562 results for “intellectual_disability”
39y · Male·COMPLICATIONS OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
Drew Aaron Boaler, a 39-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and chronic renal failure, died from complications of his renal disease while on an outing. He had presumed lithium-in…
53y · Male·Sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia
Giovanni John Miceli, a 53-year-old man with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia. He had a known history of recurre…
77y · Female·Pneumonia with contributing factors of acquired brain injury, Parkinson's diseas…
A 77-year-old woman with acquired brain injury, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and intellectual disability died of pneumonia while an SDA resident. She presented with breakthrough seizures and aspiration pneumonitis on 16…
41y · Male·Aspiration pneumonitis in a setting of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Glenn Raymond Johns, a 41-year-old man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, intellectual disability, and severe gastro-oesophageal reflux, died from aspiration pneumonitis following recurrent aspiration episodes. He had experie…
57y · Male·Pneumonia with contributing factors of epilepsy and congestive cardiac failure d…
Stephen Ross Stronach, a 57-year-old man with intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died of pneumonia with contributing factors of epilepsy and congestive cardiac failure secondary to rep…
43y · Male·Mechanical asphyxia
Karl Wright, a 43-year-old man with moderate intellectual disability and a fascination with ski clothing, was found dead in his family shed on 29 July 2013, encased in multiple layers of clothing, sleeping bags, bound wi…
65y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia following emergency laparotomy for incarcerated umbilical h…
A 65-year-old woman with intellectual disability, congenital blindness, diabetes, and epilepsy presented with an incarcerated umbilical hernia requiring emergency surgery. Post-operative aspiration occurred in recovery w…
90y · Male·Complications following aspiration of food
Donald Walter Thoms, 90 years old with intellectual disability and high aspiration risk, died from complications following aspiration of food while in specialist disability residential care. He was on a pureed diet and t…
38y · Male·End-stage respiratory failure secondary to kyphoscoliosis
Robert Edward Curry, a 38-year-old man with profound intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, severe kyphoscoliosis, and chronic respiratory compromise died from end-stage respiratory failure. A medication administration…
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…
23y · Male·open finding - not determined
A 23-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic schizophrenia disappeared into bushland in 1982 and was presumed deceased. Clinical lessons include the importance of comprehensive discharge planning for vulner…
62y · Male·urosepsis
Geoffrey Thorn, a 62-year-old man with intellectual disability, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and cerebral palsy, died from urosepsis following emergency urological surgery for a kidney stone. He presented to hospital with fe…
63y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis
Robert James Wright, a 63-year-old man with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from bronchopneumonia complicated by cholangitis due to gallstone obstruction. He presented with weight loss and…
63y · Male·coronary artery atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease in a man with renal imp…
Kevin Francis Ham, 63-year-old man with intellectual disability, was a long-term resident of the E W Tipping Department of Human Services residential care facility in Reservoir, Victoria. On the morning of 27 July 2010, …
56y · Female·Complications of Angelman's syndrome - aspiration pneumonia
Janelle Maree Lavery, a 56-year-old woman with Angelman's syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual disability, dysphagia, and severe kyphoscoliosis, died of aspiration pneumonia following a one-month hospital adm…
31y · Male·Aspiration Pneumonia
Peter Bain, a 31-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, autism, and multiple comorbidities, died from aspiration pneumonia. He was admitted to ICU following deterioration at a DHHS residential facility and die…
79y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of small bowel obstruction
A 79-year-old man with intellectual disability and multiple comorbidities (atrial fibrillation, COPD, epilepsy) presented with vomiting on 9 June 2016. His GP was initially not concerned, but after a third vomiting episo…
81y · Female·Congestive heart failure
81-year-old woman with congestive heart failure, progressive vascular dementia, and intellectual disability died peacefully in aged care. Health declined rapidly in the final days (from 2 May 2018) and she was reviewed b…
58y · Female·Enterococcus faecalis sepsis and acute renal failure
Robena Lloyd, a 58-year-old woman with intellectual disability and schizophrenia, died from enterococcus faecalis sepsis and acute renal failure on 7 August 2009. She presented to Angliss Hospital ED on 31 July with urin…
56y · Female·Pneumonia
A 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability died of pneumonia at her DHHS group home. She presented with vomiting and diarrhoea on 23 June, and a doctor recommended hospital admission, which the patient refused. She…
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