292 results for “dysphagia”
69y · Male·bronchopneumonia and hypoxic brain injury following aspiration of food (choking)
…al and supervision was reasonable, as choking was not identified as a risk despite a previous episode of dysphagia documented four months earlier that had apparently resolved. The key clinical lesson is that documented …
63y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of functional decline in a man with an intel…
A 63-year-old man with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and COPD died from aspiration pneumonia following functional decline. He had a three-month hospital adm…
61y · Male·Natural causes unascertained
…line with multiple comorbidities including recurrent urinary tract infections, aspiration pneumonia, and dysphagia. He was discharged from hospital on 14 April 2025 following aspiration pneumonia treatment and died unex…
74y · Female·Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Judith Gail Longhurst, a 74-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, dysphagia, and multiple comorbidities, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on 23 October 2024 at …
56y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis secondary to airways obstruction from squamous cell carci…
…y to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with metastases while in custody. He presented with progressive dysphagia from September 2019, initially managed as benign (dental abscess, rib fracture). Critical delay occurred…
64y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia with cerebral palsy as a contributing factor
A 64-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, dysphagia, and recurrent respiratory infections died of aspiration pneumonia. He was receiving disability support …
42y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury due to choking on food, with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome con…
Bridie Gilligan, 42, with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, intellectual disability, and dysphagia, choked on a Yumbo burger in her Supported Independent Living accommodation on 29 April 2021, suffering …
62y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to cerebral palsy
Maria Presti, 62-year-old non-verbal woman with cerebral palsy and dysphagia living in specialist disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia with acute kidney injury a…
57y · Male·Small bowel obstruction due to mid small bowel volvulus
Peter Jamieson, a 57-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including dysphagia and constipation, was residing in a disability care facility. On 6 July 2022, he developed diarrhoea, re…
38y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of cerebral palsy
… supported accommodation contributed to his death. Key clinical lesson: patients with cerebral palsy and dysphagia require careful monitoring for aspiration risk, and early recognition of respiratory decline is essentia…
63y · Male·Complications of disseminated tumour (primary site unknown)
…admitted to McKenna House Palliative Care Unit on 29 December 2013 for end-of-life care due to worsening dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia. The coroner found the healthcare provided by his general practitioner, Norther…
50y · Male·Cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia post episode of choking
…was a Wyndham Lodge aged care resident with significant disabilities including post-stroke paralysis and dysphagia requiring modified diet. He died on 25 June 2009 from cerebral hypoxia and bronchopneumonia following as…
32y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia with severe cerebral palsy as underlying condition
…woman with severe cerebral palsy, quadraplegia, intellectual disability, vision impairment, epilepsy and dysphagia who died from aspiration pneumonia. She had a PEG tube inserted in 2011 due to aspiration risk. Followin…
51y · Female·Status epilepticus on a background of Lennox Gastaut syndrome and cerebral palsy
…d severe cerebral palsy, died from status epilepticus after prolonged deterioration. She had progressive dysphagia and recurrent seizures despite multiple anti-epileptic medications. A PEG tube was deemed too high-risk …
86y · Female·aspiration pneumonia
… with multiple comorbidities including congestive heart failure, COPD, renal failure, gastric reflux and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was administered incorrect medication at her aged care facility on …
34y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with cerebral palsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
…ital staff. Her death resulted from natural causes related to her underlying neurological conditions and dysphagia.
48y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating progressive degenerative neurological disorder…
…, a 48-year-old man with progressive degenerative neurological disorder, frontotemporal dementia, severe dysphagia, and cerebral palsy, died from aspiration pneumonia after admission to hospital with acute breathing dif…
34y · Male·Septic shock from aspiration pneumonia; cerebral palsy was a contributing condit…
… and he died on 30 July 2009. Clinical lessons include recognition that patients with cerebral palsy and dysphagia require careful monitoring of feeding tolerance, prompt recognition of aspiration signs (laboured breath…
73y · Male·Multiorgan dysfunction in the setting of severe heart failure in a man with mult…
…preventability findings. Clinical lessons include careful management of aspiration risk in patients with dysphagia and intellectual disability, attention to nutritional and functional decline, and appropriate timing of …
68y · Male·Stercoral perforation in a man with cerebral palsy
…g severe constipation and faecal impaction. He had multiple complex disabilities including quadriplegia, dysphagia, and epilepsy, managed by a multidisciplinary team with constipation/bowel management plans in place. In…
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