end-stage liver disease (multifocal hepatocellular car…
Michael Metcalfe, a 56-year-old male prisoner with end-stage liver disease from hepatitis C cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, died from hepatorenal syndrome while in custody. He was transferred between prison facil…
55y · Male·gastrointestinal malignancy, probably carcinoma of the pancreas
John William Brown was a 55-year-old male admitted as an involuntary patient with terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosed in October 2007. He was transferred from psychiatric care to a palliative care unit in November 2008 …
0y · Female·Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Type 1
Kasey Gower-Moyle was born in September 2008 and diagnosed with terminal spinal muscular atrophy type 1 in March 2009, a severe neuromuscular disorder. From April 2009, she received 24-hour inpatient palliative care at R…
39y · Female·neurological disorder of unknown cause and right axillary abscess
Donna Lavinia Faure, aged 39, lived in a Department of Human Services group home with a lifelong neurological disability requiring full-time care. In June 2009, she developed an axillary abscess with bacterial infection …
65y · Male·peritonitis and necrosis of the bowel following a ruptured appendix
A 65-year-old prisoner with severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease died from peritonitis and bowel necrosis following an appendectomy. Initial surgery for perforated appendicitis was technically difficult but compe…
68y · Male·end stage liver failure due to hepatitis C
James William Miller, aged 68, died of end-stage liver failure due to hepatitis C while an inmate at Yatala Labour Prison, admitted to Mary Potter Hospice for terminal care. He had multiple comorbidities including prosta…
38y · Male·terminal respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive lung disease on a backgr…
Victor James Storrie, a 38-year-old man with severe chronic schizophrenia, chronic obstructive lung disease, and ischaemic heart disease, died from terminal respiratory failure while detained under mental health legislat…
81y · Male·bronchopneumonia
An 81-year-old man with dementia, congestive cardiac failure, chronic lung disease and hip fractures died of bronchopneumonia four days after discharge from palliative care to a nursing home. While an administrative erro…
52y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating end-stage dementia
Eileen Wilson, a 52-year-old woman with Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia after 27 days of hospitalisation. She was transferred to hospital in early July 2009 after DHS staff noted …
52y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to Alzheimer's disease
Laurel Howard was a 52-year-old woman with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease who died from aspiration pneumonia in hospital. She had progressive cognitive and functional decline, requiring high-level residential care…
63y · Male·Metastatic carcinoma of the lung
Lawrence Jeffrey, a 63-year-old inmate at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, died from metastatic lung carcinoma on 11 May 2008. He presented with symptoms consistent with his known chronic conditions (asthma, COPD, silicos…
60y · Male·Metastatic carcinoma of the prostate
Michael Goldman was a 60-year-old prisoner at Port Phillip Prison who died of metastatic prostate cancer. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September 2006 and underwent brachytherapy in mid-2007. By May 2008, prog…
54y · Male·Pneumonia
Peter Bannan, age 54, had lifelong quadriplegia and intellectual disability from early childhood encephalitis, with chronic epilepsy and severe aspiration risk. He was admitted on 5 October 2007 with aspiration pneumonia…
45y · Male·Bronchopneumonia
Gary Carrick, a 45-year-old man with Down syndrome and severe progressive cervical myelopathy, died from bronchopneumonia. He experienced rapid functional decline from January 2008, including loss of mobility, incontinen…
58y · Male·adenocarcinoma of the right lung
Barry John Hockey, a 58-year-old prisoner, died of advanced lung adenocarcinoma with metastatic disease and acute bronchopneumonia while in the Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He presented in November 2007 with …
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