125 results for “cancer pain”
74y · Female·Metastatic duodenal carcinoma
…mbling on 12 May 2021 with Melbourne City Mission Palliative Care support. The palliative team adjusted her pain management as symptoms progressed. She died of natural causes on 15 June 2021. The coroner found no causati…
47y · Male·bronchopneumonia and upper airway obstruction in a man with end-stage oral cance…
…7-year-old Aboriginal man, died of bronchopneumonia and upper airway obstruction related to end-stage oral cancer. He had a 13-year history of squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth with multiple recurrences despite surgic…
62y · Male·Metastatic small cell lung carcinoma (palliated)
…man in custody, died from metastatic small cell lung carcinoma with palliation. He presented with abdominal pain in late May 2022, and was referred for urgent ultrasound and blood tests on 15 June 2022. However, the ultr…
51y · Male·pneumonia secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic liver disease
…noma and chronic liver disease while in custody. He had presented to hospital on 26 May 2010 with abdominal pain and imaging showed a large hepatic lesion suggestive of primary liver cancer. He repeatedly absconded from …
59y · Male·metastatic lung cancer, with palliation
Van Tho Nguyen, a 59-year-old remand prisoner with metastatic lung cancer, died of natural causes in a private hospital palliative care setting. He had been a lifelong smoker who d…
65y · Male·Metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin
…unknown primary origin while in custody at Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He presented with flank pain and anorexia in June 2010; a CT scan ordered 10 August was not performed until 31 August, with results repo…
47y · Male·Complications of cirrhosis and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
…, died from complications of cirrhosis and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. He presented with abdominal pain in May 2019, initially assessed as constipation, but was subsequently transferred to hospital where end-sta…
65y · Male·Metastatic disease with gastrointestinal primary (adenocarcinoma)
…ectual disability residing in supported accommodation, presented to hospital in January 2025 with abdominal pain and was found to have metastatic adenocarcinoma of gastrointestinal origin with ascites and renal involveme…
67y · Female·Pneumonia (streptococcus pneumoniae) in a woman receiving treatment for carcinom…
…nia (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 critical error occurred when a Hospice R…
59y · Male·Disseminated carcinoma on a background of emphysema
…eminated carcinoma while remanded in custody at Townsville Correctional Centre. He presented with abdominal pain on 5 December 2018, was diagnosed with a large pelvic mass and subsequently with poorly differentiated carc…
73y · Male·complications of lung carcinoma in a man with multiple comorbidities
…gested possible underlying lesions but Mr Macfie repeatedly refused CT imaging until April 2013, when lung cancer was confirmed. He also declined further investigations and interventions. Despite this, he received approp…
77y · Male·sepsis due to retroperitoneal collection after biliary stent insertion on a back…
…rt a clearly reportable death to the coroner (injury-related, unexpected death). The patient died in severe pain with inadequate symptom management. The coroner found management delayed after peritonitis diagnosis but no…
42y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to iatrogenic phenol overdose due to metastatic pancr…
A 42-year-old man with metastatic pancreatic cancer died from multiple organ failure caused by iatrogenic phenol overdose during a celiac plexus block for pai…
51y · Female·Cannot be determined; likely mixed drug (including alcohol) toxicity or undeterm…
…g of patients prescribed multiple sedating substances, particularly Schedule 8 narcotics; (2) importance of pain specialists reviewing complex polypharmacy regimens; (3) accessing real-time prescription monitoring system…
49y · Male·Complications of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma
…d man in custody, died from complications of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma. He presented with abdominal pain and constipation on 10 August 2017, was investigated at Glen Inness District Hospital, and gastroscopy on 2…
44y · Male·Hodgkin's Lymphoma
…ented with symptoms including lumps under armpits (August), headaches and dizziness (August), and abdominal pain (October). Diagnosis was made in October following liver biopsy. He declined chemotherapy, citing religious…
80y · Female·peritonitis due to sigmoid resection margin leak following extended right hemico…
… Pegg, 80, died from peritonitis following anastomotic leak after extended right hemicolectomy for colonic cancer. Critical delays in diagnosis occurred: a PET scan in May 2010 showed a colonic mass, but respiratory phys…
47y · Male·Metastatic mesothelioma
…othelioma in January 2019 following CT imaging and biopsy. He received appropriate palliative chemotherapy, pain management, and end-of-life care. The coroner found that healthcare provided was in accordance with Justice…
48y · Male·Complications of metastatic melanoma
… been diagnosed with melanoma in 2016 and developed metastatic disease in 2019. After presenting with chest pain in March 2019, he was admitted to hospital and subsequently transferred to the Cardiac Ward, where he suffe…
53y · Male·Complications of hepatocellular carcinoma with significant contributing patholog…
Michael Rex Clark, aged 53, died in Long Bay Hospital from hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis and hepatitis C while serving a custodial sentence. He had received appropriate treatment for hepatitis C, which was clea…
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