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70y · Male·Congestive cardiac failure in a man with ischaemic and hypertensive heart diseas…
David McDermott, a 70-year-old man with intellectual disability in supported residential care, died from congestive cardiac failure secondary to ischaemic and hypertensive heart disease. He was admitted to hospital with …
85y · Female·Staphylococcus bacteremia complicating multiple injuries sustained in a motor ve…
An 85-year-old woman sustained multiple serious injuries (bilateral rib and pelvic fractures, thoracic spine fractures) in a motor vehicle collision on 20 June 2018. She was treated with ICU admission, induced coma, and …
15y · Unknown·acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting from multi-organ failure as a cons…
Child A, aged 15, died from acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting from multi-organ failure due to disseminated tuberculosis. He presented to hospital with very advanced post-primary pulmonary tuberculosis requiri…
61y · Female·Pneumonia in a woman with multiple co-morbidities
A 61-year-old woman with significant comorbidities including congenital hydrocephalus, stroke, obstructive sleep apnoea, and previous pneumonia with respiratory arrest (2017) died of pneumonia in hospital. She lived in a…
44y · Male·Acute myeloid leukemia
A 44-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia died in St Augustine's secure ward at St Vincent's Hospital on 18 February 2020. He had been under treatment for refractory AML since June 2019, with disease progression desp…
59y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down's syndrome
A 59-year-old woman with Down's syndrome, advanced Alzheimer's dementia, dysphagia, epilepsy and blindness died from aspiration pneumonia. She was a resident of a group home requiring 24-hour care. She presented to hospi…
73y · Female·Combined effects of congestive cardiac failure, coronary artery atherosclerosis …
VA, a 73-year-old woman with mental health conditions and cardiac disease, died from congestive cardiac failure, coronary atherosclerosis, and cardiomegaly while an inpatient in a psychiatric unit. She had recently been …
49y · Male·Complications of Influenza A infection
Richard Mark Ray, a 49-year-old prisoner, died from complications of Influenza A infection after deteriorating rapidly from initial viral symptoms. He presented on 18 March 2019 with fever, body aches and cough, treated …
53y · Female·Pneumonia
A 53-year-old woman with Down syndrome and chronic kidney disease presented with septic shock secondary to pneumonia. She received appropriate intravenous antibiotics and fluids, but her condition deteriorated despite tr…
54y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
Dale Roberts, a 54-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy and severe dysphasia, died from aspiration pneumonia following admission to Box Hill Hospital. He was admitted with aspiration pneumo…
45y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxia following cardio-respiratory collapse due to anaphylaxis…
A 45-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, and recurrent lower limb infections died from anaphylaxis to intravenously administered flucloxacillin. He presented with sepsis secondary to a …
76y · Male·Intracranial Haemorrhage Secondary to Blunt Head Trauma (Fall) in the Setting of…
A 76-year-old man with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukaemia in blast crisis was admitted to hospital with sepsis and pancytopenia from chemotherapy. He suffered multiple falls while confused from sepsis, sustaining …
66y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating a seizure in a man with dysphagia and phenylke…
A 66-year-old man with phenylketonuria and intellectual disability died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by seizure following missed anti-epileptic medications at his residential care facility. He presented to St Vi…
55y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia in a man with Down Syndrome
Glenn Thomas King, a 55-year-old man with Down syndrome, intellectual disability, asthma, bronchiectasis and recurrent chest infections, died from community-acquired pneumonia. He was treated by his general practitioner …
48y · Male·Septicaemia in a man with a psoas abscess; Diabetes mellitis
A 48-year-old man with insulin-dependent diabetes, mild cognitive impairment, and chronic alcoholic liver disease was admitted with sepsis from a psoas abscess. After 15 days of intravenous antibiotics, he refused IV con…
55y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with epilepsy and intellectual disability
Kerri Michelle Moore, a 55-year-old woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and progressive neurological deficit, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted with status epilepticus, treated with antibiotics a…
39y · Male·septicaemia following self-administered intravenous injection of faeces
A 39-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, personality disorder, and substance dependence died from septicaemia after self-injecting faeces into his vein while an involuntary mental health patient. He obtained a sy…
22y · Female·septic shock complicating osteomyelitis secondary to cellulitis in a woman with …
Sarah Hammoud, aged 22 with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, died from septic shock complicating osteomyelitis secondary to cellulitis. She resided in a supported residential service and had recurrent elbow in…
47y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in the setting of Down syndrome
Andrew Bond, a 47-year-old man with Down syndrome and significant disabilities, died from aspiration pneumonia after a chronic decline in swallowing function. He had oropharyngeal dysphagia since 2007 and Alzheimer's dis…
63y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with cholangitis due to choledocholithiasis
Robert James Wright, a 63-year-old man with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, died from bronchopneumonia complicated by cholangitis due to gallstone obstruction. He presented with weight loss and…
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