357 results for “chronic hypertension”
28y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in association with pulmonary hype…
…, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to acute pulmonary embolism superimposed on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. She presented to Fremantle Hospital ED on 9 May 2010 with chest pa…
68y · Male·decompensated heart failure with pulmonary hypertensive crisis complicated by pn…
Peter Hohol, a 68-year-old prisoner with significant cardiac comorbidities including ischaemic and dilated cardiomyopathy, died from decompensated heart failure with pulmonary hypertensive crisis complicated by pneumonia…
83y · Female·Acute on chronic renal failure secondary to infectious exacerbation of chronic o…
An 83-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic renal failure died from acute-on-chronic renal failure complica…
0y · Male·Complications of VATER syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma
Baby E was a 7-month-old neonate with VATER syndrome and sacrococcygeal teratoma who died from complications of these conditions. He was born prematurely at 30 weeks, requiring intubation and ventilation, and remained in…
63y · Male·Respiratory failure due to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways dis…
…tanding schizophrenia and significant comorbidities including severe COPD, congestive cardiac failure and chronic renal failure, died from respiratory failure due to acute exacerbation of COPD. In the three weeks prior …
73y · Female·coronary atherosclerosis
A 73-year-old woman admitted with severe respiratory distress was appropriately managed in ICU with intubation and extubated after 8 days. She was transferred to coronary care as stable but deteriorated with cardiorespir…
62y · Female·Hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock (hysterectomy) in the context of cardiomegaly…
A 62-year-old woman with significant comorbidities (cirrhosis, cardiomegaly, thrombocytopenia, chronic kidney disease, COPD) died from hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock during elective total laparoscopic hys…
82y · Male·Ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease
…ing ischaemic heart disease, triple vessel coronary artery disease (previously bypass grafted), diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and dementia died suddenly in prison from ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. The c…
89y · Male·ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with aspiratio…
…rrors or preventable factors were identified. The death resulted from the natural progression of multiple chronic conditions in an elderly resident with significant cognitive and physical decline.
76y · Male·Animal attack, likely crocodile
… clinical factors included his age (76), type 2 diabetes managed with insulin (which he did not carry), hypertension, and high cholesterol. He was unfamiliar with the remote location and its dangers. No preventable medic…
58y · Male·acute myocardial infarction caused by ischaemic heart disease
…cked in his cell post-incident. Key clinical lessons include: (1) the importance of earlier comprehensive chronic disease screening for Aboriginal inmates, particularly given family history of cardiovascular disease—a p…
69y · Male·plastic bag asphyxia and mixed drug toxicity (oxycodone and pentobarbitone)
…e) while under home detention bail with electronic monitoring. He had a complex medical history including chronic obstructive airways disease, chronic pain, depression, and recent psychiatric assessment revealing parano…
57y · Male·Hepatic encephalopathy, end stage liver failure, alcoholic cirrhosis, end stage …
Gerry Maxwell Cooper, a 57-year-old Aboriginal man imprisoned for 23 years, died in PAH Secure Unit from natural causes: hepatic encephalopathy, end-stage liver failure, alcoholic cirrhosis, and end-stage renal failure. …
66y · Male·Cardiac hypertrophy and coronary artery disease secondary to obesity (WHO Class …
…utopsy revealed severe coronary artery atherosclerosis and cardiac hypertrophy, likely due to untreated hypertension combined with obesity and high cholesterol. The coroner found his care was reasonable and appropriate. …
71y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 71-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including obesity, diabetes, heart failure, and chronic pain died from mixed drug toxicity inv…
46y · Female·Dilated cardiomyopathy (acute complication with sudden cardiac arrhythmia)
…rder, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, morbid obesity, severe obstructive sleep apnoea, and pulmonary hypertension died from acute dilated cardiomyopathy with sudden arrhythmia. She presented to hospital multiple times…
85y · Male·intracerebral haemorrhage due to systemic hypertension with coronary artery athe…
…d resuscitation but he could not be revived. Autopsy revealed intracerebral haemorrhage due to systemic hypertension with coronary atherosclerosis. Expert medical opinion concluded death was likely inevitable given the e…
56y · Male·urosepsis
…tract infection caused by E. coli. He had significant comorbidities including hepatic cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and history of hepatocellular carcinoma. On 17 February 2019, he fell from a bunk and was found faecal…
73y · Male·Acute on chronic renal failure and multi-factorial encephalopathy in a man with …
A 73-year-old man with significant comorbidities (cirrhosis, dilated cardiomyopathy, chronic kidney disease) died in prison from acute-on-chronic renal failure, hepatic encephalopathy, and multiorga…
58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis
…ce 1992, following a severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident in 1970. This injury caused chronic brain damage and progressive mental health deterioration requiring lifelong institutional care. In April …
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