197 results for “emphysema”
44y · Male·intravenous injection of foreign debris (crushed tablets) associated with chroni…
Timothy Wellington, a 44-year-old man with longstanding opioid and polysubstance use disorder, died from acute pulmonary hypertension caused by intravenous injection of foreign debris (crushed tablets). He had been presc…
91y · Female·Pelvic haematoma complicating a fracture of the neck of the left femur
Mrs Fowler, a 91-year-old woman with dementia, poor hearing, and documented high fall risk, was admitted to Royal Hobart Hospital after a home fall. She fell from her hospital bed on 4 December 2015, fracturing her hip a…
56y · Male·complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma
Victor Dale Fenech, a 56-year-old experiencing homelessness, died from complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma. He made three emergency calls over two days before his death, but ambulances did not attend the fir…
48y · Male·Hypovolaemic shock due to incised wounds to the arms; other significant conditio…
Garry Ronald Appleton, a 48-year-old Indigenous man with schizophrenia, emphysema, and coronary disease, died from hypovolaemic shock after cutting his forearms with a prison-issue razor…
77y · Male·early pneumonia in an elderly man receiving terminal palliative medical care for…
James Tilbury, a 77-year-old long-term prisoner, died from early pneumonia while receiving palliative care for an atypical brain meningioma. He had complex chronic conditions including COPD, prostate cancer, ischaemic he…
70y · Male·Acute coronary occlusion due to extensive coronary atherosclerosis
Kenneth Maggable, a 70-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and prostate cancer, presented twice to Cairns Base Hospital on 8 August 2005 with respiratory complaints. After discharge at 4:50 A…
64y · Female·Haemorrhage into atheromatous plaque, due to coronary atherosclerosis
Fay Cramb, a 64-year-old woman imprisoned for 20+ years, died on 27 May 2008 from coronary atherosclerosis with haemorrhage into atheromatous plaque. She suffered an acute cardiac event on 5 May 2008 requiring emergency …
76y · Male·Bronchopneumonia with multiple organ failure in the setting of advanced metastat…
John Henry Waterfall, a 76-year-old prisoner at Acacia Prison, died from bronchopneumonia with multiple organ failure secondary to advanced metastatic prostate cancer. He received generally appropriate medical care durin…
54y · Female·Effects of fire in a woman with past right middle cerebral artery territory stro…
A 54-year-old woman with left-sided paralysis from a prior stroke died in a house fire started by smoking in bed. She called emergency services at 2:42am reporting her blanket was on fire, but firefighters attended the w…
66y · Male·Complications of metastatic lung adenocarcinoma, with terminal palliative care, …
Karl Frederick Dominic Holmes, a 66-year-old prisoner with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma, died from complications of his terminal cancer while serving a 7-year sentence. He received excellen…
90y · Female·Multiple rib and pelvic fractures due to a fall from a wheelchair on sloping lan…
… to safer drop-off areas. Although the patient had multiple medical comorbidities (macular degeneration, emphysema, Sjögren's syndrome), the fatal fall was preventable with proper wheelchair securing procedures and safe…
79y · Male·advanced dementia, atherosclerotic and hypertensive cerebrovascular disease, and…
Philip Patrick Clark, aged 79, died of advanced dementia complicated by atherosclerotic and hypertensive cerebrovascular disease and alcoholism at the Roy Fagan Centre in October 2019. He had lived a peripatetic lifestyl…
41y · Male·large volume thrombotic stroke within the distribution of the right posterior ce…
A 41-year-old man with acute posterior circulation stroke was misdiagnosed as encephalitis despite normal lumbar puncture findings. The critical failure was Dr R.'s failure to diagnose stroke on 7 September and arrange u…
47y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to heroin withdrawal in a patient with sever…
Roy Barnes, a 47-year-old man with chronic heroin use, hepatitis C, and severe coronary atherosclerosis, died from an intracerebral haemorrhage while in police custody. He was held in the Southport watch house for 55 hou…
47y · Male·Metastatic mesothelioma
James John Wilson, a 47-year-old man imprisoned at Port Phillip Prison, died from metastatic mesothelioma on 5 May 2019 at St Vincent's Hospital. He was diagnosed with epithelioid mesothelioma in January 2019 following C…
63y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
A 63-year-old male prisoner died suddenly from ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis while serving a 4-month custodial sentence. The coroner found the death was natural, occurring while the prisoner was…
34y · Male·Septicaemia resulting from Melioidosis
Warren Maminyamanja, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man, died from melioidosis septicaemia on 13 June 2004 whilst in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre. Clinical assessment for melioidosis was not considered, though expert …
Unknown·VAD oral substance toxicity; underlying conditions: ischaemic heart disease, emp…
An elderly person (ABC) died from self-administering a voluntary assisted dying (VAD) oral substance that had been prescribed for their spouse but not collected for return after the spouse died. ABC was grieving, suffere…
81y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis
Edward Rawlins, aged 81, died of coronary atherosclerosis while imprisoned at Wolston Correctional Centre. He had multiple chronic conditions including previous strokes, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, and severe three-ve…
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 with dementia. The coroner found institutional failures in care standards inclu…
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