174 results for “acute cardiac arrhythmia”
76y · Female·colchicine toxicity
…out died from colchicine toxicity after being prescribed 500µg three times daily on 9 December 2010 for an acute attack. She developed diarrhoea from 15 December and died on 19 December with a potentially lethal blood c…
64y · Male·unascertained natural causes
…lessons include the challenges of managing elderly patients with dementia and psychiatric comorbidities in acute care settings, and recognition that some deaths remain medically unexplained despite thorough investigatio…
51y · Male·Combined effects of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and seizure activity …
… caffeine (64mg/L, equivalent to approximately 2000mg or 20 espresso coffees), which precipitated a fatal cardiac event in the context of critical coronary artery stenosis (90% occlusion of left anterior descending arte…
69y · Male·Ischaemic cardiomyopathy due to or as a consequence of coronary atherosclerosis …
…iple coronary bypass in 2000), Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and morbid obesity, died of acute myocardial infarction while in custody at Wolston Correctional Centre. He was found in respiratory distres…
36y · Male·undetermined (possibly ethylene glycol poisoning; possibly natural cause such as…
A 36-year-old man with acute psychotic illness absconded from Ryde Hospital Emergency Department on 3 August 2013 after refusing oral a…
30y · Male·unascertained
Bayden Quilkey, 30, died from unascertained causes on 13 March 2008 during an acute psychotic episode while being restrained by police. He had recently moved from Queensland showing signs of…
47y · Male·Drug toxicity in the setting of restraint
Robert Ferrier, aged 47, died from drug toxicity in the setting of restraint after ingesting excessive quantities of prescription antidepressants and other medications during a mental health crisis. The expert panel conc…
36y · Male·Acute on Chronic Myocardial Infarction
Mark Anselo Ugle, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man with a significant history of cardiac problems, seizures, and non-compliance with medication, died in East Perth Lockup on 9 December 2000 from…
58y · Male·coronary artery arteriosclerosis (natural causes)
…at BMHU, making examination unsafe; antipsychotic medications were necessary and not excessive. The fatal cardiac disease remained undetected as he refused assessment and complained of no cardiac symptoms. Clinical lear…
48y · Male·Coronary artery disease precipitating acute myocardial infarction resulting in c…
Roy Rodney Jacobs, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man with cirrhosis and coronary artery disease, died of acute myocardial infarction at Cherbourg Hospital after presenting three times over 28-30 August 2016 with chest…
45y · Male·Coronary Atherosclerosis
David Grieve, a 45-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and multiple cardiac risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, obesity, smoking), died of coronary atherosclerosis while an involu…
17y · Female·Acute Lymphocytic Meningitis and Focal Myocarditis
…ary 2009 on oral analgesia with instructions to follow up with her GP. On 10 January 2009, she suffered a cardiac arrest at home and was transferred to ICU where she died. Post-mortem revealed acute lymphocytic viral me…
73y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis
…multiple falls, grappling holds, and apparent bear-hug and full-Nelson manoeuvres, the man collapsed with cardiac arrest within minutes. He had severe coronary atherosclerosis with multiple blocked coronary vessels and …
49y · Female·Anorexia
Sonya Szala, 49, died from anorexia nervosa after suffering severe metabolic derangement and extreme emaciation. She became a recluse following her mother's death in 2016 and progressively deteriorated both physically an…
52y · Male·Polypharmacy overdose of amitriptyline and doxylamine in the context of underlyi…
…pital, and successfully managed in ICU. On 2 March, while confused and hypoxic after extubation, he became acutely agitated and refused treatment. After failed de-escalation attempts, he was restrained in prone position…
62y · Male·cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode
Michael Adams, aged 62 with chronic treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died from cardiac arrest complicating psychotic episode at a supported residential facility. During escalating psychotic be…
54y · Male·respiratory failure and acute renal failure due to rhabdomyolysis following trau…
A 54-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and intellectual disability died from respiratory failure and acute renal failure secondary to rhabdomyolysis following a crush injury to his left thigh sustained while attem…
Toxicity from intravenous caesium, DMSO, and other substances administered as pa…
…sed or significantly accelerated their deaths through metabolic derangement, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, cardiac arrhythmia, and sepsis. Patients and families were misled about risks and success rates. The clinic opera…
82y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease due to coronary atherosclerosis with significant contrib…
…ith advanced ischaemic heart disease and emphysema died from myocardial infarction while in custody in the Acute Care Management Unit of a correctional facility. Correctional officers failed to read his Risk Interventio…
39y · Male·cardiac arrest caused by alcoholic cardiomyopathy
Ryan Smiler was a 39-year-old Aboriginal man who died from cardiac arrest caused by alcoholic cardiomyopathy while in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre. He had a long h…
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