158 results for “chronic pain disorder”
75y · Male·Hanging
Peter Nolan, a 75-year-old man with depression, chronic pain, alcohol dependence, and recent suicide attempts, died by hanging in an aged psychiatric mental heal…
22y · Male·acute blood loss from incised injuries to left forearm
Simon Smith, a 22-year-old with end-stage renal failure requiring dialysis and complex comorbidities, died by suicide during hospitalization. Despite multiple psychiatric assessments finding he had capacity to make treat…
Christopher Salib: ischaemic heart disease with multiple prescription drug toxic…
This landmark inquest examined three deaths involving prescription drug toxicity: Christopher Salib (24, ischaemic heart disease with drug toxicity), Nathan Attard (34, multi-drug toxicity), and Shamsad Akhtar (35, multi…
12y · Female·Raised intracranial pressure due to acute-on-chronic hydrocephalus in the contex…
…e. A paediatric neurologist assessed her as cleared for surgery. Post-operatively, she developed acute-on-chronic hydrocephalus with raised intracranial pressure, causing sudden respiratory arrest and death. Clinical le…
45y · Female·Multi-drug toxicity
…5+ prior overdoses, cognitive impairment and psychiatric vulnerability. Critical failures included: lack of pain assessment justifying opioids; prescribing outdated, dangerous injectable pethidine (discredited for 10+ ye…
55y · Female·asphyxia due to choking on food (steak)
… woman with multiple comorbidities including morbid obesity, schizophrenia, depression, and substance use disorder died from asphyxia caused by choking on food while at a friend's home in supported accommodation. She was…
44y · Male·coronary artery disease superimposed upon chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …
…owing cardiac arrest while in police custody after being found at Vestey's Beach. He had suffered severe, chronic alcohol abuse with multiple protective custody episodes. Critically, when he requested an ambulance at 7:…
42y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of impacted large bowel in a man with intell…
Chris Perdios, a 42-year-old man with intellectual disability, autism, and chronic constipation, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by an impacted large bowel. He was admitted to h…
31y · Male·Acute Myocardial Infarction
…had a long history of methamphetamine use and untreated cardiac damage. On 28 April 2015, he reported chest pain to a nurse, who recorded vital signs within normal range and did not perform an ECG or arrange medical revi…
24y · Male·cardio-respiratory arrest due to multi-drug toxicity
Hugh Lisle, a 24-year-old man with severe chronic arthritis, depression, polysubstance addiction and gambling disorder, died in a private psychiatric facil…
37y · Male·acute heart failure caused by multiple drug toxicity (methadone and alprazolam)
Richard Mark Kiel, a 37-year-old with chronic opioid addiction, died from acute heart failure caused by lethally high levels of methadone and alprazola…
Unknown·Erfinna Lay: Aspiration resulting from Acute Multiple Drug Toxicity; John Quirk:…
…oth were treated by the same GP, Dr D., for complex conditions including anxiety, depression, personality disorder, and drug dependence. Coroner identified concerns about prescribing practices: inadequate controls on med…
32y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured cerebral aneurysm
Jeffrey Ellington, a 32-year-old Aboriginal male inmate, died suddenly from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to ruptured cerebral aneurysm while performing work duties at Long Bay Correctional Complex on 21 August 2020. Expe…
54y · Male·incised wound to the neck
Terrence Michael Malone, a 54-year-old man with a 20-year history of bipolar affective disorder, PTSD, and alcohol dependence, died by suicide in Brisbane Correctional Centre on 8 November 2014, three …
62y · Male·Hypertensive and ischaemic heart disease in a man with diabetes mellitus
Craig John Reynolds, 62, died from hypertensive and ischaemic heart disease with diabetes mellitus. He was residing in NDIS-funded short-term accommodation at Carroll House when he suffered a fall on 22 June 2023. He sub…
34y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (propofol, sevoflurane and others)
…cked theatre trolleys and administered to herself at home. She had a long history of depression, anxiety, chronic migraines, insomnia and prior self-harm. The anaesthetic agents likely provided temporary relief from her…
43y · Male·hypoxic brain injury caused by cardiac arrest due to unintentional drug poisonin…
A 43-year-old man with long-standing opioid use disorder and polysubstance dependence died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by drug poiso…
40y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon cardiac disease, possible viral infection o…
…. Magro submitted urgent handmade medical requests describing severe respiratory distress, fever, and chest pain—marked URGENT. Endorsed Enrolled Nurse McMahon received this form but apparently dismissed it without escal…
51y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained from a fall from the top floor of a multi-storey car…
Justine Painter, aged 51, died from multiple injuries sustained jumping from a multi-storey carpark while an inpatient a…
54y · Male·carbon monoxide asphyxia
Dallas Brooks Shrimpton, a 54-year-old man with severe alcohol dependence, chronic depression, and multiple previous suicide attempts, died by carbon monoxide asphyxiation. He presented to…
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