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39y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury due to respiratory obstruction following surgery for dental…
Richard Christopher Jankowski, a 39-year-old man, died from hypoxic brain injury due to respiratory obstruction following emergency surgery for a dental abscess with cellulitis. After initial treatment with antibiotics, …
45y · Male·Natural causes - cardiac arrest, most likely secondary to severe tardive dyskine…
Mark Andrew Burnside, a 45-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic mental illness, died of natural causes on 7 November 2001 at Royal Perth Hospital. He had been prescribed thioridazine (Mellaril) for appro…
56y · Female·Multiple injuries including small and large bowel damage, mesenteric damage with…
Sandra Honey, aged 56, died on 16 November 2001 from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on 13 November 2001. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by her daughter on the Coalfields Highway near Wor…
66y · Female·acute necrotising haemorrhagic mediastinitis
Mrs Pratt, aged 66, underwent elective gastroscopy at Kapunda Hospital. During the procedure she heaved, and blood was noted at the gastro-oesophageal junction. She was discharged the same afternoon with pain, only to re…
37y · Male·primary intracerebral haemorrhage, contributed to by acute alcohol intoxication
Eric Gaykamangu, a 37-year-old Aboriginal man, died of primary intracerebral haemorrhage whilst in hospital ICU, nine days after initial presentation. He was found intoxicated outside Centrelink on 7 December 2001 with m…
5y · Female·disseminated candidiasis secondary to protein-energy malnutrition
Eliana Diskin, aged 5 months, died from disseminated candidiasis secondary to severe protein-energy malnutrition. After ceasing breastfeeding in late October 2000, her parents fed her exclusively with unfortified rice mi…
77y · Male·multi-organ failure secondary to myocardial infarction
A 77-year-old man admitted to a nursing home after hip replacement surgery for a fractured neck of femur died from multi-organ failure secondary to myocardial infarction. He had multiple comorbidities including diabetes,…
48y · Female·Cardiorespiratory arrest due to cardiac tamponade as a result of perforation of …
Cheryl Hoggins, aged 48, died on 1 July 2000 from cardiac tamponade following perforation of the right atrium during central venous catheter exchange in ICU. She was recovering from emergency liver transplantation compli…
59y · Female·multiple cerebral infarction due to infective endocarditis
A 59-year-old woman with known mitral valve disease presented to the Emergency Department on 19 October 2000 with widespread body pain, severe back pain, and fever. She was undoubtedly suffering from staphylococcus aureu…
0y · Male·Cardiorespiratory failure due to failure of anaesthetic rebreathe bag
Taylor Ainalidis, aged 3 weeks, died on 21 June 2000 at the Royal Children's Hospital following cardiorespiratory failure during resuscitation after surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot. The primary cause was failure of an an…
42y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism
Peter Sullivan, a 42-year-old carpenter, died from pulmonary embolism on 6 July 1998, three days after surgery at Box Hill Hospital to remove a nail from his left thigh sustained in a work-related nail gun injury. He dev…
24y · Male·multiple organ failure resulting from a closed head injury
A 24-year-old Aboriginal man died from multiple organ failure following a closed head injury sustained during a domestic violence incident. After an argument at a licensed club, the deceased and his wife returned home in…
20y · Male·Closed head injury
Jason Troy Barber, aged 20, died from severe closed head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 3 October 2000. He had been driving a stolen vehicle recklessly at high speed through Adelaide, intoxicated with…
40y · Male·Complications following fracture of the pelvis
David Stanley William Poole, a 40-year-old crane operator, fell from a mobile crane carrier approximately 1.6 metres to the ground while attempting to correct the positioning of packing timbers on the crane deck on 5 Apr…
30y · Female·respiratory failure related to bronchopneumonia following cerebral anoxia due to…
A 30-year-old woman with a previous caesarean section attempted a trial of vaginal delivery. She received Syntocinon augmentation at 6:45 AM without prior cervical assessment and epidural analgesia at 7:35 AM. No vaginal…
Male·Robert Harradine: multiple injuries including brain stem transection, cerebral l…
Two teenagers died following a motor vehicle collision on 9 August 2000 in Adelaide. Robert Harradine (16) sustained fatal multiple injuries; Anthony Wilson (15) died from pulmonary contusion with associated injuries inc…
52y · Male·multiple injuries including right ventricular rupture
A 52-year-old volunteer race marshal was fatally struck by a detached Formula One race car wheel that passed through a gap in the debris fence at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. The wheel was travelling at…
24y · Male·Aspiration of vomit associated with combined drug effect
Martin Raymond Coffey, 24, died from aspiration of vomit associated with combined drug effect while on home detention after serving a prison sentence for traffic offences. He had a history of depression (following the de…
77y · Female·multi-organ failure due to massive transfusion-induced coagulopathy following re…
A 77-year-old woman died from multi-organ failure following massive transfusion-induced coagulopathy after a retroperitoneal haemorrhage of unknown origin post-knee replacement surgery. While Fragmin anticoagulation was …
18y · Male·multiple injuries
George Spencer Chester, 18, died from multiple injuries sustained when a stolen Toyota 4WD he was driving rolled on Decres Bay Road after failing to negotiate a bend while being pursued by police. He was ejected from the…
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