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60y · Female·Renal carcinoma
Gladys Vincent, a 60-year-old woman with intellectual disability residing in disability services, died from renal carcinoma. She had been diagnosed with kidney cancer two years prior and was under palliative care through…
51y · Female·Complications of metastatic ovarian carcinoma
Pamela Cakebread, aged 51, died from complications of metastatic ovarian carcinoma in March 2009. She presented with nausea, vomiting and abdominal distension caused by tumour-related bowel obstruction. Following family …
66y · Male·hepatorenal failure and biliary sepsis complicating common bile duct obstruction
A 66-year-old man incarcerated in Port Lincoln Prison died from hepatorenal failure and biliary sepsis complicating common bile duct obstruction. He presented with progressive jaundice, dark urine, and signs of liver fai…
41y · Male·end-stage liver disease and pneumonia
Hans Heinrich von Spreckelsen, aged 41, died of end-stage liver disease and pneumonia while detained under the Mental Health Act at Flinders Medical Centre. He had hepatitis C and alcohol abuse history, with severe hepat…
88y · Female·pneumonia and morphine toxicity in an elderly lady with a recent left leg and le…
Pauline Margaret Partington, an 88-year-old woman, suffered an unwitnessed fall at a residential aged care facility on 4 May 2008 and sustained a fractured left neck of femur, displaced fracture of the left humerus, and …
47y · Male·glioblastoma of the brain (glioblastoma multiforme, left frontal lobe)
Peter David Lawrence, aged 47, died from glioblastoma multiforme at Lyell McEwin Hospital. His brain tumour in the left frontal lobe caused behavioural changes including aggression, confusion, agitation and poor impulse …
75y · Male·disseminated carcinoma of the prostate gland
Gerard Grootveld, a 75-year-old prisoner, died from disseminated prostate cancer with bone metastases. Sentenced in July 2006 despite known advanced cancer and multiple comorbidities, his health rapidly deteriorated in c…
82y · Female·Hyperkalaemia due to acute renal failure on a background of end stage pulmonary …
An 82-year-old woman with terminal pulmonary fibrosis and chronic respiratory failure presented with chest pain, hyperkalaemia and metabolic acidosis. She became combative and was given haloperidol and morphine for agita…
85y · Male·Cachexia due to esophagitis due to HIV infection
An 85-year-old prisoner with long-standing HIV infection died from cachexia due to esophagitis while receiving palliative care at a hospital secure unit. He had been admitted with falls and back pain, and investigations …
64y · Male·Sepsis and lung collapse precipitated by burns to 35% of body sustained while sm…
Michael Warren, a 64-year-old man with rapidly progressive Motor Neurone Disease (MND), died from sepsis and respiratory complications following severe burns sustained while smoking in a hospital courtyard. He was alone,…
18y · Male·methadone toxicity
Thomas Ryan Keough, aged 18, died from methadone toxicity at Palm Lodge, a supported residential facility for people with mental illness, in August 2003. His body was not discovered for 48 hours after death. The coroner …
76y · Male·morphine toxicity and carcinomatosis
John Walter Hedges, a 76-year-old man with terminal metastatic cancer, died at Greenslopes Private Hospital following a morphine overdose administered by agency nurse Cornelia Empen. Hedges had two pain management routes…
67y · Female·Pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) in a woman receiving treatment for carcinom…
Peggy Anne Nilon, 67, died from pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) at St John of God Hospital Bunbury on 25 February 2003. Her small cell lung cancer had achieved remission following chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A cr…
54y · Male·chronic liver failure due to or as a consequence of hepatocellular carcinoma due…
Wayne Matthew Pettigrew, a 54-year-old man serving a life sentence, died of chronic liver failure secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatitis C, cirrhosis, and diabetes mellitus. He was admitted to Princess Alexandr…
63y · Male·pancreatic carcinoma
Gary Michael McMahon, aged 63, died of pancreatic carcinoma at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 5 January 2005 while detained under the Mental Health Act. He was admitted following collapse at home with a history of diabetes, …
5y · Female·Pneumonia as a complication of septo-optic cerebral dysplasia
Shareya Shannon was a 5-year-old Aboriginal girl with septo-optic dysplasia, a rare congenital brain malformation causing profound developmental delay, spastic quadriparesis, poorly controlled epilepsy, hearing and visua…
75y · Male·Metastatic Lung Carcinoma
Allan Chapman, a 75-year-old sentenced prisoner, died of metastatic lung carcinoma on 4 April 2004 at Murdoch Community Hospice. He presented with lethargy and dysphonia in February 2004, leading to prompt chest imaging …
34y · Male·multiple myeloma
Anthony Trent Wilson, aged 34, died of multiple myeloma on 18 August 2003 while on compassionate leave from prison. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in December 2001 while in custody at Adelaide Remand Centre await…
50y · Female·respiratory arrest on a background of left lower lobe pneumonia in a person with…
Centella Theresa Hynes, a 50-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder, intellectual disability, and primary pulmonary hypertension, died from respiratory arrest due to left lower lobe pneumonia while detained under m…
Female·bilateral acute bronchopneumonia
Ivy Pearl Ghobrial died from bilateral acute bronchopneumonia at a nursing home in September 2001, following a hypoxic brain injury sustained from a hanging attempt in March 2000. The coroner found the death resulted ine…
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