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55y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicating metastatic carcinoma of the right lung, with emphy…
Peter Alexander Clarke, a 55-year-old Aboriginal man and serving prisoner, died of bronchopneumonia complicating metastat…
47y · Female·complications of rapidly progressing motor neurone disease
…after significant delay. She was intubated but life support was withdrawn following neurological assessment and family discussion. The coroner found nursing staff acted in good faith given the terminal nature of her con…
4y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in the setting strangulation by a roller blind …
…owing accidental strangulation by a roller blind cord. She climbed onto bedside drawers near a window blind and became entangled in the control cord, slipping with the cord around her neck. Her mother found her unrespon…
18y · Female·Colchicine toxicity
…ly consulted poisons information but received advice based on outdated guidelines. While activated charcoal and early toxicology referral might have improved outcomes, the clinicians' management was reasonable given ava…
21y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury arising from severe anaphylactic shock due to administratio…
…as Peyret, a 21-year-old with no significant medical history, presented to hospital with acute appendicitis and underwent emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy. Surgery was routine and uneventful. Upon emergence from an…
23y · Male·sea snake bite with neurotoxic venom causing neuromuscular paralysis and respira…
Harry Evans, a 23-year-old deckhand from England, died from neurotoxic sea snake envenomation while working on a prawn trawler in the Gulf of C…
51y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to Influenza A pneumonia, in the context of chronic k…
…-old Aboriginal man with complex medical history including myasthenia gravis, chronic kidney disease, COPD, and ischaemic heart disease, died from multiple organ failure due to Influenza A pneumonia while in ICU custody…
86y · Male·Acute Myocardial Ischaemia in an Elderly Man with Valvular and Ischaemic Heart D…
… District Hospital. He had significant cardiac history including valvular disease, ischaemic heart disease, and atrial fibrillation. After his first hernia repair in June 2011, he experienced chest pain on multiple occa…
0y · Male·Perinatal asphyxia
Noah Cheron-Duncan, a full-term neonate born at Sandringham Hospital on 19 November 2014, died from perinatal asphyxia. Labour was uncomplicated and FHR monitor…
0y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating peri partum asphyxia
…ion remained at 8cm for 2.5 hours despite mild-moderate contractions. Fetal bradycardia developed at 7:30pm and emergency caesarean section was performed 22 minutes later. The baby was born severely compromised (Apgar 0…
35y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury complicating cardiac arrest in the setting of combined hero…
…ous in a restaurant bathroom on Victoria Street Richmond in November 2018. He had combined heroin, alcohol, and doxylamine (antihistamine), causing respiratory depression and cardiac arrest. Despite 22 minutes of parame…
68y · Female·Coronary heart disease
A 68-year-old woman with diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, COPD and chronic renal failure presented with chest pain and dyspnoea. She was admitted with suspected congestive ca…
51y · Female·Aspiration in the setting of end stage down syndrome
Catherine Ann Collier, a 51-year-old woman with Down syndrome, end-stage hydrocephalus, and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia following a choking episode while eating. The Disability S…
33y · Female·Combined drug toxicity, with thioridazine as the principal component, in the con…
… large quantities of prescription medications with alcohol. She collapsed at her mother's home in South Hedland on 2 April and suffered cardiorespiratory arrest. The coroner found the death accidental, not suicidal. Key…
30y · Male·Acute cardiac failure in association with severe ischaemic heart disease seconda…
…etween 4-18 August 2010, likely precipitated by heavy smoking (60 cigarettes/day). He remained asymptomatic and collapsed on 21 August from ventricular fibrillation. Expert evidence found medical care was exemplary with…
31y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury secondary to hanging
Craig Akerblom, a 31-year-old man with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and selective eating disorder, died by hanging resulting in hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury. He had been under c…
0y · Female·Intracranial and intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from fa…
Baby M died shortly after birth on 11 February 2016 at Gladstone Base Hospital from intracranial and intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from a fall, complicated by Group B Streptococcal s…
26y · Female·Pulmonary embolism as a consequence of dislodged deep vein thrombosis
…rombosis while in ICU at Royal Darwin Hospital. She had complex mental health needs (BPD, PTSD, depression) and morbid obesity. The critical clinical lessons centre on system failure rather than individual error. Alice …
78y · Male·Complications of blood loss from femoral fracture sustained in harness riding in…
…th massive bleeding after a harness racing accident in a rural location. Despite exemplary prehospital care and timely helicopter retrieval, he died from haemorrhagic shock. Key clinical lessons: warfarin significantly …
19y · Female·Meningococcal septicaemia
…ed by the W strain after presenting to the ED with a 12-hour history of vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever. The atypical presentation of gastrointestinal symptoms rather than classic meningeal signs is charac…
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