211 results for “COPD”
79y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy with decompensated heart failure not appropriately treate…
A 79-year-old woman with severe COPD and heart failure presented with two weeks of nausea and vomiting. She was diagnosed with left ventricular …
45y · Male·severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Troy Michael Conley, aged 45, died from severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) while imprisoned. He had developed progressive lung disease from occupational exposure to gyprock dust, in…
68y · Female·mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, metoprolol, diazepam)
…eraghty, a 68-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities including obesity (BMI 47.3), atrial fibrillation, COPD, and severe chronic pain, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (oxycodone, metoprolol, diazepam) foll…
51y · Male·congestive cardiac failure in association with ischaemic and hypertensive heart …
…ed with ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. He had multiple medical comorbidities including diabetes, COPD, previous myocardial infarction, and a large untreated abdominal hernia. While at Graylands Hospital, he de…
60y · Male·Congestive Cardiac Failure
A 60-year-old Aboriginal man with end-stage COPD, congestive cardiac failure, and ischaemic heart disease died in prison custody. He likely suffered cardiac…
75y · Male·acute bronchopneumonia in a man with comorbidities
…ner died from acute bronchopneumonia with comorbidities. Mr Rice had extensive medical complexity including COPD, cardiac disease, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes. He was appropriately placed on the terminally …
91y · Male·Complications following cardiac arrest in the setting of anaesthetic induction d…
A 91-year-old man with COPD, asthma, and previous cardiac arrest from suxamethonium died from complications following anaphylaxis to ro…
92y · Male·left haemothorax and rib fractures resulting from a fall at a residential aged c…
A 92-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (cardiac failure, COPD, chronic renal failure, diabetes) and documented high falls risk sustained a fall at a residential aged car…
45y · Female·Bronchiectasis
A 45-year-old Aboriginal woman with severe bronchiectasis, COPD, and cor pulmonale died at a sobering-up shelter after police protective custody. She had 15 hospital admis…
86y · Male·Respiratory complications in a man with chronic lung disease and rib and pelvic …
Albert Dean May, an 86-year-old man with COPD and osteoporosis, sustained life-threatening injuries when struck by an electric bicycle on a footpath. He …
78y · Female·Tension pneumothorax (surgically managed) due to aspiration pneumonia (bronchosc…
78-year-old woman with severe COPD and type 2 respiratory failure underwent elective melanoma surgery at a private day hospital (North Lakes D…
77y · Male·early pneumonia in an elderly man receiving terminal palliative medical care for…
…ile receiving palliative care for an atypical brain meningioma. He had complex chronic conditions including COPD, prostate cancer, ischaemic heart disease, and diabetes. The coroner found his medical care was excellent o…
49y · Female·Hanging
Gina Valera, a 49-year-old woman with a history of depression and three prior suicide attempts, died by hanging in Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre nine days after admission on remand for attempted murder. She had be…
56y · Female·Cardiomegaly
Karen Frazer, a 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, anxiety, hypertension, and COPD, died from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart with biventricular hypertrophy). She was found unresponsive on the …
68y · Male·Pneumonia in setting of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischaemic hear…
Ian Richard Ford, a 68-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischaemic heart disease, died from pneumonia at home on 10 August 2009, five days after discharge from hospital on a Community Treatment …
33y · Male·Neck compression (hanging)
Thompson James Harvey, aged 33, died by hanging in his cell at Capricornia Correctional Centre on 13 November 2017, four days after remand for serious offences including attempted murder. He had a recent suicide attempt …
50y · Female·unascertained
Jennifer Capes, a 50-year-old resident in a community care unit with complex mental health and physical health needs, was found unresponsive at 6am and pronounced deceased following unsuccessful resuscitation. She had me…
92y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolic disease on a background of infective exacerbation of ch…
A 92-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, vascular dementia, and heart disease died from pulmonary thromboembolism complicated by respiratory infection. He was admitted after a fall at home, became ag…
70y · Male·combined effects of severe pulmonary emphysema, ischaemic heart disease and rece…
A 70-year-old man with severe COPD, dementia and a history of sexually inappropriate behaviour died following an assault by another resident w…
68y · Male·bronchopneumonia with underlying Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Robert Gordon Britten, a 68-year-old forensic patient under the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990, died of bronchopneumonia with underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Macquarie Hospital. He had b…
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