152 results for “chronic atrial fibrillation”
78y · Male·Heart failure or arrhythmia, secondary to ischaemic heart disease
Peter Woodcroft, 78, suffered a medical emergency (heart failure or arrhythmia secondary to ischaemic heart disease) at 4:32am and called Triple Zero but could not articulate what he needed. Police did not attend his Wat…
91y · Female·exacerbation of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia following sur…
Shirley Dorothy Dawn Martin, an 91-year-old with advanced Alzheimer's disease and multiple comorbidities, sustained a hip fracture from an unwitnessed fall at an aged care facility on 8 August 2022. She underwent surgica…
75y · Male·End-stage renal disease, with hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, and diabete…
Edgar Hugh Sandow, a 75-year-old First Nations man, died from end-stage renal disease while incarcerated at Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He had multiple comorbidities including heart failure, diabetes, hypert…
35y · Male·Dilated cardiomyopathy and coronary atherosclerosis, in the setting of drug cons…
Simaile Masila-Liutolo, aged 35, died from cardiac arrhythmia precipitated by dilated cardiomyopathy and coronary atherosclerosis, compounded by acute methylamphetamine use and physical exertion during police apprehensio…
81y · Male·bronchopneumonia
An 81-year-old man with dementia, congestive cardiac failure, chronic lung disease and hip fractures died of bronchopneumonia four days after discharge from palliative care to…
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 care facil…
53y · Female·Combined effects of alcohol, amitriptyline, and methadone
Joanne Lovelock, a 53-year-old woman with chronic pain, died from combined effects of alcohol, amitriptyline, and methadone on Christmas Day 2015. She had …
86y · Male·head injury with acute subdural haemorrhage
Leon Caporn, 86-year-old resident at Bethanie Waters aged care facility, suffered an unwitnessed fall on 2 July 2010 striking his head, resulting in acute subdural haemorrhage. He was examined by nursing staff who found …
80y · Female·subdural haematoma due to closed head injury sustained in a fall from bed in hos…
An 80-year-old woman with chronic heart failure admitted to hospital fell from bed and hit her head. Although nursing staff were concerned …
86y · Male·head injury (acute intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage)
An 86-year-old man with recurrent falls history was admitted to hospital after a fall at home. He was initially assessed as low falls risk (11/20 on FRAT) but then reassessed as medium risk. Despite falls interventions i…
76y · Male·hospital-acquired pneumonia, age-related frailty, consequences of left neck of f…
Leslie Bruce Whish-Wilson, 76, sustained a fall in his aged care room in January 2024, leading to a right femoral neck fracture requiring surgical repair. Post-operatively, he developed hospital-acquired pneumonia compli…
70y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man with intra-abdominal carcinoma and multiple co-morbidi…
Ronald Joseph Buckland, aged 70, died in custody at Fiona Stanley Hospital from bronchopneumonia with intra-abdominal carcinoma and multiple comorbidities. A life-sentenced prisoner, he had extensive medical conditions i…
78y · Male·Multiorgan failure consequent upon pulmonary lacerations and haemorrhage sustain…
A 78-year-old man died from multiorgan failure following complications during planned mitral and tricuspid valve surgery. During the initial surgery, a small superficial laceration to the right lower lobe lung occurred, …
53y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to sepsis
Matthew Tiers, a 53-year-old Aboriginal man with extensive comorbidities including alcoholic liver disease, was arrested and detained at Rockhampton Watchhouse then transferred to Capricornia Correctional Centre. He deve…
48y · Male·myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis (medically treated)
Garnett Mickelo, aged 48, died from myocardial infarction due to coronary atherosclerosis while in custody at Woodford Correctional Centre on 24 November 2012, shortly after discharge from Princess Alexandra Hospital fol…
51y · Male·Multiorgan failure in a man with corrected congenital coarctation of the aorta a…
Sean Raymond Adams, 51-year-old male with complex cardiac history including corrected coarctation of aorta, valvular disease, and biventricular heart failure, presented to Alfred Hospital ED with chest pain and dyspnoea.…
85y · Female·Pulmonary embolus secondary to deep vein thrombosis, precipitated by minor fall
An 85-year-old woman died from pulmonary embolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis following a minor fall. She was admitted to Maryborough Hospital with chest infection and abdominal pain. Despite being identified as hi…
87y · Female·Multiple opioid drug toxicity (morphine and fentanyl) in combination with conges…
An 87-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (ischaemic heart disease, emphysema, chronic kidney disease) was discharged home for palliative care after a hospital admission. Her family administer…
72y · Male·Bilateral pneumothoraces and pneumoperitoneum due to insufflation of the bladder…
Stephen Herczeg, a 72-year-old patient with COPD and urinary tract infection, died from bilateral pneumothoraces and pneumoperitoneum caused by insufflation of his bladder with oxygen. The oxygen supply tubing was someho…
93y · Female·acute right lower limb ischaemia
Adelina Zito, a 93-year-old resident of an aged care facility, died from acute limb ischaemia after a 6-7 day delay in escalating her care. She developed right leg pain around 26-28 July 2022 that worsened despite parace…
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes. Report an inaccuracy.